Director of Technology – Method Studios LA

Based in Los Angeles, with locations in Vancouver, London and New York, Method is a leading post production facility providing a full range of visual effects services. As an artist driven company Method is built around an exceptional team of VFX professionals who have created award winning visual effects for Feature Film, Commercials and Music Videos.

Recent feature credits for Method include; “Tree of Life”, “Captain America”, “Nightmare on Elm Street”, “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, “Let Me In”, “Fast Five”, “Life as we Know it” and “Gulliver’s Travel”.

Reporting to the VP of Technology for the Method Studios group, the successful candidate will be responsible for the daily supervision of the technology teams. Additionally, as a senior technical member of the group, will also participate in group wide planning efforts.

The technology teams are responsible for a number of areas including:

· facility software development
· pipeline software development
· technical operations including resource planning and monitoring, render wrangling and data IO

Duties and Responsibilities

· manage the software development and release process within the facility
· work with production and show supervisors to understand the operational and development priorities of current and upcoming shows
· in collaboration with your leads, develop plans to ensure the shows have the tools and coverage they need; communicate status and progress on a weekly basis
· guide and coordinate technical operational activities within the facility
· work with the VP of Technology to understand the longer term development goals of the group and participate in the distributed development efforts to achieve those goals

Experience

· experience managing software development teams, perhaps for a commercial product using modern, customer focused and iterative development techniques
· must have experience in media production of some sort: VFX features or commercials, game development or similar
· must have a solid understanding of the operational processes of a VFX features and/or commercials facility
· must have a thorough understanding of pipeline tools and enabling technologies

Personal Skills

· succinct written and verbal communication
· adaptable and flexible; able to adjust and reprioritize in a fast paced and dynamic environment
· ability to balance many conflicting requirements under pressure; see the way through the trees and communicate that path to your clients
· strong attention to detail
· a clear head under pressure

Resumes can be sent to: method-la-recruiting@methodstudios.com

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