Summer Intern - Technical Director, Character Shade / Groom

Job Description

Pixar is offering an exciting opportunity geared toward students passionate about pursuing a career as a Technical Director (TD) on animated feature films. As a Character Shade/Groom TD Intern, you work with our TDs as a member of the technical team implementing texture, color and material properties for digital models. We are looking for students who possess strong technical skills a real passion for building high-end visual imagery in support of the storytelling process. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement appearance of the texture, color, and material properties of objects.
• Develop shaders using a wide range of techniques and resources including 2D/3D texture painting, procedural signals, reusing and modifying existing shading functions or writing new algorithmic work.
• Projects may also include technical development such as implementing procedurals in the RenderMan shading language, writing RenderMan DSOs and other graphics functionality, and optimizing existing pipelines and assets.
• Paint textures in Photoshop or Mari.
• Using drawings, paintings, photographic and motion picture references or actual objects and locations, design work desired by the Production Designer and Director.
• Maintains asset stability for downstream departments.

Qualifications:
• Your area of study is in computer science, computer graphics, digital art or a related field
• You have experience using 3D software packages such as Houdini, Maya, Katana, and/or RenderMan
• Experience writing shaders with any major shading language (osl, rsl, glsl, C++) is a plus
• You have a deep understanding of physical motion, weight, balance, texture and form
• You possess an ability to follow art direction but also demonstrate initiative
• You are familiar with Unix/Linux systems
• Able to demonstrate your aesthetic via an online demo reel
• This is a six-month internship. You will need to be available to work full-time Mon - Fri for 24-weeks between May – December
• You already possess the legal right to work in the United States

Eligibility:

Traditional Academic Paths:
• Currently enrolled as a junior or greater in a collegiate program
• Recent grads who are in their first year post graduation are still eligible to apply

Less Traditional Professional Paths:
• Career Transition: Those with a minimum of 5 years post-college graduation and whose professional experiences in a work/academic environment differ vastly from animation, VFX, gaming, and other computer graphics-focused industries
• Armed Forces: Those who have served in the armed forces and are in a retraining program
• Home Schooled: Those who are self-taught via an alternative educational path

Visa Sponsorship:
• Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor student / intern visas at this time

Submission process and application materials:
• Attach a single PDF file containing your cover letter and resume
• Provide a link to your online demo reel in the ''Demo Reel'' section of the application; without this, you will not be considered for the internship
• If your demo reel is password protected, please include the correct password
• Due to the high volume of submissions, we are not able to provide feedback nor are we able to respond to requests for application status. You will be notified when there is an update on your application
• In submitting your application, you are agreeing to the terms of our Submission Release Form. Without this, we are unable to consider your application

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 13, 2022

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnmwvo-3-21-106-69-42 in your application.