Technical Director

As a Senior Technical Director you will develop and support innovative tools for our production teams to efficiently create the animated films at Skydance. The goal of these efforts is to implement solutions that off-the-shelf software could not otherwise provide while maximizing productivity with the high-quality standard set by the company. The scope of the developments may be from a simple Python script to a larger development involving complex algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Embeds within the productions to closely collaborate and support the artists and production management.
• Partners with artists and other engineers to iterate, debug, document, and refine tools and processes for feature film production.
• Acts as the first support line to solve day-to-day problems artists may encounter.
• Reports to the TD Supervisor on the status of technical development projects, tool performance, production operations and support statuses.