Asset/Show Technical Director

Job Summary:

The Asset/Show Technical Director (TD) is responsible for supporting, developing, and optimizing shot/asset workflows for One of Us. This role involves troubleshooting shot/asset related technical challenges, ensuring smooth integration across departments, and working closely with artists, hods, developers, and production teams to maintain efficiency in Asset/Show creation and management. The TD will work within the pipeline to enable seamless delivery while maintaining high-quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and support asset and show-specific technical workflows, ensuring efficient integration with the studio pipeline.
• Work closely with relevant departments to optimize asset usability across the pipeline.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to asset ingestion, publishing, referencing, and rendering.
• Automate repetitive processes to improve efficiency and reduce artist workload.
• Collaborate with the pipeline team to enhance asset management systems, ensuring version control, dependency tracking, and storage efficiency.
• Work with supervisors and leads to define technical asset requirements.
• Assist with USD and MaterialX implementations for asset authoring and rendering.
• Ensure assets meet technical specifications for rendering engines such as Arnold and Karma.
• Provide artist support and training on tools and workflows to ensure best practices a