Rigging Artist
Job Summary
Job Description
- 3-5 years VFX/animation experience
- Strong artistic & technical rigging skills
- Maya experience in production
- Anatomical knowledge
- Basic Python scripting
- Sculpting tool familiarity
- Knowledge of artistic modeling
- Spanish language skills
8 skills required
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains procedural rig components with a specific focus on deformation, using custom tools.
- Follows a brief to produce complex production ready rig deformations.
- Works with Animators to aid with deformation rigs to provide a broad range of motion.
- Supports rigs as they move through the pipeline and provides additional deformation fixes as needed.
- Responsible for building body, facial and mechanical rig systems to be used by other departments, such as Crowds, Animation and Layout.
- Troubleshoots and fixes rig issues.
- Collects artistic feedback and fine-tunes rig behavior.
- Works within the pipeline and rigging standards.
- Keeps up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
- Delivers on time following Production quality standards.
- Collaborates with other team members, when necessary.
- Follows the Supervisor’s, Lead´s and Senior’s guidance and support
Requirements
- 3-5 years in VFX or animation industries.
- 1+ years in the animation industry is desirable.
- Strong artistic and technical rigging skills.
- Experience within a character pipeline.
- Experience using Maya in a production environment.
- Familiarity with sculpting tools in Body, Face and Shot-Finaling.
- Solid understanding of the principles of animation.
- Anatomical knowledge of facial muscles and their kinematics functions.
- Basic Python scripting knowledge following coding standards.
- Knowledge of artistic modeling and anatomy tools is a plus.
- High English level.
- Spanish desirable.
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About The Company
About Skydance Media
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.
About Skydance Interactive
Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.
About Animation
In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA.
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