Rigging Technical Artist - Onsite in Vancouver, 3 Days/Week

Electronic Arts Ltd; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 87,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

10 sick days

Extended health/dental/vision

Basic life insurance

Complimentary games

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Vancouver is seeking a Rigging Technical Artist for a 12-month contract, onsite 3 days a week (Tue-Thu) at the Burnaby office.

You will handle skeleton creation, skinning, control rigging, cloth/hair simulation, asset maintenance, and scripting; ownership of content and timely delivery required.

Must have 3+ years in cinematic or games production, Maya proficiency, Python scripting, and strong communication with artists, engineers and managers.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of cinematic or games production experience.
• Background in rigging and skinning complex assets.
• Effective at communicating with different audiences: artists, engineers, managers.
• Experience scripting/programming in Python (knowledge of C++ a bonus).
• Expertise with Autodesk Maya.
• Knowledge of human anatomy and animation principles.

Responsibilities

• Skeleton creation, character and object skinning, control rigging.
• Cloth/hair simulation and asset maintenance.
• Script development and asset tooling.
• Ownership of content quality and timely delivery.

Skills

3+ years cinematic/games production

Rigging and skinning complex assets

Effective communication with artists/é

Tools

Autodesk Maya

Houdini

Job description

Electronic Arts in Vancouver is seeking a Rigging Technical Artist for a 12-month contract, onsite 3 days a week (Tue-Thu) at the Burnaby office.

You will handle skeleton creation, skinning, control rigging, cloth/hair simulation, asset maintenance, and scripting; ownership of content and timely delivery required.

Must have 3+ years in cinematic or games production, Maya proficiency, Python scripting, and strong communication with artists, engineers and managers.