Technical Director II - The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney Television Animation)

The Technical Director II is responsible for executing retakes or creating shots from scratch to facilitating the movies’ overall creative vision to life. The ideal candidate is comfortable digging into complex shots created by our international animation partners and improving them with surgical precision and artistry. Extensive knowledge of all stages of 2D/Harmony production including Importing, creation of new scenes, compositing, and the file structure of ToonBoom Harmony is required. This position requires technical skills combined with refined artistic skills, including an eye for composition, color, and lighting and a strong knowledge of animation principles. This position works closely with the Senior TD of Digital Department, Creative Leadership, Production and other Technical Directors in Digital Production.

Responsibilities:

• Perform shot work as needed, including fixes at any stage of the pipeline. For 2D/Harmony series this would include adjusting color, adjusting lighting, adjusting animation timing, re-animating, fx and compositing.
• Support the production in facilitating creative and technical workflows that pertain to pre-production artwork, necessary technical assets for production, or tool creation and retake calls within series approved assumptions.  
• If applicable, for CG shots, support the production via shot or asset troubleshooting, artistic or technical input, research and development, or tool creation.
• Facilitate creation and delivery of final domestic source master materials to broadcast and streaming business units.
• Create or recommend tools or pipelines to increase efficiency.
• Ingest incoming shot data for editorial as needed.
• Provide occasional technical support for shot and asset data for subcontractors and other groups in the Walt Disney Company specific to the pipeline of the assigned production.
• Promote a positive, productive, and highly collaborative work environment.
• Additional duties as necessary, or as defined by individual contracts.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in animation production.
• Expert knowledge of all stages of 2D/Harmony workflows. CG production knowledge including modeling, surfacing, rigging, lighting, rendering, fx, and compositing required.
• Expert knowledge of Harmony and Photoshop required.
• ToonBoom Harmony, TV Paint, or Adobe Animate (Flash) and CG experience a plus.
• Familiarity with other CG technologies such as Houdini, BiFrost, Blender, After Effects, Redshift, Maya, Arnold, Nuke, vRay and Ornatrix a plus.
• For CG series, Python and MEL experience utilizing the Nuke and Maya APIs, and Unix shell scripting experience strongly preferred.

Skills:

• Solution-oriented outlook and a proactive personality; willing to roll up their sleeves and directly fix shot, data, or asset issues.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate artistic vision with technical expertise.
• Must be able to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience working with subcontractor animation studios a plus.