Cartoon 3D Character Rigger (Maya & UE5)

Glitch Productions; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive starting salary with 6‑mo/

Flexible work from home options and affi

Casual, fun office environment with个人点

Regular company events and convention/

Close to public transport in Parramata

Gym memberships paid

Regular team breakfasts/lunches

Diverse team with career development

Job summary

Glitch Productions is seeking a skilled character rigger to work across our animated series and a UE5-based game, with roughly equal time split between the two projects.

You will rig for cartoony animation, build high-quality rigs for the series, and ensure engine-compatible rigs for the game. The role expects independent work, strong communication, and a compelling reel demonstrating stylised rigs.

Qualifications

• Around 3+ years rigging characters professionally in animation, games or both.
• Expert rigging and skinning in Maya.
• Python scripting experience for tooling and automations.
• Hands-on experience getting rigs working in Unreal Engine 5.
• A reel showing rigs for stylised/cartoon animation, including faces.
• Comfort working independently with clear written communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Build character rigs for the animated series in Maya.
• Build game rigs for playable characters, NPCs and props and export to Unreal Engine 5.
• Rig for cartoony animation with squash/stretch and expressive faces.
• Skin characters for clean deformation under extreme poses.
• Fix and update rigs as animators identify issues on either project.

Skills

Rigging in Maya

Skinning

Python scripting

Unreal Engine 5

Independent work

Fluent English

Cartoon/stylised rigs

Tools

Blender

Job description

Glitch Productions is seeking a skilled character rigger to work across our animated series and a UE5-based game, with roughly equal time split between the two projects.

You will rig for cartoony animation, build high-quality rigs for the series, and ensure engine-compatible rigs for the game. The role expects independent work, strong communication, and a compelling reel demonstrating stylised rigs.