[font=Arial][font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman][color=White]Topix is looking for a full-time Technical Director to work as part of a team on commercial projects. Candidates must have a strong understanding of particle systems, shader development, tool development, network rendering, and character rigging. Strength in other areas such as modeling, texturing, lighting, animation and crowd simulations are all considered assets. This person in many ways is there to support the needs of the artists as well as be able to deliver their own assets. Being able to work quickly and efficiently is a must as commercial projects typically span from 2 weeks to 2 months in duration.
Requirements:
[/font][/size][/font][/font][/color][font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman]- Familiarity with rendering and scene optimization techniques[/font][/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman]- Experienced with photo-real lighting/rendering techniques.
- Experience designing particle/fluid effects
- Experience with character rigging
- JScripting / VBScripting
Exposure to the following preferred
- C/C++, Java
- XSI / Mental Ray familiarity[/font][/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman]- Maya/Renderman familiarity
Duties:
[/font][/size][/font][font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman]- Effects animation (particles, fluids, cloth, hair)[/font][/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman]- Shader writing/design[/font][/size][/font]
- Coding new animation and pipeline tools
[font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman]- Daily troubleshooting of software
- Supervising and maintaining in-house renderfarm software
[color=White]- Rigging of characters
Previous experience with Softimage or Maya and working in a commercial environment is an asset but not required.
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[http://www.topix.com](http://www.topix.com/)
35 McCaul St.
Suite 200
Toronto ON
Canada
M5T 1V7
Phone: 416 971 7711
Fax: 416 971 9277[font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=White][font=Times New Roman]
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