***This position is not entry-level and requires a minimum of 4 years experience***

Does this sound like you?

As a Director of Database Marketing, your role will be to deliver data driven strategies across all events assigned to you and by further the US Clarion Data Strategy with the team. Translate business questions into solutions that can be solved through data to drive growth and profitably. To achieve this there will be clear focus and framework for:

• Build and enhance digital reports to identify commercial opportunities
• Utilize best practices to visualize data in a way that allows for quick and easy insights
• Deliver actionable, concise and clear presentations using dating analytics and customer behaviors
• Govern and maintain data health and quality for your assigned portfolio
• Support analysis of marketing spend across channels and campaign performance
• Ensure levels of departmental excellence through process, reporting and team collaboration

The ideal person for this position has an exceptional eye for detail, expertise as a marketing database partner and a solid understanding of popular data analysis tools such as Power BI. He/she will work closely with product owners across various lines of business to understand the objectives of the organization and prioritize any requirements and work with the CMO to deliver departmental access.

How you'll make an impact:

Leadership

• Creates a culture of transparency support and collaboration through clear communication of ideas, processes and goals
• Leads by examples and takes full responsibility for ideas and actions and problem solving
• Ensuring the team has all necessary tools to effectively perform their job
• Identifying training needs for the team and carrying out training as required as a data expert
• Works closely with the EVP to drive the creation of high value data products, provide analysis and recommendations

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Works closely with the CMO and marketing leadership to drive the creation of high value data-drive products and events
• Solid experience with gap analysis with the database (must)
• Provides timely analysis and recommendations for audience segmentation or data business challenges
• Provides technical expertise on data structure (including new data integration), mining and cleansing
• Translates business questions into data driven solutions
• Understands and translates data models into actionable analytics using Power BI and other data tools
• Undertakes strategic one-off analyses and provides insights from a variety of data sources
• Able to map customer behaviors and journeys to relevant metrics and KPI’s
• Define reporting and analysis requirements based on commercial needs
• Provides data governance and insights to strengthen, align and maintain “clean” and usable data
• Provides consistent quality metrics and KPI’s that focus on core measurements that define success and growth opportunities in a scalable way
• Proactively improves the robustness and maturity of data supporting
• Identifies trends in data that can be used in predictive and prescriptive analytics
• Ensure data privacy and consent across your portfolio
• Supports the budgeting process by informing data driven strategies that drive customer engagement and audience acquisition

Requirements

• 4 years of experience as a marketing database analyst or in a related field
• Ability to understand business needs and relay into easy to understand, non-technical language
• High-level written and verbal communication skills
• People management and success building and driving high-performance teams
• Ability to deliver departmental strategy and framework – while also working as a contributor on individual projects

What’s in it for me?

• Competitive base salary dependent upon experience
• Bonus based on challenging but achievable targets
• 100% remote position (some travel expected depending on role)
• Generous PTO & Company-paid Holidays: this includes a day off for your birthday every year, and in 2022 our employees will receive the entire week of July 4th AND the entire last week of the year off.
• A full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, voluntary life insurance, HSA (plus employer contrition), and FSA.
• Basic life, long-term disability & short-term disability are covered at 100%.
• 401(k) Plan with employer match.
• Opportunity to travel across the country to attend our shows and meet people from a multitude of different industries.

Who is Clarion?

Clarion Events North America, which is the US division of Clarion Events UK, and backed by The Blackstone Group has become one of the fastest-growing event companies in the United States, with aggressive growth through both acquisition and launch. We excel in managing and producing trade and consumer events across the United States in 12 diverse sectors such as pop culture (anime), energy, technology, and fire and rescue.

Software Development Manager

This position is based in Vancouver. All applicants must reside in British Columbia if applying within Canada.

Zoic Studios is an award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. We have three locations, Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver, Canada. Some of our recent credits include Ozark, Moon Knight, WandaVision, The Flash, and For All Mankind. 

