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Technical Art Director job

Posted: May 17, 2006
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subject: Technical Art Director , LucasArts

LucasArts is looking for Technical Art Director

Job details: Job Purpose:
Solve technical production issues, define work flows, streamline processes, and develop tools/frameworks for art.

Responsibilities:
Develop appropriate art pipelines and workflow, working in conjunction with the Art Leads and the programming team. Set framework for manipulating the art easily and efficiently.
Solve technical production issues.
Streamline art workflows and pipelines.
Work with programming and tools teams to develop tools/scripts/plugins to streamline art processes.
Participate in pre-production planning to determine and address technical design requirements and issues.
Create technically sound art and art frameworks.
Mentor and train others in areas of expertise. Train Technical Artists in the skills necessary to execute the art path efficiently.
Excel as a team player and strive to maximize team/department performance.
Performs special tasks as assigned.
Develop an area or multiple areas of expertise.
Requirements: Areas of Expertise

Here is a breakdown of potential areas of expertise:
Modeling: Develop tools, streamline modeling processes, handle complex modeling and texturing issues. Perform model setup and controls.
Character: Focus on character skeletons, hair, clothing, skinning, joint weighting, and character modeling. Develop character tools and UI for animators.
Animation: Develop workflow, tools, and UI to allow animators to focus on animation. Handle constraint issues, cycles, and complex animation.
Effects: Work with rigid/soft body dynamics, particles, and shaders to simulate effects of explosions, smoke, fire, steam, fog, etc.
Mocap: Define and streamline data pipelines, solve mocap issues, import/edit/export data.

Qualifications:
BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphic Art or a related field.
Computer programming/scripting experience, C++ and Perl preferred.
2 years or more of production experience
Background and understanding of 3D graphics
Strong knowledge of one or more major 3D animation packages, Maya preferred.
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Work well under deadlines and multi-tasks.
Must be willing to work overtime when requested.

To apply:

Please send a soft copy of your resume to LECwebresumes@lucasarts.com and apply online
http://www.lucasarts.com/jobs/application.htm to ensure your resume is submitted in our database. Be sure to fill out one of our submission release forms http://www.lucasarts.com/jobs/ along with your demo reel submission.

Demo reels can be submitted to:
Lucas Arts
ATTN: KATIE STOKES
One Letterman Dr.
San Francisco, CA 94129

Location: San Francisco
CA
USA

web site - http://www.lucasarts.com/jobs/
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