Technical Director, Build (Character)

We are looking for an experienced Character Technical Director to join our creative team. In this role, you are responsible to support, enable and enhance the ‘build’ work of all character artists. You bring your smart technical solutions to our modelers, groomers and texturing & surfacing artists and create outstanding characters.

At Dream Games, all team members have a genuine chance to contribute to the final product and have an impact on the company. If you want to be part of a fast-growing company, you might be the person we are looking for!

Responsibilities

• Configuring and maintaining the core pipeline, including how we load and publish work at each step of the asset department
• Supporting teams to review their work in a consistent and meaningful way
• Articulating and documenting best practices to build a culture of continuous improvement
• Creating sanity checks to ensure the highest quality assets
• Advising and supporting the team in creating assets that render efficiently
• Working with department leadership to accelerate workflows to reduce friction and automate manual steps
• Proposing and implementing new workflows or tools to continuously improve creative output
• Representing the character team on workflow decisions and cross-departmental technical challenges
• Helping artists with workflow and technical questions
• Contributing to our mission of delivering world-class animation content

Requirements

• Deep understanding of feature animation character-build workflows (model, groom, texturing, lookdev)
• Deep understanding of core asset creation tools like Houdini, Maya and Blender
• Understanding of USD, particularly in regards to characters (variants, shading, etc.)
• Python and VEX skills to create gizmos, HDAs, and tools
• Background in lookdev or rigging favorable
• Experience with AYON, Renderman, Shading, C++, or AI is a plus
• Proven ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines
• Experience working with both internal teams and external vendors
• Appreciation and understanding of teamwork
• Passion for storytelling, animation, and games

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