Rigging Senior Artist

Skydance Media; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 40.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An innovative animation studio seeks a Senior Rigger to join their dynamic team, pushing the boundaries of creativity in the animation industry. In this exciting role, you will collaborate closely with various departments to develop and maintain character and prop deformation rigs. Your expertise in rigging, combined with your artistic vision, will help create compelling animations that captivate audiences. This company fosters a culture of inclusivity and growth, providing you with the resources and support to thrive in your career. If you're passionate about animation and ready to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Formación

• 5+ years in VFX or animation industries with strong rigging skills.
• Proficiency in Maya and Python scripting for production environments.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain procedural rig components with a focus on deformation.
• Support rigs through the pipeline and troubleshoot issues as needed.

Conocimientos

VFX experience

Animation industry experience

Rigging skills

Maya proficiency

Python scripting

C / C++ knowledge

Anatomical knowledge

English proficiency

Herramientas

Maya

Sculpting tools

Descripción del empleo

Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.

While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.

As a Senior Rigger you will work closely with the Rigging Supervisor and a variety of departments including R&D, Art, Modelling, Layout and Animation, to develop, implement, maintain and support character and prop deformation rigs for use in Crowds, Layout and Animation.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains procedural rig components with a specific focus on deformation, using custom tools.
• Follows a brief to produce complex production ready rig deformations.
• Works with Animators to aid with deformation rigs to provide a broad range of motion.
• Supports rigs as they move through the pipeline and provides additional deformation fixes as needed.
• Responsible for building body, facial and mechanical rig systems to be used by other departments, such as Crowds, Animation and Layout.
• Troubleshoots and fixes rig issues.
• Collects artistic feedback and fine tunes rig behavior.
• Works within the pipeline and rigging standards.
• Keeps up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
• Deliver on time following Production quality standards.
• Prototype, develops and implements new techniques and processes to solve unique and technical character production challenges.
• Works together with the team providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth.
• Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead's guidance.

Requirements

• 5+ years in VFX or animation industries.
• 3+ years in the animation industry.
• Strong artistic and technical rigging skills.
• Proficiency within a character pipeline.
• Proficiency using Maya in a production environment.
• Experience with sculpting tools in Body, Face and Shot-Finaling.
• Knowledge of artistic modeling and anatomy tools is a plus.
• Solid understanding of the principles of animation.
• Extensive anatomical knowledge of facial muscles and their kinematics functions.
• Advanced Python scripting follows coding standards including Qt Interfaces and UX.
• Desirable C / C++ developing knowledge.
• High English level.

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Skydance is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building and fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We welcome and consider applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy status, military / veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Diversity in the workplace is not just a commitment, it is who we are and a reflection of what makes our world special.