"Visual Evolution" is our mission; we invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of visual effects. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

Summary of Position

The Software Development Manager ensures works to manage our Software Engineering team, track project progress, and ensure projects stay on schedule in a fast paced visual effects environment. The Software Development Manager will also help to foresee any potential issues in the software development process and remove those roadblocks for the engineering team. This role will also make sure the department has what they need, communicate priorities with other Zoic divisions, help with documentation, and keep the department organized.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized and flexible with a willingness to learn technical concepts related to hardware and software on the job.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Engineering team and department heads to deliver valuable, working software on-time within our studio, while ensuring productivity of our developers and designers, across numerous efforts.
• Communicate progress on projects and related tasks regularly, to ensure stakeholder awareness 
• Assist in developing and orchestrating demonstrations
• Supports Software Engineer department through strong communication, documentation, and organization.
• Anticipates upcoming department needs and finds solutions to upcoming problems
• Coordinates and attends meetings, takes detailed notes, and communicates notes to the entire team
• Maintains confidentiality at all times in regards to proprietary projects, tools, and systems.
• Create and share documentation for new software tools

Key Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in a software project management focused position. 
• Experience delivering completed working software projects end-to-end
• Experience working with a team to support software products after launch 
• Experience working closely with software engineers
• Experience in expectation management of stakeholders and/or customers either internally or externally 
• Experienced with measuring and improving dev team performance, through a collaborative approach.   
• Demonstrates sound knowledge of cost control, including planning, tracking, and adjusting to re-forecast. 
• Aptitude for and understanding of technical concepts related to hardware and software.
• Ability to learn new technical subjects quickly and communicate them effectively
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to multi-task efficiently between several different projects
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Willingness to learn Shotgun and other proprietary software
• Potential for overtime hours and travel, flexible schedule required.

Pluses (not required)

• BS in Computer Science or similar educational background
• Previous experience working as a software engineer
• Previous experience working in a Visual Effects Pipeline
• Familiarity with visual effects related software packages such as Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Unreal Engine

Additional information

• Candidates MUST be located in the United States, British Columbia or Ontario. This is a remote (work from home) position
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned
• Due to the volume of applications we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contact

Senior Concept Designer - Environments

This position is based in Vancouver. All applicants must reside in the United States or British Columbia/Ontario if applying within Canada.

About Zoic

Zoic Studios is a creative collective focused on the intersection of storytelling, strategy, technology, and design.

Partnership, integrity, and enthusiasm are our founding principles. “Visual Evolution” is our mission. Through the evolution of story, art, and technology our aim is to broaden the audience for the moving image.

We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

Who we’re looking for!

We are currently seeking a Senior Concept Designer to join our talented team. This position will include a variety of projects including episodic, streaming, advertising, and film. The successful candidate will focus on concepts and designs for a variety of environments, props, vehicles, etc.

The Concept Designer works in collaboration with the Creative Director to establish overall look and design for all environments and pitch work using both traditional and digital art methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Tasks include designing environments, props, vehicles, etc. across a variety of genres.
• Research and initiate information gathering of subject matter based on task.
• Work closely with ECD and VFX Sup’s to help define vision for all environment concept art.
• Participate in brainstorm sessions to develop new ideas and improve existing ones.
• Combine the goals of design, art direction and technological considerations to build environments.
• Develop and maintain strong creative and collaborative partnerships across disciplines to help develop environments, visual language and rule sets across projects.
• Serve as an artistic resource across Real Time, Series Television, Advertising, and Features.

Qualifications:

• Strong foundational art skills (drawing, perspective, composition, color theory, design, and anatomy).
• Strong design skills with the ability to render photoreal and hyperreal architecture and natural landscapes using the latest industry software and techniques.
• Strong ideation, brainstorming and documentation skills.
• Expert knowledge of Photoshop with an emphasis on drawing, painting and image making.
• Unreal, Maya, and/or Houdini experience a major plus.
• Ability to block out ideas in 3D as well as 2D depending on the need requested.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills. Client interaction a plus.
• At least 5 years of experience as a concept artist within the entertainment industry.
• Experience must be showcased with an up-to-date portfolio.
• Knowledge of real-time art development a major plus.

Additional information

• Candidates MUST be located in the United States, British Columbia or Ontario. Hours are Pacific Standard Time. This is a remote (work from home) position. 
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs.
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.
• Due to the volume of applications we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contact.

Lead Rigging

This position is based in Vancouver. All applicants must reside in the United States or British Columbia/Ontario if applying within Canada.

Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. We have three locations, Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver, Canada. Some of our recent credits include, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Legends of Tomorrow, Stargirland Fargo.

"Visual Evolution" is our mission; we invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of visual effects. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

Zoic Studios seeks a Lead Rigging Artist to collaborate with various other departments within the studio to create and complete shots as assigned. In this Role you will work on a variety of projects and assets within a Rigging Department. The Lead Rigging Artist reports to the Rigging Supervisor.

The ideal candidate will have advanced knowledge of designing and maintaining smooth and efficient rigs for CG assets. In addition, they will have strong MAYA skills, extensive experience in scripting, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in any given day. You will help Lead a team of artists within the Rigging & Animation team.  Good communication and problem-solving skills are mandatory. 

As our studio mainly works on streaming and episodic tv, you must be comfortable working and leading a team in a fast-paced environment. The expectation is to manage your own assignments of rigs as well as manage, train and assist your team with their own tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work with Department Supervisors to achieve creative goals and maintain quality standards.
• Provide guidance for team members.
• Develop, maintain, and modify python-based scripts for assets, modules, and tools for intra and inter departmental tasks.
• Creation of new rigs and rig components for a variety of bipeds, quadrupeds, creature, and mechanical assets.
• Thorough Quality control (QC) for all rigs before release.
• Proactively troubleshoot and problem-solvewith CG or VFX Supervisors and modeling/animation/CFX departments to ensure rigs meet requirements.
• Take direction, and effectively communicate with both the team and management and mentor other Artists.

Qualifications:

• Min 3 years’ experience as a Rigger within live action VFX or animation studio in TV and/or film.
• Must showcase an up-to-date demo reel demonstrating rigging abilities.
• Solid understanding of Character set-up and rigging tools in Maya.
• Solid understanding of anatomy and kinematics to create rigs that match Show and Production expectations or exceed them.
• Proven level of experience with Skinweighting and other Deformers.
•  Ability to rig a variety of characters / objects in a realistic (non-cartoon manner).
• Experience writing Python Classes and UIs
• Must be organized with a strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
• Positive attitude and ability to easily adapt to changes in production needs.
• Excellent communication skills in English; both written and verbal.

Would be nice to have:

• Experience with a Rebuildable, Buildscript, Rig-Builder environment
• Knowledge of Api, PyQt, GitHub, Pyside, Shotgun
• Character FX knowledge and Interest (Hair, Cloth, Muscle)
• Houdini knowledge
• Motion capture and crowd rigging experience
• Experience with Unreal Engine and Maya roundtrip production

Additional information

• Candidates MUST be located in the United States, British Columbia or Ontario. This is a remote (work from home) position
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned
• Due to the volume of applications we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contact

About Us:

Wiser Solutions is a suite of in-store and eCommerce intelligence and execution tools. We’re on a mission to enable brands, retailers, and retail channel partners to gather intelligence and automate actions to optimize pricing, marketing, and operations initiatives, both in-store and online. Our Commerce Execution Suite is available globally.

Position Summary:

Wiser is looking for a talented Full Stack & Mobile (iOS) Software Engineer to add to one of our in-store Engineering teams. The ideal candidate will be well-rounded, with a wide range of technical skills to help us enhance and develop our Web and mobile applications for various in-store data collection processes.

Essential Functions:

· Develop technical expertise in appointed suite of products, producing quality results with little supervision

· Enjoy working on a wide variety of projects and technologies

· Collaborate and align with team members

· Focus on high-quality code and products that deliver value to our customers

· Superior project management and attention to detail

· Communicate clearly during all phases of a project; demonstrate you understand requirements, deliver accurate project status, collaborate with QA on issue resolution

· Ability to learn quickly, make programmatic decisions, adapt to changing business needs

· Excited to learn modern technologies and bring innovative ideas to the team

Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience:

· Minimum of 4 years of experience with software development, including a minimum of 1 year of mobile application development experience

· Degree in Computer Science, or related quantitative field

· Implemented end-to-end application including code signing, provisioning, and App Store release process.

