Studio: Brazen Animation
Job Opening: Harmony Technical Artist
Location: Richardson, Texas
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Help design, build, and maintain an efficient 2D animation production pipeline
- Identify and fix any holes in the pipeline
- Develop a number of tools, scripts, and/or plugins to help automate or improve workflow
- Work on integration and naming conventions with our in-house tracking system
- Check-in with a team of artists to help identify tools that are needed, including possible “wish list” items
- Quickly and accurately import, convert, and create new production assets for the 2D animation team, including rigging characters and objects
- Problem-solve and work with artists, production, and pipeline teams to discover the best solutions
- Deliver polished and functional assets to the 2D animation team within production deadlines
- Develop content creation guidelines and help enforce them through tools and reminders as necessary
- Collaborate with animators to design new rigs that best fit their needs, and assist with fixing existing rigs as necessary
- Understand and assist in speeding up slow rigs, or simplifying complex rigs
Qualifications & Skills:
- 2-5+ years’ experience as an animation Technical Artist and/or Technical Director
- Strong scripting and technical artist abilities
- Effective and professional communication skills
- In-depth experience with character rigging in ToonBoom Harmony 12.1, including full character turnaround deformation rigs
- Competency (preferably fluency) in Adobe Photoshop, Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe Flash CS5+, and Shotgun
- Hard coding skills are a benefit
