Asset Technical Director (PH)

Overview

Lucasfilm Animation Ltd., the creators of the Emmy award-winning animation series “Star Wars : The Clone Wars” and the highly successful animation series “Star Wars Rebels,” “Star Wars Resistance,” “Star Wars : The Bad Batch,” “Tales of the Jedi” and “Tales of the Empire” are looking for an Asset Technical Director who reflects the innovative spirit, creative talent, production excellence, collaborative mindset and passion for great filmmaking that defines Lucasfilm Ltd.

This role requires the employee will work onsite in our San Francisco office and occasionally from home.

The Asset Technical Director will use their knowledge of industry standard asset development tools and techniques to support the department’s efforts in creating high quality and performant assets that reflect the technical and aesthetic standards of the department.

The successful candidate will use expertise in Python and Maya Mel scripting to help automate workflows in Maya, manage technical asset issues including color management and publishing, and be able to troubleshoot complex asset problems. In addition, they will assist the department with optimizing source files for the Story team, develop advanced story rigs, and ensure quality and adherence to standards for vendor-produced assets.

What You’ll Do

Asset Department Support

• Develop a full and complete understanding of current asset build specifications, including the institutional knowledge and the history of asset development at LAL, to ensure consistency and adherence to established standards.
• Utilize knowledge of LAL asset build strategies and specifications to make significant contributions to discussions regarding the asset pipeline, driving improvements and ensuring best practices are followed.
• Review assets produced by vendors to ensure they meet aesthetic and technical expectations and produce documentation, imagery and supporting text to communicate asset quality issues that require remediation during the asset build process.
• Provide direction to asset teams to ensure assets are built according to expectations and standards of the show and department.
• Collaborate with department leads to assist in innovative and novel initiatives, including proprietary rendering tools, custom shader development, general workflow tasks, and other efforts aimed at enhancing asset production efficiency and quality.
• Leverage expertise to participate in discussions with overseas asset teams on asset development issues, facilitating communication and collaboration across different locations.
• Prepare demo or reference files to instruct vendors on asset build techniques and processes.
• Collaborate with supervisors, directors and producers regarding asset related issues.
• Other tasks as directed by department leads or production.

Asset Pipeline Support

Story Team Support

What We’re Looking For

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The hiring range for this position in San Francisco is $70,500-$94,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and / or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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Location : San Francisco,California

Job Posting Company : Lucasfilm

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