About the Role
The role involves creating and maintaining rigs for characters, creatures, and props, ensuring they are optimized for animation workflows and meet production standards.
Responsibilities
- Design and build rigs for characters and props
- Ensure rigs support natural deformation and movement
- Collaborate with animators to refine rig functionality
- Troubleshoot rig issues during production
- Optimize rigs for performance and usability
- Maintain consistency across character rigs
- Implement facial and body rigging systems
- Follow technical guidelines for rigging standards
- Support rig updates as production needs evolve
- Work closely with modeling and animation teams
- Document rigging processes and setups
- Ensure rigs are compatible with pipeline tools
- Test rigs under various animation scenarios
- Improve rig efficiency and control layout
- Adapt rigs for different animation styles
- Integrate corrective shapes and deformers
- Use constraints and controls effectively
- Support rig scalability across sequences
- Maintain clean scene organization
- Ensure rigs meet technical delivery requirements
Compensation
Competitive salary based on experience
Work Arrangement
Hybrid work model with studio and remote options
Team
Collaborative animation team focused on high-quality storytelling
What We Look For
Artists who combine technical skill with creative insight to build intuitive rigs that enhance animation performance and flexibility.
Production Pipeline
We use a standardized pipeline integrating modeling, rigging, and animation with custom tools to streamline asset delivery.
Available for qualified international candidates