· Demonstrable knowledge of iOS (Objective-C or Swift) development

· Demonstrable knowledge of object-oriented programming principles

· Technical knowledge of SOAP/REST/JSON service integration

· Experience writing web services or other server-side components

· Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data

· Experience with large RDBMS (SQL Server, MYSQL) and data interchange formats (XML, JSON)

· Experience with mobile app crash analysis, remote configuration, and mobile app monitoring tools (Firebase, App Center)

· Experience with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (Bonus Points!)

· Proficiency with offline storage, threading and performance tuning and be familiar with Apple's design principles and interface guidelines

· Proficiency with common software engineering tools such as Git, TFS, Jira, Target Process, Confluence, etc.

· Knowledge of Swift is preferred

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

TRAVEL

Occasionally as needed.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is required to sit for prolonged periods of time; balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The employee is required to operate essential office equipment, such as computer/laptop, phone, printer, copier, keyboard, mouse, and other office equipment on a regular basis.

EEO STATEMENT

Wiser Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation of any kind. Wiser Solutions, Inc. is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, providing a work environment free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. All employment decisions at Wiser Solutions, Inc. are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, family or parental status, disability, genetics, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by the state, federal, or local law. Wiser Solutions, Inc. will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on any of these characteristics.

Looking to hire for a React.JS Developer contract. Desired candidates must be strong with the following: Webpack, ES6, CSS, Hooks, Context API (Nice to have: Redux and Storybook). This is a contract lasting until December 2022 and is fully remote, US citizenship or green card holder is required.

Responsibilities:

•  Provide development support to the government client to enable design, development, and implementation of web-based enterprise software solutions following the Agile lifecycle
•  Participate on enterprise projects that require migration strategies using web-based technologies and relational databases across multiple platforms
•  Participate in the full life cycle of an agile project, design and develop user interfaces/applications, and conduct testing
•  Understands the business problem statement, user scenarios, and technical constraints
•  Plan for and conduct implementation activities
•  Participate in planning, retrospectives, demos and daily stand-ups. Continuously develops knowledge and skills on pertinent systems
•  Perform thorough unit and functional testing of the code to ensure high quality bug free code
•  Provide weekly and monthly status to the management
•  Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis
•  Become knowledgeable on the Disability process, ensure understanding of the systems and application processes to be able to execute that role in an effective manner

Qualifications:

•  Minimum of 4 years of experience utilizing Node.js or/ and React.js, Express with a SQL database (e.g. such as MySQL or PostgreSQL)
•  Minimum of 2 years of experience with Webpack, ES6, CSS, Hooks, Context API. 
•  Minimum of 2 years of experience with PostgreSQL querying data, filtering data, and joining multiple tables
•  Strong proficiency working with database systems such as MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, and/or PostgreSQL
•  Minimum of 3 year of JavaScript front-end development experience Minimum of 1 year of experience using a code repository such as Nexus with distributed version control such as Git/Bit Bucket

Looking to hire for a Node.JS Developer contract. Desired candidates must be strong with the following: Docker and Microservices. This is a contract lasting until December 2022 and is fully remote, US citizenship or green card holder is required.

Responsibilities:

•  Provide development support to the government client to enable design, development, and implementation of web-based enterprise software solutions following the Agile lifecycle
•  Participate on enterprise projects that require migration strategies using web-based technologies and relational databases across multiple platforms
•  Participate in the full life cycle of an agile project, design and develop user interfaces/applications, and conduct testing
•  Understands the business problem statement, user scenarios, and technical constraints
•  Plan for and conduct implementation activities
•  Participate in planning, retrospectives, demos and daily stand-ups. Continuously develops knowledge and skills on pertinent systems
•  Perform thorough unit and functional testing of the code to ensure high quality bug free code
•  Provide weekly and monthly status to the management
•  Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis
•  Become knowledgeable on the Disability process, ensure understanding of the systems and application processes to be able to execute that role in an effective manner

Qualifications:

•  Minimum of 4 years of experience utilizing Node.js or/ and React.js, Express with a SQL database (e.g. such as MySQL or PostgreSQL)
•  Minimum of 2 years of experience with Docker and Microservices
•  Minimum of 2 years of experience with PostgreSQL querying data, filtering data, and joining multiple tables
•  Strong proficiency working with database systems such as MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, and/or PostgreSQL
•  Minimum of 3 year of JavaScript front-end development experience Minimum of 1 year of experience using a code repository such as Nexus with distributed version control such as Git/Bit Bucket

Roto & Paint Lead Artist

This position is based in Vancouver. All applicants must reside in the United States or British Columbia/Ontario if applying within Canada.

Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. We have three locations, Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver, Canada. Recent credits include: See, Sweet Tooth, For All Mankind, and Superman & Lois.

"Visual Evolution" is our mission; we invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of visual effects. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

Zoic Studios seeks aRoto & Paint Lead Artistto collaborate with various other departments within the studio to create and complete shots as assigned.

The Roto & Paint Lead reports to the Roto & Paint Supervisor and Roto & Paint Department Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Work with Department Supervisors to achieve creative goals and maintain quality standards.
• Quality control (QC) for both internal shots and outsourced shots.
• Work directly with the Roto & Paint team and Roto & Paint Supervisor to seamlessly integrate elements of a shot to the highest level of VFX realism.
• Proactively troubleshoot and problem-solve.
• Attend production meetings as required.
• Provide guidance for team members.
• Take direction, and effectively communicate with both the team and management.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in Roto/Paint within a VFX studio
• Past experience in a lead role within VFX is a plus.
• Experience in communicating client notes to artists.
• Proficient in Nuke and Silhouette.
• Strong eye for detail, colour, and composition
• Demonstrated ability to take direction and follow through
• Work well under tight deadlines in a team environment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to delegate tasks as well as work on-the-box.
• Experience leading and mentoring others.
• Organized and dedicated work ethic
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal

Must provide a link to reel demonstrating paint / roto and 3D projection skills along with a breakdown.

Zoic is a Maya/Vray/Nuke studio.

Additional information:

• Candidates MUST be located in the United States, British Columbia or Ontario. This is a remote (work from home) position.
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs.
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.
• Due to the volume of applications we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contact.

Senior Houdini TD

All applicants must reside in the United States or British Columbia/Ontario if applying within Canada.

Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. We have three locations, Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver, Canada. Recent credits include See, Sweet Tooth, For All Mankind, and Superman & Lois.

"Visual Evolution" is our mission; we invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of visual effects. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

Zoic is looking for an experienced Senior Houdini TD to assist in the overall efficiency of the Houdini production pipeline across departments. FX, Lighting, Environments, and other departments as we move more work into the Houdini pipeline.The position reports to the Studio Lead TD, ensuring that new workflows and tools developed follow Zoic’s programming standards and requirements.

The Senior Houdini TD’s role includes, but will not be limited to, optimizing Artists’ Houdini scenes and ensure the IO of data between departments is efficient via tools or workflow recommendations. You will investigate and solve complex puzzles, keeping in mind the impact on the production process and pipeline overall.

Overall, the role will support the management and development of tools and workflows that help digital artists with their daily use of both third party and in-house software and systems. The role requires strong technical and communication skills, between technical and non-technical personnel, as well as a firm understanding of software design, graphics, and production workflow.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with and take direction from Studio Technical Supervisor, Department Supervisors, Pipeline Managers, and Senior TDs as well as working with artists to create support & maintain tools to be integrated into Zoic’s existing pipeline.
• Utilize Python and PySide for tool creation and support
• Work with artists to troubleshoot and fix problems
• Update and maintain tools, techniques and work flows as required
• Develop digital assets (HDAs) per department needs
• Discuss and design solutions shots and sequences which fit within tight computation/storage/time limitations while still achieving the desired creative goals of VFX Supervisors and Creative Directors
• If needed research and optimize artists’ scenes from Houdini and Mantra to simulate and render successfully within allotted time frame and machine resources, such as such as storage, RAM, and clock speed, to maximize efficiency on the farm.
• Debug and repair problematic scenes from Houdini and Mantra/Vray related to effects, simulation, procedural modeling, lighting, rendering, and other disciplines.
• Provide troubleshooting and technical solutions for day-to-day Houdini production problems.
• Work closely with Lighters and Compositors to ensure that all generated FX elements integrate seamlessly in downstream departments.
• Utilize currently available proprietary tools to solve FX and pipeline issues and on occasion develop new small-scale tools to address project or FX/Houdini department issues.
• Collaborate with Pipeline department on any required large-scale tools development.
• Stay up-to-date on latest proprietary pipeline tools and workflows from all office locations and regularly share information on these new developments with FX artists

