Position Overview

This is a full-time position and will be based in our studio in Dublin, Ireland.  There is flexibility for remote working but applicants should be in the same timezone as the studio +/- 2hours.

We will endeavour to respond to all applicants, but due to the high volume of applications we receive a reply might not always be possible.

Please mail to careers@giant.ie – please include the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email, for example: “Application – Pipeline Supervisor Position”.

Starting date: ASAP

Position Responsibilities

• Own, improve, and support the production pipelines

• Manage Pipeline team so that they understand the goals of the department and assign tasks based on abilities

• Communicate with project teams to evaluate user experiences, satisfaction, and level of understanding to identify areas of improvement to the production pipelines

• Establish high-functioning levels of communication with creative and technical staff both within the studio and with external partners

• Thoroughly understand the animation production process, both internal and when working with outsourced production vendors

• Liaise between production and technology departments, translating production needs into technical requests

• Help solve production issues that require technical expertise

• Create automation and other tools to reduce the technical burden on creative staff

• Examine new and innovative technologies, evaluate and ultimately present how they could improve the pipeline

• Research and pitch pipeline improvement opportunities to Giant’s leadership team

• Collaborate with IT to evaluate and integrate changes to the infrastructure

• Document tools and workflow and train creative staff on those processes

Position Requirements

• A team player with excellent communication skills.

• Ability to think critically, and the ability to diagnose and solve problems independently as well as collaboratively.

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, or equivalent and/or experience to equal that level of technical and creative knowledge and professionalism

• Experience with third party software packages: Adobe Photoshop, Foundry Flix, Autodesk Maya, Foundry Nuke, Autodesk Shotgun (required)

• Proficiency with Python scripting language (required)

• Experience in computer animation, visual effects, or the game industry (preferred)

• Experience, including pipeline and plugin development, with many third party VFX/Animation software packages (preferred)

• Experience with software development languages: Java, Javascript, C++

• Experience with other toolkits and systems: CI, Git, Mel, Deadline, Maya API

• Experience with OSX, Windows, and Linux operating systems (preferred)