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<p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">As a Senior Rigger you will work closely with the Rigging Supervisor and a variety of departments, including R&D, Art, Modeling, Layout and Animation, to develop, implement, maintain and support character and prop deformation rigs for use in Crowds, Layout and Animation.</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Responsibilities</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Develops and maintains procedural rig components with a specific focus on deformation, using custom tools.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Follows a brief to produce complex production ready rig deformations.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Works with Animators to aid with deformation rigs to provide a broad range of motion.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Supports rigs as they move through the pipeline and provides additional deformation fixes as needed.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Responsible for building body, facial and mechanical rig systems to be used by other departments, such as Crowds, Animation and Layout.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Troubleshoots and fixes rig issues.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Collects artistic feedback and fine tunes rig behavior.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Works within the pipeline and rigging standards.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Keeps up with current artistic methodologies and technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Delivers on time following Production quality standards.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Prototype, develops and implements new techniques and processes to solve unique and technical character production challenges.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Works together with the team, providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead's guidance.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Requirements</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">5+years in VFX or animation industries.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">3+ years in the animation industry.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong artistic and technical rigging skills.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Proficiency within a character pipeline.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Proficiency in using Maya in a production environment.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience with sculpting tools in Body, Face and Shot-Finaling.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Solid understanding of the principles of animation.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Extensive anatomical knowledge of facial muscles and their kinematics functions.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Advanced Python scripting follows coding standards including Qt Interfaces and UX.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Desirable C/C++ development knowledge.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Knowledge of artistic modeling and anatomy tools is a plus.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">High English level.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Spanish desirable.</li></ul>

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