Senior Rigging Artist

Job Description

We are looking for Senior Riggers to join us in Sydney for a brand-new Netflix animated film!

The Rigging team will work closely with a variety of departments, to develop, implement, and maintain character and prop assets for use in both Layout and Animation.

Start Dates:

August, September, October

What you'll get to do:

Develop and maintain procedural rig components using a custom Python Rigging API.

This includes:
• Following a brief to produce complex production ready rigs of a high standard.
• Working with the Modelling Department to ensure that models are suitable for rigging and performance requirements.
• Working with Animators to develop and prototype rigs for a broad range of creative and technical requirements.
• Supporting rigs as they move through the animation pipeline and developing supplementary Animation tools and processes.
• A good artistic eye, and the necessary software dexterity to produce, or correct shapes and models when it might tighten the feedback loop with another department.

What you bring:
• 5+ years' experience working on characters for feature film quality productions.
• Ability to troubleshoot and manage communication during the support phase of published rigs, as they move through shots and departments.
• Able and comfortable working to specs as precisely or as creatively as a brief outline.
• Eagerness to learn and share with your peers, in a development and learning oriented professional environment.
• Proficiency in Python and the ability to navigate a large managed code base, or willingness to learn in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Proficiency with a recent version of Maya, and a strongly node-oriented approach to problems.

The following will be highly regarded, but not required:
• Foundational knowledge of trigonometry and linear algebra.
• Experience with character related simulation (soft tissues and localized secondary).
• Experience with cloth simulation.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9y87r-18-191-5-239-42 in your application.