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Develop and maintain non-photorealistic rendering and look-development tools, prototype in Nuke, integrate tools into shots, optimize pipelines, document utilities, and provide technical support and guidance to shading, rendering, and compositing artists.

The Associate Technical Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks develops tools for compositing workflows, supports artists, troubleshoots production issues, and improves pipeline processes.

Create final look-developed assets and lighting setups for production. Write or modify RenderMan shaders, define render passes, collaborate with lighting leads and texture artists, develop standard lighting rigs, implement assets technically and artistically, and report production issues with creative solutions. Provide a demo reel.

Create and refine materials and shading for characters, environments, and props. Collaborate with texture and asset teams, follow art direction, solve shading/rendering issues, optimize scenes, and iterate based on feedback to ensure consistent looks across lighting scenarios.

The role involves creating and refining animation production pipelines, managing scene dependencies, and collaborating with teams to resolve technical issues. Strong programming skills in Maya and Python are essential, along with experience in VFX production.

Develop, prototype and maintain animation tools and scripts; optimize animation workflows and scenes; support artists across the production pipeline; author documentation and training; collaborate with pipeline, supervising animators, and other departments to implement best practices and resolve technical issues.

Support and optimize high-end animation pipelines and workflows. Develop and maintain scripts, tools, and utilities (primarily Python). Troubleshoot artist issues, collaborate with supervising animators and pipeline teams, author training materials, and implement workflow optimizations to improve efficiency across productions.

Develop and maintain character effects pipeline and production CFX for cloth, hair, feathers, muscles, and rigid bodies. Build Python-based pipeline tools and scripts, optimize simulations, troubleshoot setups, mentor CFX artists, and collaborate with Rigging, Animation, and Surfacing to integrate assets and improve workflows and visual quality.

The Technical Engineer will develop and implement procedural tools in Houdini, collaborate with artists, and support production pipelines with minimal supervision.

Design and develop procedural tools in Houdini for various departments. Collaborate with artists and engineers to optimize workflows and support production pipelines.