Studio: Netflix Studios
Job Opening: Specialist in VFX Operations
Location: Los Angeles, California
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Provide guidance on operationalized workflows while constantly seeking to stay current and improve that knowledge.
- Act as a primary escalation point of contact for troubleshooting technical issues raised by our partners related to VFX tools and workflows.
- Offer your knowledge, subject matter expertise, and solutions to productions as they explore new techniques and technologies.
- Advise the Netflix product, design, and engineering teams as they develop and vet new tools to facilitate efficiencies and standardization in VFX production management, status reporting, review, and archive initiatives.
- Standardize and document best practices for our VFX production partners.
- Constantly evaluate operational workflows with the intention of improving efficiency and effectiveness.
- Perform triage on internal workflow and technology issues so that appropriate support teams can be consulted when needed.
- Educate internal teams on technical specifications and VFX workflows.
- Develop content for public-facing support in an effort to allow partners to self-diagnose issues and proactively educate themselves on Netflix tools and systems.
- Ensure that the flow of VFX assets and production data through the Netflix delivery ecosystem is efficient, secure, and optimized, with a focus on developing and advising best practices across all internal/external production tools.
- Build and leverage strong relationships with the global Netflix VFX Title Management teams and external VFX partners.
- Represent the VFX Infrastructure, Technology & Operations team at industry functions, conferences, committee meetings to discuss the successful implementation of Netflix productized solutions on our productions.
Qualifications & Skills:
- 7+ years of production/vendor-facing visual effects experience.
- Familiarity with production, post, and VFX software and delivery tools such as Shotgun, Filemaker, RV, Cinesync, PIX, SyncSketch, Evercast, IBMAspera.
- The communication skills to clearly articulate and document technical concepts and explain how they impact the creative process.
- Working knowledge of various file formats used in VFX.
- Prior experience with production-side delivery in a VFX production environment.
- Working knowledge of data management and content security best practices.
- Knowledge of and relationships with technology solutions, equipment, and service vendors in the VFX space.
- Knowledge of VFX archival practices.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and with minimal guidance.
- Thrives on technical challenges and takes pride in solving them.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision; must be a self-motivated, self-starter that can initiate ideas.
- Strong ability to dive into the unknown and create clarity amid chaos.
- Experience with supporting people remotely.
- Flexible amid an ever-changing and growing environment.
- Strives in a fast-paced, adaptable, and ever-changing environment.
- Prior experience coaching, mentoring, and teaching people how to utilize industry-specific tools and software.
- Has a passion for technical quality and the ability to contextually identify technical errors within a given image or piece of audio.
- Ability to learn new technical workflows, standards, and tools quickly and easily.
- Passionate about our culture and values in the workplace.
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs/64433143