Qualifications, Skills & Software Required

• 4+ years of work experience as a FX or Houdini TD or in a position with similar responsibilities. 
• Proficiency in Python
• Proficiency with Houdini
• Experience debugging other users’ scene files and renders
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot and work independently on projects without supervision
• Experience with user interface development
• Past pipeline development experience a plus
• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming and Design
• Experience with Version Control Systems
• Some experience with Qt. Other UI framework experience a plus
• Knowledge of Python scripting in Houdini, Nuke, and Maya
• C/C++, C#, web development, SQL experience a plus
• Past experience with Shotgun, RV, Cinema4D a plus
• Linux experience a plus. Bash, file IO, process lifecycle
• Able to communicate clearly with the various Zoic departments and locations
• Some experience using Maya, V-Ray, Nuke, Bifrost, Yeti, or Substance Painter a plus
• Some experience using render queuing software a plus
• Basic Python, VEX, HScript, and HDA scripting a plus

Additional information:

• Candidates MUST be located in the United States, British Columbia or Ontario. This is a remote (work from home) position.
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs.
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.
• Due to the volume of applications, we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contact.

Verimatrix is seeking a talented and experienced engineer to join ourSite Reliability          Engineering(SRE) team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about SRE and can help evangelize proper practices and mindsets. This position will also help build out and refine our observability stack to provide actionable data to other teams, provide fine-grained metrics for our alerting and on-call management system, and take a more proactive approach to issues. Lastly as a member of the SRE Team, this position will provide Tier 2 support and help improve the quality of our Runbooks. Bring your experience to help us prepare for scale by adopting industry best practices in availability, security, observability, reliability, and automation.

If this sounds like a challenge for you and you are a problem solver who loves collaboration, this position may be for you! We are operational, but now we need you to help us reach operational excellence. Be prepared to partner with other teams and collaborate across all functions in our organization. Learn what it is like to work in a company where transparency and visibility are valued. We encourage shared goals and objectives across teams. We care about our culture and our people.

Bring your SRE skills to Verimatrix and help us become proactive and able to anticipate problems rather than just be reactive. Solve hard problems with software and automation. Be part of a team and company who support each other and strive to have a positive impact on our customers.

What we looking for:

• Services with high availability and reliability
• A strong culture of inclusion and forward thinking.
• Better reporting and the ability to use data for decision making.
• Improved monitoring and alerting
• Improved and effective observability.
• Common deployment practices
• A blameless post-mortem culture where we are always reflecting and improving.
• Movement toward industry best practices.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 2-4 years of experience working in a DevOps role
• Preferably 1 year or more of experience working on an SRE team
• Experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, Fargate)
• Expertise in maintaining infrastructure as code (AWS CloudFormation or similar)
• Knowledge of observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, AWS X-Ray, Datadog)
• Experience with CI/CD and working in Agile environments
• Familiarity with SLOs, SLIs, and Error Budgets
• Experience working with teams in different countries
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate
• Strong communication skills

Verimatrix (Euronext Paris: VMX) helps power the modern connected world with security made for people. We protect digital content, applications, and devices with intuitive, people-centered, and frictionless security. Leading brands turn to Verimatrix to secure everything from premium movies and live streaming sports to sensitive financial and healthcare data, to mission-critical mobile applications. We enable the trusted connections our customers depend on to deliver compelling content and experiences to millions of consumers around the world. Verimatrix helps partners get to market faster, scale easily, protect valuable revenue streams, and win new business. To learn more, visit www.verimatrix.com.

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What does dLocal do?

dLocal is the #1 payments leader focused on emerging markets and helps some of the best companies in the world expand in emerging countries. Global brands such as Amazon and Zara rely on us to increase conversion by eliminating complexity and managing their payments expansion effortlessly. As both a payments processor and a merchant of record where we operate, we make it simple and risk-free for our client partners to make inroads into the world’s fastest-growing, emerging markets.

