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 best practices around aesthetic and technical requirements
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

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years work experience as a Rigging Artist
Experience creating complex character based rigs and supporting the technical aspects of game art development
Understanding of techniques and technologies relating to character rigging and animation comprehension of core principles relating to rigging
Understanding of figure anatomy
Experience building tools to improve animation and automating character pipelines
Experience listening to artists, understand their needs with regards to tools and translate those into actionable technical specifications
Experienced communicating across disciplines
Demonstrated experience being self-sufficient and take initiative to seek answers and address issues
Understanding of motion capture pipelines and workflows involved
Python scripting experience
Knowledge of Maya
Photorealistic Facial Expression pipeline experience