SideFX is Looking for Houdini Technical Artist

SideFX has published a new job position on their website. They are looking for an exceptional individual to join their Technical Consulting Team, reporting to the Technical Consulting Manager. As a Houdini Technical Artist, your main role will be developing workflows and creating tools with Houdini that enable a broad community of artists to create game content procedurally. You are a Houdini advocate, communicating Houdini’s value and features to their customers. As part of the Technical Consulting Team, you will also work closely with R&D, Sales, Marketing, and Education.

Required Skills and Experience

• Fluency in using Houdini for a runtime context, preferably game production
• Knowledge of the game development pipeline and related tools, including demonstrated proficiency with Unity or UE4
• Must have great interaction skills and the ability to connect with others in person and online
• Strong presentation skills, must be able to create and present content in Houdini fluently
• Minimum of 2 years experience game industry, or related industry experience
• Minimum of 2 years Houdini experience with demonstrated competency in a production setting
• Must be willing and able to travel occasionally (~25-35 days per year), sometimes internationally
• Ability to work and operate remotely
• A demonstrated passion for procedural processes and tools, and a drive to share that passion with artists
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, test, document, and deploy tools and workflows (mostly via SideFX Labs) that solve real production problems for the customers at games studios
• Explore and prototype experimental workflows and share the results with the R&D team
• Learn existing tools and workflows in Houdini
• Communicate with customers both in-person and online in meetings, webinars, live streams, and the like
• Support the Sales Team as needed by providing specialized knowledge to further relationships with both prospective and existing customers
• Report on industry trends and relay customer feedback to internal teams as appropriate. Keep track of your interactions and make notes available to others at SideFX
• Be a champion of the company and represent SideFX to the larger game community
• Participate as needed in public channels where Houdini tools are discussed
• Occasionally visit games studios and provide guidance on applying Houdini to production challenges, answering questions, and solving technical problems on-site
• Occasionally create demo content to be shown at various trade shows and Houdini related events
• From time to time conduct training for customers
• Collaborate on materials to assist the sales team in communicating with games customers
• Other duties as assigned

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