Skydance Animation Madrid
Technical Artist Support
Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.
As a Technical Artist Support, you will be responsible for helping assigned departments to solve basic technical issues.
Responsibilities
- Fixes the issues in the assigned scenes.
- Helps artists to solve simple bugs.
- Reviews pending tickets.
- Assists artists when issues arise in the day-to-day processes of the department – eg. Creating work scenes, publishing work, preparing renders for dailies, etc.
- Tests libraries such as Houdini’s HDAs and prototypes.
- Updates basic documentation. Reviews and updates the technical documentation related to the workflows and tools of the department that they support.
- Is responsible for asset assemblies and updates.
- Attends technical meetings to as requested, to keep trained and updated in the new studio/department tools, pipelines, workflows, etc.
- Keeps up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
- Is willing to learn new workflows and proactively contribute to making them more efficient.
- Assists other team members when necessary.
- Follows the department supervisor and leads’ instruction.
- Has the ability to multi-task, collaborate with TDs or TAs.
Requirements
- 5 years in VFX or animation industries.
- 1+ years in the animation industry is desirable.
- Strong artistic or/and technical aptitude related to 3D animation is a must.
- Knowledge of some 3D animation area (Modeling, Surfacing, Animation, Lighting).
- Experience in any 3D animation Software (Maya, Max, or Houdini).
- Ability to write simple scripts a big plus.
- Medium /high English level desirable.
- Spanish desirable.
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions.