Remote Senior Character Rigging & Tools Artist

tornbanner; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6.5 weeks vacation

Employee Stock Options Plan

Flexible schedule and work location (0

Job summary

Torn Banner Studios is seeking an experienced Character Rigging/DCC Tools Artist to join our Toronto-based team. You will create production-ready rigs, skinning, and deformation systems to power expressive animation across our titles. Remote work is possible, with candidates required to be in Ontario or willing to relocate.

You will collaborate with leadership, animators, and the character art team to advance rigging pipelines and tools while ensuring high-quality output and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience as a Technical Animator or Character Rigging Artist in the video game industry.
• Strong expertise in Autodesk MotionBuilder and Autodesk Maya, with extensive experience building production-ready character rigs and supporting animation workflows.
• Advanced scripting skills in Python and MEL for developing, maintaining, and improving animation and rigging tools in both Maya and Motionbuilder.
• Experience providing technical DCC support for animation and rigging tools, troubleshooting production issues, and improving artist workflows.
• Solid experience working with Unreal Engine, including character integration and animation pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality character rigs with realistic and production-ready human and creature deformations.
• Skin and integrate character meshes into the game engine, ensuring optimal performance and visual fidelity.
• Collaborate closely with animators, character artists, designers, and technical artists to deliver assets that meet project quality standards and production deadlines.
• Develop, maintain, and improve rigging systems, workflows, and pipeline tools to enhance team efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve rigging, skinning, and animation integration issues throughout production.
• Optimize rigs for in-game performance while preserving animation quality.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation for rigging tools, workflows, and best practices.
• Contribute to establishing and maintaining rigging standards and pipeline improvements across the project.

Skills

Character Rigging

MotionBuilder

Autodesk Maya

Python

MEL

Unreal Engine

Tools

Maya

MotionBuilder

Python

MEL

Job description

Torn Banner Studios is seeking an experienced Character Rigging/DCC Tools Artist to join our Toronto-based team. You will create production-ready rigs, skinning, and deformation systems to power expressive animation across our titles. Remote work is possible, with candidates required to be in Ontario or willing to relocate.

You will collaborate with leadership, animators, and the character art team to advance rigging pipelines and tools while ensuring high-quality output and timely delivery.