Technical Director

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
- or equivalent experience
- ** Work setting**:

- Office
- City or urban
- Motion picture and film industry
- Animation studio
- Video game studio
- ** Tasks**:

- Advise in the interpretation and delivery of the performance
- Arrange film segments into sequences to achieve continuity and desired effects
- Assemble the creative team
- Coordinate production in various fields including film, television, video game, radio, dance and theatre
- Determine scheduling of production
- Determine treatment and scope of production
- Ensure details follow the project's original intention
- Oversee the process of hiring actors and crew members for the production
- Supervise staff or team
- Plan, organize and direct the artistic aspects of production
- Oversee the design of sets, costumes, furnishings and props
- Co-ordinate and direct the photography of production
- Determine lighting, lenses, camera angles and backgrounds
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems
- Supervise technical and support staff
- Develop policies, standards and guidelines
- ** Supervision**:

- Staff in various areas of responsibility
- ** Specialized audio or video systems**:

- Computer graphic imagery system
- ** Computer and technology knowledge**:

- 3D graphic software
- Adobe Suite
- Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- ** Type of production art**:

- Visual effects
- ** Type of production or direction concentration**:

- Preproduction direction
- Technical direction
- Postproduction direction
- ** Type of media**:

- Film
- Television
- Video
- Video games
- ** Specialization or experience**:

- 3D Modeling
- ** Area of specialization**:

- Technical support
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- ** Workplace information**:

- Hybrid
- ** Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week
- Wellness program
- ** Support for persons with disabilities**:

- Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
- **Support for newcomers and refugees**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
- ** Support for youths**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
- ** Support for Veterans**:

- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
- **Support for Indigenous people**:

- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers
- **Support for mature workers**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- **Supports for visible minorities**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visib