Rigging Artist: Hyper-Real Characters & Vehicle Rigs

Lanterns Studios; Rue; On-site; CHF 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lanterns Studios is seeking a Rigging Artist to build rigs for characters, animals, vehicles and props, with a focus on hyper realistic figures. You will develop animation interfaces and tools meeting technical and artistic standards.

You will work with supervisors and directors to ensure rigs suit animation, document pipelines, and contribute to facial animation systems while supporting cinematic design and cross-team integration.

Qualifications

• Portfolio is mandatory; proven motion/animation work in videogames.
• Proficient rigging in Blender or similar tool; strong 3D software knowledge.
• Experience in rigging, modelling, or animating; UE5 familiarity.
• Maya tools, layers, time/trax editor, keyframing knowledge.
• Solid understanding of animation principles and facial expressions.
• Strong proactivity and troubleshooting abilities; good communication.
• Self-motivated, agile, and team oriented.

Responsibilities

• Create rigs for 3D characters, animals, vehicles and props.
• Develop rigging workflow, pipeline, and documentation for the team.
• Improve tools and procedures for efficient animation pipelines.
• Provide solutions for complex rigging and animation problems.
• Retarget motion capture data and support facial animation systems.
• Collaborate with directors, animators, and cinematic design team.

Skills

Portfolio

Rigging experience

Facial animation principles

Troubleshooting

Communication

Self-motivation

Gaming culture

Organizational skills

English proficiency

Team player

Tools

Blender

UE5

Maya

MotionBuilder

3D software

Job description

Lanterns Studios is seeking a Rigging Artist to build rigs for characters, animals, vehicles and props, with a focus on hyper realistic figures. You will develop animation interfaces and tools meeting technical and artistic standards.

You will work with supervisors and directors to ensure rigs suit animation, document pipelines, and contribute to facial animation systems while supporting cinematic design and cross-team integration.