Rigging Artist

We are looking for a Rigging Artist to join us in creating high profile original titles for both the VR and AAA console spaces.

The Rigging Artist creates rigs through a thorough understanding of physics and anatomy as well as a strong knowledge of realistic deformation.  An ideal candidate demonstrates strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to find pragmatic solutions to technical character and prop issues.

Responsibilities:

• Set up and maintain character / prop rigs and systems
• Work with artists to develop models that meets technical requirements
• Work with animation team to create artist-friendly rigs that satisfy animation/gameplay needs
• Develop new techniques and processes to further advance quality/realism
• Create tools to streamline workflow/pipelines for multiple projects.
• Understand aesthetic and technical requirements; instill best practices
• Pre-production planning to define and address technical design requirements and issues.
• Constantly review the content creation pipeline to identify and fix any possible pipeline or technology deficiencies for the character art and animation departments

Requirements:

• 2+ years as a rigging artist with multiple games shipped
• Experience creating complex character based rigs and supporting the technical aspects of game art development
• Strong understanding of techniques and technologies relating to character rigging and animation comprehension of core principles relating to rigging
• Strong understanding of figure anatomy
• Experience building tools to improve animation and automating character pipelines
• Knowledge of Maya
• Python scripting experience
• An ability to listen to artists, understand their needs with regards to tools and translate those into actionable technical specifications
• Strong communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Proven ability to be self-sufficient and take initiative to seek answers and address issues

Additional Skills (pluses):

• Photorealistic Facial Expression pipeline experience.
• Understanding of motion capture pipelines and workflows involved
• Knowledge of Motionbuilder