Lead Technical Director, VFX Pipelines & Tools

The Walt Disney Studios; Iver Heath; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

25 days leave

Medical & dental care

Park entry for family and friends

Disney discounts

Parental leave

Employee Resource Groups

Résumé du poste

The Walt Disney Studios in London is seeking a highly skilled Technical Director to support a fast-paced visual effects production unit. You will build and maintain production pipelines, provide frontline support to artists, coordinators and producers, and collaborate with our Los Angeles TD team to ensure seamless cross-time-zone operations.

Ideal candidates will have expert Python, strong VFX pipeline experience, and familiarity with ShotGrid, RV, DaVinci Resolve, and large data transfers.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Python for pipeline and tool development.
• Strong experience building and maintaining VFX production pipelines and workflows.
• Deep familiarity with Flow Production Tracking (ShotGrid).
• Experience with RV and DaVinci Resolve for review and playback.
• Strong understanding of production environments, file systems, and asset management.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable production tools, pipelines, and workflows for VFX production.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to production teams, troubleshooting issues across pipeline, tools, and data flow.
• Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating requirements into actionable solutions.
• Support and maintain production tracking app using Flow Production Tracking and related tools.
• Work with screening room and review workflows, or learn quickly.
• Assist with large-scale data transfers using Signiant and Aspera.
• Document workflows, tools, and issues clearly for cross-site collaboration (JIRA tickets, emails, updates).
• Collaborate with Los Angeles TD team to ensure continuity across time zones.
• Take ownership of tasks from pipeline engineering to hands-on technical assistance.

Connaissances

Python

VFX pipelines

ShotGrid/Flow Production Tracking

RV & DaVinci Resolve

Asset management

Outils

JIRA

Signiant

Aspera

FileMaker Pro

Description du poste

The Walt Disney Studios in London is seeking a highly skilled Technical Director to support a fast-paced visual effects production unit. You will build and maintain production pipelines, provide frontline support to artists, coordinators and producers, and collaborate with our Los Angeles TD team to ensure seamless cross-time-zone operations.

Ideal candidates will have expert Python, strong VFX pipeline experience, and familiarity with ShotGrid, RV, DaVinci Resolve, and large data transfers.