What’s the opportunity? 

We are looking to hirean Android Engineer with Android expertise in working with webviews and SDKs. Your primary focus will bebuilding internal and external self-serve products to help us ensure the best payment experience on mobile devices through dLocal. You will be part of a new and growing mobile team, collaborating and participating in the decision-making process, working with partners and setting the long-term technical direction for new products. 

What will I be doing?

• Designing and building mobile SDKs for Android with Kotlin.
• Collaborating with the design team to define app features.
• Ensuring quality and performance of the application to specifications.
• Identifying potential problems and resolving application bottlenecks.
• Communicate and document technical processes, standards and best practices
• Keeping up-to-date with the latest technological developments
• Maintaining the code and atomization of the application.
• Designing and implementing feature updates.

What skills do I need?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• 2-4 years of experience with Android, Android Studio and mobile development.
• Deep understanding of Kotlin and enough Java knowledge to ensure our SDKs are compatible with Java applications.
• Experience designing and developing Android SDKs.
• Knowledge of other mobile technologies is a plus; Swift, Flutter, React Native.
• Knowledge of architecture patterns, design patterns, SOLID principles and app modularization.
• Skilled writing Unit and Automation tests.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery.
   

What happens when I apply? 
First, apply so we can review your CV. We will then reach out to you by email if we find that your profile is a fit for our role and schedule a virtual interview via Google Meets with HR. You will be updated regarding the specific steps along the process. If you don’t hear from us this time, don’t worry! We’re constantly updating our careers page with new positions, make sure to come back and apply for a different one! 

Check out ourwebpageor our instagram @dlocalteam for more about dLocal!

3D Senior Environment Lead

This position is based in Vancouver. All applicants must reside in the United States or British Columbia/Ontario if applying within Canada.

Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. We have three locations, Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver, Canada. Some of our recent credits include, Sweet Tooth, Legends of Tomorrowand Stargirl.

"Visual Evolution" is our mission; we invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of visual effects. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

We are looking for an experienced 3DSenior Environment Lead to join our team in order to work on multiple projects that included television, streamed series and Unreal initiatives. The start date is immediate.

The 3DSenior Environment Lead is responsible for leading a team and working alongside artists that create photo-real landscapes that integrate seamlessly with plate photography. Successful candidates display a high proficiency or varied skill level across the areas of model, texture, shading, look development, Houdini for scattering and the ability to slap-comp their own work.  You will lead a large team of artists, with tasks ranging from a small number of shots & scenes to working on specific assets within a larger body of work.  The 3D Senior Environment Lead is part of the Environments team and reports to the Environment Supervisor.

Responsibilities:

• Senior technical artist in Houdini for generalist needs (minimal fx)
• Senior TD experience with python/mel/vex coding
• R&D on new techniques and approaches to build tasks
• Mentor and instruct on proper use of Houdini and procedural techniques.
• Expert knowledge in procedural builds
• Tool creation for dept, example; vine generators, building generators, scatter systems
• Simple crowd and flocking sim knowledge
• Ability to conceptualize, create, and handoff complex environment builds with simple controls for downstream depts
• Unreal experience/Interest, Senior Houdini experience, Senior Maya experience
• Experience using MapBox in houdini and height fields
• On the box majority of time
• Ability to cleanly transfer builds across different DCC's for downstream depts.
• Enthusiasm to assist junior and mid-level artists in dept and lighting to debug complex scenes and simplify problems

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years relevant experience in a VFX, live action studio
• Minimum 5 years in creating digital environments for TV and/or film
• Proven artistic ability across multiple CG disciplines including modeling, texturing, lighting, shading / look development, or compositing.
• Ability to upres purchased items as well as create new assets when needed
• Proficient in environment scene layout and composition
• Prior experience using Houdini for world generation
• Fluent in Maya
• Fluent in Houdini
• Working knowledge of Vray and Substance Painter
• Experience in Photoshop, MARI
• Ability to self-prioritize
• Strong communicator that requires minimal guidance in the execution of VFX Tasks.
• Must showcase an up-to-date reel with relevant work experience

Additional information

• Candidates MUST be located in the United States, British Columbia or Ontario. This is a remote (work from home) position
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned
• Due to the volume of applications we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contact

Design To Delivery Inc is looking for a Procurement Data Analyst to support the contracting department at Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana. The qualified individual will be customer-focused and team-oriented that is able to independently solve complex, analytical problems with innovative approaches and solutions.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This position(s) will be 100% remote but candidate must reside in Indiana, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, or DC. 

