R&d Openings At Laika

[michael]

This was posted on the Houdini Mailing List so I though I'd post it here for those that haven't seen it.

-----

LAIKA Inc., based in Portland Oregon, owned by Phil Knight, co-founder and

chairman of Nike have several openings in its Research & Development Group.

LAIKA's Research & Development Department are pioneering many new tools and

initiatives, making major contributions to the studio's film and commercial

productions including:

- creating tools and pipeline for Stereoscopic Production (Coraline is the

first Stop-Motion Animated Feature to be shot in Stereo);

- developing new tools to assist in the integration of Computer and

Stop-Motion Animation;

- building from the ground up several types of production pipelines;

- creating new and powerful types of tools to assist and aid Computer

Animation Production.

Current open positions:

Software Developer (GUI) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/103

Software Developer (Stop-Motion) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/105

<http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/105>

Software Manager http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/97

Technical Director (SR) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/110

Technical Director (Pipeline) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/104

Technical Director 1 (Shader Writer) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/197

Technical Director 2 (Shader Writer) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/196

Technical Director 2 (Compositor) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/198

Production Support Technician (ATD) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/199

Project Scheduler (SR) http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/184

Technical Director http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/109

For Job Descriptions and to Apply on line click on the position (or if you

are having difficulty accessing the Job Descriptions please go to

http://apps.laika.com/jobs/list?department=6 )

For information on Laika and for additional employment opportunities visit

www.laika.com

http://www.laika.com

LAIKA/entertainment is currently in production on Neil Gaiman's "Coraline"

, written for the screen and directed by Henry Selick (" The Nightmare

Before Christmas", "James and The Giant Peach "); and is in pre-production

on "Jack & Ben". The company recently purchased the rights to one of the U.K

.'s current best-selling children's novels, writer/illustrator Alan Snow's

"Here Be Monsters".

LAIKA/house is a dynamic community of filmmakers, designers and animators

guided by a legacy of 30 years of animation history. Notorious for its

skills in storytelling and character performance, LAIKA/house produces every

type of animation in every medium. House recently won the Anicomm (for the

second year in a row) for it's Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream campaign.

Throughout its history, the company has won 11 Clio Awards, three London

International Advertising & Design Awards, five Mobius Advertising Awards,

two Cannes Lion International Advertising Festival awards, two Academy

Awards, five Academy Awards nominations, 11 Prime time Emmy Awards and

honors from the New York International Film & TV Festival, Annecy Awards and

Annie Awards, and the World Animation Celebration Festival.