Lead / Supervisor - Rigging

Job Description

Our award-winning artists and technologists work with the creative community – across film, television, gaming, and advertising – to bring the universal art of storytelling to audiences everywhere.We engineer next-generation home network and video solutions that enable bandwidth intensive content to be distributed at gigabit speeds and enjoyed seamlessly regardless of place, device or time.

The primary responsibility of the Rigging Lead and Supervisor is to plan and execute the rigging team's day-to-day activities, ensuring that highly adaptable character rigging systems are in place and works well in Game Engine. Must have a comprehensive understanding of game pipelines, development methodologies, and a strong leadership style, as well as exceptional artistic and technical abilities.

Responsibilities: -
• Plan and execute the rigging team's daily tasks.
• Setting up, testing, and maintaining consistent settings. Ascertain that all rigs are published, together with project-specific setup instructions.
• Provide feedback on the work of the artist to verify that it fulfils quality standards and is in line with the client's aesthetic concept.
• Troubleshoot and resolve character-rigging challenges for artists from many disciplines.
• Testing rigs and ensuring they hold up in animation.
• Working with animators to create user-friendly characters.
• Keep regular contact with the Animation Supervisor to ensure that the rigs are meeting the animators' needs. Close coordination and communication with US teams will also be required.
• Ensuring character movements are fluid, free of glitches and believable.
• Keeps the Supervisor informed about a various of issues, including as staffing, resources, deadlines, and problems.
• Assist in the development of training materials or the delivery of group training sessions; mentor members of their team by offering training and knowledge sharing. Any training requirements for their staff should be communicated to the department's head.
• Writing MEL / Python scripts to customize tools to specific automated requirements.
• Maintain a good team dynamic.

Qualifications
• Must have team handling experience in Games Rigging.
• Solid knowledge of human & animal anatomy, mechanics, and movement.
• Understanding of functionalities of limbs, the effect of skin weights, and the behavior of skin and flesh.
• Ability to create calisthenics to test extreme poses.
• Adaptability, especially in terms of quality and time constraints.
• Excellent working knowledge of Maya environment and Nodes.
• Good Knowledge in Unreal Engine.
• Good Knowledge in Auto Rigs.
• Excellent sense of prioritization and respect of deadlines
• Experience with Games pipeline is Must.
• Strong skills in rigging tools and scripting languages like Mel, Python.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure and act as a positive role model and mentor.

Any of the following experience is a great advantage
• Having 3dx Max and C++ knowledge is an additional advantage.

The details above provide an outline of the key requirements for candidates to apply for a role in this department. At Technicolor Games, we have several job classifications within our artist team structure. These are broadly:
• Team Lead
• Supervisor

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-re1pq0-3-138-124-40-42 in your application.