Tasks include:

• Interface with customers across departments related to analysis and reporting

• Compile and analyze data requirements

• Utilize advanced MS Excel, Access and Power BI on various data sources to manipulate data and generate standard and ad-hoc reports 

• Collect and analyze data for purposes of determining trends in performance, revealing both effective and ineffective processes, and determining potential areas of metric consolidation based on similar/same metrics and/or customers

• Provide recommendations for process improvement

• Understand the business rules relating to required entry and ensure output reports are reviewed for accuracy and make recommendations for improvement

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or equivalent field
• Must have at least 4 years of experience working with complex federal acquisitions
• Must have Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one
• Must have experience collecting, analyzing and reporting data on business operations
• Must be proficient with MS Office products to include Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• Must have advanced Excel and MS Power BI skills to develop ad hoc reports (e.g., pivot tables, macros, etc).
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to interact professionally and collaboratively with others exhibiting decorum and discretion at all times
• Individual must be self-motivated, a fast learner and able to complete tasks with minimal direction and supervision
• Must be a US Citizen

This position requires a COVID-19 vaccine as mandated in D2DInc’s COVID-19 Health and Safety Policy. If you are selected for this job, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except when vaccination is not medically advised or violates your sincerely held religious beliefs. If you are invited to join our team, you must submit proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to D2DInc’s HR representative as part of the onboarding process, or you must request an exemption from D2DInc’s HR representative. Medical information should not be provided to D2DInc’s Recruiter or anyone outside of D2DInc’s HR department.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Unreal Engine FX Artist

This position is based in Vancouver. All applicants must reside in the United States or British Columbia/Ontario if applying within Canada.

Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. We have three locations, Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver, Canada. Some of our recent credits include, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Fargo, Legends of Tomorrow and Stargirl.

"Visual Evolution" is our mission; we invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of visual effects. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

Summary of Position

The Unreal FX Artist is responsible for the creation and execution of real time FX elements, simulations and caches in DCC and the Unreal engine as required in the delivery of previsualization, post-visualization and final pixel as per the direction of the Department Supervisors, Leads, Creative Director, and the client. This position requires a strong understanding of all aspects and components of real time FX production and the ability

Responsibilities

• Work with the Department Supervisors, Leads and Creative Director to create amazing FX elements and animations using the best practices and technically sound execution for Unreal based projects.
• Manage and create FX elements, required caches and sprites using DCC applications such as Maya, Houdini, Embergen and other software applications for Unreal Engine final execution.
• Follow established FX looks, style and direction as required.
• Work with other real time artists on the project team to ensure that the created FX elements
• follow production guidelines and solve creative execution issues.
• Access and critique new FX oriented DCC software and internal Unreal tools.
• Reference and request internal and external stock packs to assist in the execution of FX tasks.
• Provide guidance, goals and testing to the internal tools department for real time FX workflow consolidation.
• Provide daily updates to direct reports about the day-to-day running of your assigned tasks inclusive of technical and project build tasks.
• Work hands on in project productions in the delivery of final previs, postvis and final pixel content.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Unreal Engine experience
• Experience creating and/or working with high quality FX and dynamic simulations in Unreal Engine
• Experience creating realistic scenes or effects using Unreal Engine
• Experience as an Unreal Engine focused Technical Director a plus!
• Experience with either C# or C++ a plus!
• Ability to work from home / remotely within a structured team environment

Other Requirements

• Self-motivated, proactive and able to utilize time allotted efficiently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly experienced in working as part of a development team
• Excellent communication skills in English; both written and verbal
• Problem solving skills, self-starter, adapt to production changes are required skills
• Up-to-date portfolio showcasing required skill set

Additional information

• Candidates MUST be located in the United States, British Columbia or Ontario. This is a remote (work from home) position. 
• Zoic does not cover relocation costs.
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.
• Due to the volume of applications we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contact.