Technical Director Supervisor

Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
- While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.**Responsibilities**:

- Defines and organizes the operations of the department that will allow the productions of all its deliverables on time, on budget and with the expected consistent quality.
- Collaborates with a diverse customer base to refine requirements, priorities and executing roadmaps, projects plans and commitments.
- Reports on the status of development, quality, operations, and team performance.
- Regularly examines user experiences, satisfaction, and level of understanding to identify areas of improvement to the production pipelines.
- Acts as the primarily contact person and is responsible of the department.
- Actively participates in meetings to set direction and creative goals, ensuring that technical and budgetary requirements are met.
- Assigns the work to each team member, according to skills sets.
- Gives guidance to the team, supervises the quality of the work, and works closely with production to complete deadlines.
- Partners with HR and TA to source and recruit the best talent in the industry.
- Mentors potential up-and-coming artists to guide them in their career paths.
- Acts as a company ambassador utilizing his/her extensive network in the industry, and plays a key role in selling the studio as a first-class place of work, maintaining ongoing relationships with key industry players, contributing to Skydance’sreputation.
- Keeps up on current technology trends and tools (hardware and software) that best suit the production (and the company) in the development of a stronger creative technical environment.
- Coordinates with other departments to develop and implement solutions for the show using procedural techniques.
- Responsible for providingaccurate, effective and timely legal advice, analysis and support on both corporate and business affairs relating to the Skydance Animation Madrid Business.
- Provide solution-focused legal advice tailored to the needs of the Business.
- Draft, review and negotiate contracts and other legal documents for Skydance Animation Madrid, including artistic freelancer´s agreements, assignment of IP rights, lease agreements, NDAs as well as different contracts related to service providers.
- Review and advise on data privacy and other relevant compliance and regulatory matters applicable to Skydance Animation Madrid, including drafting and updating privacy procedures, processes, policies, data processing agreements and international transfers of data.
- Identify areas of risk for Skydance Animation Madrid and assist in providing solutions to manage the risks.
- Assist in the development of best practices with the Skydance Animation Madrid Executive Leadership Team.
- Report to both the Head of Skydance Madrid and the General Counsel of Skydance Media Group.
- Liaise with Skydance Animation Madrid’s Sole Administrator office and manage the legal administration documents of the company such as deeds and Powers of Attorney.
- Coordinate and maintain relationships with the external law firms and other legal and compliance related intermediaries, such as labor, corporate and privacy outside counsels and tax advisors.
- Contract management and administration: Arrange for the execution of agreements and amendments, coordinate signatures and manage both the physical and electronic storage of contracts.
- Review End User Licenses Agreements (EULAS) and other software licenses.
- Draft, monitor and update Skydance Animation Madrid internal policies and protocols.
- Keeps up on current technology trends and tools (hardware and software) that best suit the production (and the company) in the development of a stronger creative technical environment.
- Coordinates with other departments to develop and implement solutions for the show using procedural techniques.

**Requirements**:

- 8+ years in VFX or animation industries.
- 4+ years of experience as Lead in the animation industry.
- BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
- Demonstrated advance tools development experience in 3 or more out of the following of platforms: Maya, Houdini, Mari, Katana, Nuke, or Shotgun
- Deep understanding of the 3D animation film production process, production pipelines and workflows (artistic and technical)
- Digital Processes and Technical Solutio