Company

We question standard assumptions and challenge the status quo. It's the way we keep our studio nimble, our team challenged and our clients satisfied. We change, we evolve, we direct, we produce, we develop, we are impassioned by our projects. We bring it.

We strive for excellence in every work we create. Our team-based approach allows for more iterations, more opportunities for creative input and most of all, better work with fewer compromises. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Careers

Systems Administrator

Posted 10/05/2012

Be the back bone of ZERO's back bone. We push around large data sets, create lots of beautiful images and have invented industry leading cloud based rendering technologies. In short, we are geek cool and need a rock star to keep us running smooth and fast.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, build, deploy and maintain system infrastructure across multiple hardware and operation systems platforms
• Provide complexity and time estimates for completion of tasks
• Identify and resolve problems in the production system quickly and completely
• Document the systems of the company and educate other in their use.

Education, Experience and Skills Required:

• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other comparable professional experience
• Experience administrating multiple operating systems, including Windows (XP, WIN 7) Mac OS and linux (Centos, Redhat, Ubuntu)
• Experience with distributed file systems.
• Experience with one or more administrative scripting languages (Perl, Python, Bash, Etc.)
• Familiarity with networking and distributed computing, including network file systems, routing and subnetting. Configuring switches, vlan configuration, and experience in extreme switches an extra plus.
• Fluency with common network protocols and their implementations and management: DNS, NFS, directory services, SSH/SSL and security protocols
• Experience with performance analysis and tuning of operating systems and networks
• Experience in asterisk phone systems, open vpn, firewall (ip-tables) a Major plus
• Programming experience in a procedural or functional language a plus
• Some knowledge of 2D & 3D graphics tools (Blender, Photoshop, Nuke, Maya, VRAY, etc.) a plus
• Strong debugging skills
• Some flexibility in work hours. The Technology Team is committed to working at a sustainable pace, but occasional real crises do arise
• Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to multitask

To apply, please email a pdf copy of your resume and cover letter to job@zerovfx.com

Post Production Intern

Posted 10/05/2012

We are looking for interns who wish to gain experience in a professional post production environment.

Interns participate in client relations, learn office managerial skills, and have access to professional artist training so that they can perform exercises with the programs we work with - which include After Effects, Smoke, Nuke, Silhouette, Maya and Syntheyes. ZERO is the perfect environment to learn and start your journey towards a career in visual effects and post production.

Depending on the intern's prior experience and/or success with the training, they may also be asked to perform technical tasks. They will be exposed to a visual effects workflow for both commercials and films, and will have an excellent opportunity to network with the other post production companies that share our building with us. We are seeking a self motivated, hard working that has a passion for the moving image.

To apply, please email a pdf copy of your resume and cover letter to job@zerovfx.com