School Support Specialist (3D Animation and Visualisation)

Regarded as one of the top Art and Design colleges in the UK, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) continues to be at the forefront of creativity and innovation – both on a local and global platform. With world-wide credibility for first-class teaching and research, a plethora of accolades and a proud tradition of producing graduates who go on to be experts in their field, DJCAD offers a strong academic and creative culture that supports and encourages personal development in teaching and scholarship.

We are seeking and enthusiastic and engaged specialist to support 3D animation and visualisation software in the School. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to contribute to software skills training and support research in this area, across the School. As a member of the Lens Based and Digital Learning Team, the successful candidate will ensure that students have the required software skills to achieve successful academic outcomes, and to prepare them to work in a professional environment. The postholder will support 3D animation and visualisation software commonly used for character animation, rigging and visual effects compositing and guide students through the visual effects pipeline. The postholder will also support research in this area.

This is an excellent opportunity for a creative professional, with experience of working in industry, to develop and share sk ills, as well as contribute to work around new and emerging technology contributing to cutting edge research.

Your priorities will include:

• The development and delivery of structured learning support workshops in a range of software and technology.
• Take responsibility for overseeing and delivering a full range of support in the use of 3D animation and visualisation software.
• ensure recognised quality standards are being met and to guide students through the animation and visual effects pipeline.
• Deliver a cross-School service providing technical support to students and staff across all programmes and research areas, to support the development of work, projects and to build skills.
• Take responsibility for remaining up to date with advances in technology and knowledge associated with new and emerging technologies.

Who we’re looking for:

• Undergraduate Degree in an appropriate discipline, or sufficient professional experience
• Highly skilled and experienced in the delivery of software training, have the ability to deliver teaching briefs and provide supporting documentation for students, including video tutorials.
• A high level of specialist expertise and knowledge of 3D computer animation and use of software for character animation, rigging and visual effects compositing. This should include MAYA, ZBrush, NukeX, After Effects, and Premiere.
• As well as a proven ability in a specialism, you will have the ability to engage with new areas, and learn new skills quickly, effectively identifying where there is crossover of processes and how that can be utilised.

To further discuss the details of this post, informal inquiries may be made to Malcolm Finnie m.a.finnie@dundee.ac.uk

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