Hasta La Motion!

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.

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

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

Duties and Responsibilities

· 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
· 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

· 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 an understanding and appreciation of pipeline tools and enabling technologies; however, your real strengths will be in your project management, reporting and communication skills
· experience managing or working closely with software developers, perhaps in a commercial environment using an iterative, agile methodology, a strong advantage

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: recruiting@methodstudios.com