Render Wrangler - Montréal, Canada - Reel FX
Description
Job Summary
The Render Wrangler is responsible for monitoring, reviewing, and assisting in managing renders and other data generated directly from feature and episodic animation projects.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor renders on the render farm and ensure renders complete
- Check, notate and report on finished jobs for errors/issues
- Update and maintain job priorities and render resources
- Identify and escalate issues that cause significant loss of rendering time and efficiency
- Work with production management, lighting and technical directors to troubleshoot issues
- Assist the Lighting & Compositing teams on render submission, reviewing renders, and publishing shots, when needed
- Assist in general production file storage, cleanup, and maintenance
Qualifications:
- Degree/Diploma in computer graphics or information technology or equivalent experience
- Familiarity with the production pipeline for animation
- Technical knowledge of 3D animation, rendering and compositing software (Maya, Katana, Arnold, Nuke or equivalent)
- Understanding of the basics of render management software, such as Qube, OpenCue, and Deadline, and how to submit and modify jobs
- High degree of computer literacy
- Ability to work on Linux
- Well versed in Spreadsheet software (Google Sheets)
- Ability to learn and suggest improvements to proprietary software and scripts
- Scripting (Linux shell, Python, MEL) skills a plus
- Good communication skills and a collaborative attitude
- Able to multitask and prioritize
- Selfstarter; able to work with minimum supervision when required (night/weekend shifts)
- Able to thrive in a highpressure, deadline oriented environment
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