Motion Td

Company Description

As a company founded and run by an artist, it's our mission to provide talented artists with the freedom and resources they need to deliver quality work and to thrive in a fun and creative environment.

**Job Description**:
The Motion TD works closely with the Pipeline Department to develop tools and solutions to ensure VFX projects run smoothly and help Artists in Animation, Rigging, CFX, Crowd and Visualization, find technical solutions to problems encountered.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Create verifiable, effective, and reusable tools using best software development practices;
- Develop tools to meet production demands, ensuring that they meet departmental standards as requested by supervisors and/or heads of department;
- Maintain a wide range of workflows and scripts;
- Provide front-line support to artists, troubleshooting assets and shots, and help artists find solutions to general problems;
- Work with their lead, supervisors and heads of department to determine the best possible technical and creative approaches;
- Create and communicate documentation on the tools developed and provide training to artists;
- Perform quality control on work before submitting it for review/approval, ensuring all technical specifications are met, user requirements are satisfied and notes from peer review addressed;
- Keep the project team and/or the Head of TD informed of the status of work, issues to be resolved, ramifications of problems encountered and recommend potential solutions;
- Ensure deadlines are met, advising the project team promptly if delays could be expected.

**Qualifications**:

- Experience in a similar position, within the VFX or video-game industry;
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, computer visualization, computer animation or other related field, or equivalent work experience;
- Fluent communication skills in English;
- Experience with Python script;
- Good knowledge of Houdini or Maya;
- Good understanding of Linux operating system;
- Strong skills in debugging and development tests;
- Able to communicate solutions to issues in a clear and concise manner;
- Excellent sense of prioritization and respect of deadlines.

Additional Information
- Full-time contract;
- 5 paid sick days;
- 2 additional statutory holidays in the winter holidays;
- Group Insurance, access to Dialogue online support and to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP);
- RRSP with employer contribution;
- Diversity is a core value at Rodeo FX. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment where diversity is celebrated and valued. We believe every member on our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to perceive and interact with the world, identify challenges, and to design and deliver projects._