SIGGRAPH 2006 - who is recruiting?

[sbhavankar21]

If you know of companies with big or small projects ,Those are recruiting at the conference.
What position are they looking for?
What are their requirements?

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[tatiana]

Most of the SIGGRAPH recruiter posts that I've seen in various places are looking for senior level experienced artists (not necessarily animators) and technical roles.

Companies that I've seen (and you might want to check SIGGRAPH's website for more, or CGTalk where there's a thread going here (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=372646)) are:

Pixar
Technical Director, Lighting
Technical Director, FX
Technical Director, Shading
Technical Director, Generalist
Layout Artist
Animator
Software Engineer (Tools)
QA Engineer
Software Development Engineer in Test
Studio Support Engineer

Walt Disney Feature Animation (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=380198)
TD opportunities include:
-Senior Lighter/Compositors
-Hair/Cloth Technical Directors
-Shaderwriters

technical opportunities include:
-Technical Support Engineers
-Web Application Developers
-Graphics Software Engineers
-Process Tools Engineers

ILM (http://www.ilm.com/jobs/other/20060626.html)

Dreamworks/PDI (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=376119)
"We are actively recruiting for all of our upcoming projects including Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek the Third and Madagascar – The Sequel."
A complete list of current openings can be found in the "Career Opportunities".

Blizzard Entertainment (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=377378)

High Moon Studios (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=377376)

Lucasfilm, Ltd at SIGGRAPH 2006 (http://www.lucasarts.com/jobs/)
Includes Lucasfilm, Industrial Light + Magic, Lucasfilm Animation and LucasArts recruiters[/URL]
[URL="http://www.2-popforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=240109"]CafeFX (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=381489)
Visual Effects Producer – Minimum 5 Years Experience
Visual Effects Supervisor – Minimum 5 Years Experience
Animation Supervisor – Minimum 5 Years Experience
Technical Animation Supervisor – Minimum 5 Years Experience
Character Technical Directors – Minimum 3 Years Experience
Compositors – Minimum 3 Years Experience
Color/Lighting Technical Directors – Minimum 3 Years Experience
Creature Modelers and Texture Artists – Minimum 3 Years Experience
Effects Technical Directors – Minimum 3 Years Experience

There are others posted around - you might check SIGGRAPH's website and see who all is listed in the Job Fair section, too.

t