{"id":18699,"date":"2017-11-29T16:50:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=18699"},"modified":"2017-11-29T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:50:10","slug":"job-animation-area-technician-at-nyu-tisch-8th-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2017\/11\/29\/job-animation-area-technician-at-nyu-tisch-8th-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: Animation Area Technician at NYU Tisch, 8th Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pros:\u00a0 Enough downtime for personal projects.\u00a0 Tuition remission.\u00a0 Great health care.<\/div>\n

Cons:\u00a0 The hours are M-F,\u00a03pm to 11pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 (except during the summer, you can negotiate for\u00a01-9pm<\/span><\/span>)<\/div>\n

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To be totally honest, this is probably a better job for your friend who wants to go to ITP than it is for paying off your ITP loans… but on the other hand, great healthcare ’cause it’s a union gig.<\/div>\n
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What they’re looking for:\u00a0 Someone with an animation and\/or film and TV background, familiar with Adobe products (mainly After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere), and a glancing familiarity with 3D animation products like Cinema 4D and Maya is helpful.\u00a0 A surface-level knowledge of computer networks is a huge bonus.\u00a0 Macintosh tech support and more generally customer service skills are super useful.\u00a0 Experience with stop motion animation is a huge plus, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The title changed from “Animation Technician” to “Senior Computer Network Technician”\u00a0 so I could get a raise, but because of the title, we’re getting too many Network Engineers applying, and not enough say, animators.<\/p>\n

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\nSo my job is opening up.\u00a0 Here’s the link:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/uscareers-nyu.icims.com\/jobs\/3958\/senior-computer-network-technician\/job<\/a><\/div>\n
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If it doesn’t work, go to:<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/careers-at-nyu.html<\/a><\/div>\n
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And search the “USA” section for posting number: 2017-3958<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here’s the official description, but don’t let it intimidate you.<\/div>\n
\nMore information about this job<\/div>\n
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Position Summary
\nMonitor daily 2D and 3D animation computer lab activities to ensure provision of general lab services. Set up and install hardware and specialized animation software such as Maya and Nuke in labs, classrooms and production facilities including multimedia workstations, digital audio and video equipment, and local area networks. Instruct students with use of hardware, software and tools. Conduct individual and group training workshops in coordination with faculty to demonstrate equipment (e.g., hardware, software, fabrication tools) and technical concepts and applications. Provide technical support for use of computer lab facilities. Train students and faculty on the use of the server\/s as shared resources.<\/div>\n
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Qualifications
\nRequired Education:\u00a0 High School diploma and relevant technical training<\/p>\n

Preferred Education:\u00a0 Bachelor\u2019s degree in relevant field. Course work or training in animation.<\/p>\n

Required Experience: 3 years\u2019 experience providing technical support for personal computer or local area network. Experience with multimedia and audio visual equipment in a creative and\/or academic environment.<\/p>\n

Preferred Experience: Experience in an academic environment.<\/p>\n

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:\u00a0 Ability to set up, maintain, troubleshoot, and perform complex repairs*, and resolve routine and non-routine problems with computer hardware and animation software. Ability to work with a diverse student population. Ability to prioritize and assign work to technical support staff and casual employees. Proficiency with Microsoft OS, Mac OS, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Flash** and \/or Dreamweaver, HTML, Java, Lighwave*** and Maya, Dragon Frame, Nuke and DSLR Cameras. Familiarity with Internet\/Web-based applications and video equipment. Ability to install and maintain software licenses. Track software license numbers. Maintain the floating license server and ability to restore service when server is down.<\/p><\/div>\n

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My Notes:<\/div>\n
* Not that complex, imho<\/div>\n
** We don’t use FCP anymore, and Flash is now called Animate, but we’re using Harmony Toon Boom instead (I didn’t know it when I started)<\/div>\n
*** I don’t think we use Lightwave?!<\/div>\n
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Erin Finnegan
\nAnimation Area Technician
\nNew York University
\n721 Broadway<\/a>
\n8th Floor, Rm 852<\/a>
\nNew York, NY 10003<\/a>
\n212-998-1778<\/a><\/div>\n
eef206@nyu.edu<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pros:\u00a0 Enough downtime for personal projects.\u00a0 Tuition remission.\u00a0 Great health care. Cons:\u00a0 The hours are M-F,\u00a03pm to 11pm\u00a0 (except during the summer, you can negotiate…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}