Pre-Sales Engineer

Company: Southpaw Technology, Inc.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Southpaw Technology, a leading provider of production asset management solutions to the media and entertainment and enterprise markets, is looking for a Pre-Sales Engineer.
As a Pre-Sales Engineer, you will provide technical sales support for large media, entertainment and enterprise accounts. You will be able to create and manage the demo environment, answer any technical questions, identify customer technical requirements and generally support the potential customer through the sales cycle. You will report to the COO/SVP Sales.
Job Description

· Identify customer project requirements and tailor demos and presentations accordingly.
· Conduct demos and presentations as required by the sales team.
· Support the customer through the sales cycle especially in the critical trial phase.
· Identify opportunities for Professional Services contracts.
· Identify and report any mission critical issues that will impede a sale.
· Give inputs into the Product Management and Engineering Group for features or enhancements that are of the highest priority to attract or retain customers.
· Be an exceptional communicator with the ability to remove complexity in favor of clarity in order to find the simplest path toward the sale.
· 5+ years experience in the enterprise software, media and entertainment markets.
· Willingness to travel worldwide.
· BS/BA in Business or Engineering.

About Southpaw Technology, Inc.

Southpaw Technology provides production asset management solutions to the media & entertainment and enterprise markets. Available as a web-based solution for Mac OSX, Windows and Linux, TACTIC combines all the functionality teams, departments and companies need to keep digital productions on track and on budget, including asset management, project management, workflow management and communication tools. For more information, please visit www.southpawtech.com.
Southpaw Inc. is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer (M/F/D/V) that values the strength that diversity brings to t

Director, Product Management

Company: Southpaw Technology, Inc.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Southpaw Technology Inc., a leading provider of production asset management solutions to the media and entertainment and enterprise markets, is looking for a Director, Product Management.
As the Director, Product Management you have the responsibility to translate market requirements into a product roadmap. You communicate equally well to a technical and non-technical audience. You have an ability to set priorities based on clearly articulated criteria. You will report to the CTO.
Job Description

· Create and manage the product roadmap for Tactic including product categories and pricing strategy.
· Gather requirements and use cases from all target market segments.
· Conduct usability studies to facilitate interface design and ergonomics.
· Have experience in enterprise software applications markets.
· Strong team player with the ability to balance tension between customer, sales and technical audiences.
· Be an exceptional communicator with the ability to remove complexity in favor of clarity in order to create the bridge between the user and the programmer.
· 5+ years experience in the software market with a knowledge of Digital Asset Management and Workflow.
· Willingness to travel worldwide.
· BS/BA in Business or Engineering.

About Southpaw Technology, Inc.

Southpaw Technology Inc. provides production asset management solutions to the media & entertainment and enterprise markets. Available as a web-based solution for Mac OSX, Windows and Linux, TACTIC combines all the functionality teams, departments and companies need to keep digital productions on track and on budget, including asset management, project management, workflow management and communication tools. For more information, please visit www.southpawtech.com.
Southpaw Inc. is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer (M/F/D/V) that values the strength that diversity brings to the workpl

Export from nuke 6. 0 v4 to *avi (or any other file video)

Hi,

I am working in a project and I am using the software nuke 6.0 v4 for the video edition. I want to export mi project from nuke to video (*.avi, *.mpg or some other type of video) I don´t find information about this.

I ‘ ll waiting for answers.

Thanks

Ufo render tests

Just testing out some 3ds max techniques.

http://vimeo.com/14293140

Looking for a freelance compositor for roto/paint work for an independent film

Hello

I’m in need of a freelance compositor that is able to paint out some unneeded distractions in a scene. The shots take place for about 30 seconds.
I’m looking for someone who works for a reasonable/ inexpensive price
Please contact me if your interested and we can go from there.

jamieptracey@gmail.com

Morph LIP Tests

Hello everyone,
just wanted to share my morphing tests working in progress.
I would like to give an huge thanks to Emanuele from D&Esign and Ole Lemming.
I’m trying to learn these two tools because I think both of them have an incredible and amazing work. These two have been more that fantastic to me and I want to give them my tribute and respect here for their support and constant help.
You can find the tests on my vimeo page:

http://vimeo.com/vitorteixeira

and in here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3i7LrLMF1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXjEQzc9Hwg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fva_6AfED-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgoA06Qj67o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IVtsFcTUy0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBr8HsCt98c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN79k…feature=autofb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf_Nf…feature=autofb

Hope you all like.
Cheers

UMERIC: HBO

New ident from Umeric, directed by Ash Bolland, for HBO.

Top 15 Toons in 3D

Here are the collection of top 15 toons in 3D which are created by various digital artists. There are lots of informative content …div class=”feedflare”
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Archmodels Vol. 85 are out

Tree models with all textures, shaders and materials. It is ready to use, just put it into your scene.div class=”feedflare”
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JV Pike- Compositor- Demo Reel

Hi All-

There is some reallly REALLY awesome work posted and I hope I get to work with some of you in the near future.

I am currently cutting a new reel and figured I would throw my 2009 reel in the mix.

Please critique- Thanks!

-JV