THE THIRD FLOOR, Inc. is the world’s pre-eminent, Emmy Award winning visualization company with offices in Los Angeles and London as well as on location with productions around the world. For the past 12 years, the studio has helped clients visualize and maximize content by producing computer-animated blueprints, known as “previsualizations”. Recent film and television projects THE THIRD FLOOR, Inc. has worked on include The Martian, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Marvel’s Ant-Man, San Andreas, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mad Max: Fury Road, Maleficent, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Edge of Tomorrow, Guardians of the Galaxy and Game of Thrones Seasons 4 and 5. We continue to push the boundaries of entertainment with content development for exciting cutting-edge projects.
The Third Floor is looking for a Pipeline TD for the Los Angeles office. The role will involve supporting and creating tools for previs work on a feature film. Day to day tasks will involve helping troubleshoot artist problems, creating/testing/documenting new tools, and developing new workflows.
Requirements:
● Python and Mel programming experience
● Excellent knowledge of Maya, After Effects and Microsoft Windows
● Knowledgeable in debugging, bug testing, and problem solving
● Excellent communication & documentation skills
● Good understanding of the film-making process
● General knowledge of image formats and processing
● Flexible and able to work in a frequently changing environment
● Ability to prioritize production needs and tasks
● Detail oriented with strong ability to multi-task
● General understanding of networking and performance issues
● Understanding of data flow and management
Desired Additional Skills:
● Effects
● Rigging
● Crowd experience
● Shotgun experience
● Computer Science Degree
● Knowledge of JavaScript, DHTML, Postgres, C++
● Experience with version control (git and/or SVN)
● VR / Game Engine (Unreal / Unity)
● Technical writing ability
● Motion Capture
● Motionbuilder
● Digital Asset Management
● FX and Shader development
Please send applications to careers@thethirdfloorinc.com. No phone calls please.