Technical Artist/Farm Wrangler

Flying Bark Productions is working on exciting projects such as Avatar: The Last Airbender feature film, Netflix's Stranger Things animated series, as well as our production Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan. 

The TA is responsible for providing technical support for the crew for the Project/s with a focus on departments that utilise farm resources under the guidance of the supervising technical crew and Production. They effectively support our farm processes infrastructure and ensure basic help desk and IT support is being provided to the artists, help package-up and ingest data to and from our client studio, and undertake some lighting and compositing tasks as needed. You may be asked to support other departments as well.

About the role:

• Daily technical support to the team regarding publishes and renders on the farm;
• Identify and diagnose failing publishes/renders and malfunctioning farm machines and notify the artists or pipeline team;
• Monitor the farm queue to maximise resource efficiency and handle job priorities;
• Monitor and report resource utilisation such as disk space, node usage, job saturation, etc;
• Reviewing and resolving bug reports with the help of other system engineers;
• Quality control for shots delivered from upstream departments for delivery to Lighting;
• Quality control of Renders;
• Respond to rendering-related support requests;

And all other duties and responsibilities as reasonably required by the Production Company.

About you:

• Take direction from a Supervisor as required as well as an ability to seek guidance if unsure;
• Ability to adapt to a high pressure, fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities;
• Working understanding of 3D packages like Katana, Maya and Nuke
• Be flexible and responsive to changes;
• Complete tasks within production deadlines.
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn;
• Attention to detail;
• Ability to script using Python and / or Mel (a bonus);
• An understanding of Maya (software) in a production based environment;
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines;
• Excellent communication skills and willingness to share information in a team environment;
• Flexibility and ability to be responsive to change;
• Passion for animation and storytelling.

What do we do? 

Flying Bark Productions is a renowned independent producer of family-focused animation entertainment. For over 50 years, our 2D and 3D production facility has created award-winning feature films and TV series. 

Why work with us? 

• We work on some pretty cool projects - check out our website: https://www.flyingbark.com.au/ 
• We have an industry leading studio space in Alexandria, complete with a cinema, quiet room, Zen Garden, games room, and state of the art animation facilities. 
• Breakfast is served daily - on us! 
• We have cake days, movie nights, wrap parties & a culture club dedicated to coordinating our busy social calendar! 
• The Barkers have big hearts too, with our Paws for a Cause fundraising arm raising much needed funds for charities such as Beyond Blue, RSPCA and the Cancer Council. 
• We love dogs and you will often see some of our regular fluffy companions in the studio. 
• We have a hybrid approach to work with flexible work from home days on offer.
•  Career development is important to us so we offer training and support opportunities whenever possible. 
• Our employees say our culture is the best they've ever experienced - everyone is welcome and celebrated! 
• You'll have access to mental health resources and free counselling via our Employee Assistance Provider Support Act. 

Flying Bark Productions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.