Rigging Artist

Ubisoft Entertainment; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital effects company in Montreal is looking for an experienced Rigging Artist to build and maintain rigs for photoreal props and creatures. The role involves collaboration with various departments including modeling and animation to ensure high-quality outputs. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years experience in VFX and a good understanding of rigging standards in a studio environment. The company values creativity, teamwork, and communication, promoting an inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a rigging artist.
• Experience with VFX work and rigging high-end creatures.
• Good understanding of fx/cfx requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain rigs for photoreal props, characters and creatures.
• Work with modeling, animation, and other departments.
• Optimize rigs for efficiency.

Skills

Rigging artist experience

Creativity and problem-solving

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Proactivity

Tools

Maya

Auto-rigging systems

Job description

Founded in 1991, Hybride was the first digital visual effects company established in Quebec. For over 30 years, the Hybride team has been reinventing the VFX industry, one project at a time.

JOB DESCRIPTION

You will be working closely with your team lead to build and maintain rigs for photoreal props, characters and creatures.

What You’ll Do

• Work in cooperation with other departments (modeling, animation, fx/cfx, tds) to provide high quality rigs
• Use our in-house rigging system (Maya)
• Act as a support to animators
• Help develop tools and scripts to improve productivity
• Learn and apply studio rigging standards as well as tools while gaining experience in our pipeline workflows
• Optimize rigs for efficiency

QUALIFICATIONS

What you bring

3 years minimum as a rigging artist

Experience with VFX work

Has experience rigging high-end creatures

Has a good understanding of fx/cfx requirements

Demonstrate creativity and problem solving skills as related to rigging work

Experience with Maya and auto-rigging systems

Work experience with large studio pipelines a plus

Be a team player. Open to new ideas and able to follow new instructions quickly.

• Your communication skills enable you to communicate easily within your team, as well as with other departments.
• You are pro-active and enjoy researching and improving what already exists.
• Your level of English enables you to work in an international environment.

What to send our way

• Your resume/CV highlighting your background and skills.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Our passion for innovation and our team’s creativity are recognized throughout the industry and remain the cornerstone of our work philosophy. Our team is comprised of over 200 highly qualified creators working in two creative spaces located in Piedmont, in the Laurentians, and in the Mile-End district of Montreal.

Our repertoire holds prestigious titles such as 300, Avatar, Hunger Games and Jurassic World, as well as in the last 6 instalments of the Star Wars franchise and the new Disney+ high-end TV series, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi Wan Kenobi and Andor.

At Hybride, first and foremost, we are good human beings, who value well-being and solidarity. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

At Hybride, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

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