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Our mission is to reimagine what's possible in entertainment by bringing together the world's most visionary storytellers and GenAI creators, empowered by cutting-edge tools and proprietary workflows. Through bold collaborations and a forward-thinking approach to sourcing IP, we are building a dynamic slate of original and licensed projects that push creative boundaries. Backed by premier VC firms, Promise is shaping a new era in GenAI-powered storytelling, where creativity knows no limits.\nRole Overview\nPromise's productions run on a pipeline where generative AI and traditional VFX workflows meet. Every show depends on material moving into it, through it, and out to delivery cleanly, and on a production backbone configured the same way every time.\nAs Pipeline Technical Director, you administer the studio's production tracking and asset management backbone day to day (projects, users, permissions, statuses, and publish workflows) and you own data I/O for productions: ingest, transcode, QC, packaging, and delivery to spec, with every asset landing as a clean, versioned, addressable record. When a show arrives with a drive of material, you already know where it goes and how it gets there.\nYou work alongside the pipeline lead and the lead technologist, and you are the link between implementation and what productions need. The role grows with the studio, with a path to senior and lead responsibility.\nKey Responsibilities\nAdminister the production backbone across shows: project setup, anatomy and naming conventions, users and permissions, and status workflows.\n\nOwn data I/O for every show: ingest, transcode, QC, packaging, and delivery to client spec, on the dates productions depend on.\n\nRun and refine the publish workflow artists use to get approved work into the system.\n\nKeep the production database clean and reconciled: versions, links, and metadata that hold up at delivery.\n\nSet up new shows in the pipeline, from folder structure and task assignment through handoff to coordinators and artists.\n\nSupport the pipeline lead and the lead technologist on integrations with the DCC and review tools artists use daily.\n\nDocument how the pipeline works so it outlives any one person's memory.\n\nQualifications\nHands-on experience administering AYON or OpenPype: project setup, anatomy, permissions, and publishing.\n\nExperience in pipeline TD, data I/O, or production engineering roles at a VFX, animation, or post studio, or on productions where data I/O was yours to run.\n\nDelivery-spec literacy: codecs, color pipelines, naming, and the discipline of getting it right every time.\n\nPython for pipeline scripting and comfort with REST APIs.\n\nA working understanding of how shots, bids, and task assignments move through a production.\n\nComfort configuring a pipeline to a studio's own standard, with the understanding that every studio pipeline is its own.\n\nLos Angeles preferred, with on-site availability.\n\nPreferred\nftrack or ShotGrid administration alongside AYON.\n\nExperience with review tools and DCC integrations (OpenRV, Nuke, Maya, Resolve).\n\nOn-set or virtual production experience where data I/O was live.\n\nUSD familiarity.\n\nExposure to generative AI production workflows.\n\nCompensation\nWe offer a highly competitive compensation package commensurate with experience, including equity.\nBenefits\nWe believe in supporting our team’s well-being and growth. 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