Senior Technical/Creature Rigger

Goldtooth Creative is currently looking to expand its CG team with an experienced Senior Technical/Creature Rigger. The Senior Creature Rigger builds skeletal systems and animation controls for digital creatures. Rigging requires a thorough understanding of anatomy and expression, our riggers work closely with animators to build controls that support a range of poses and behaviours. Scripting is often used to construct intricate controls and rigs, so solid programming or scripting skills are essential. Riggers are responsible for creation, revision, maintenance and support of all Rigs.

REQUIREMENTS

• Expert knowledge of Maya rigging tools including joint and skeleton creation, skinning and weighting, IK setup, blend-shapes, and deformers
• Experience with facial animation setups and controls in order to develop and maintain realistic facial and character rigs

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for character rigs and character skinning
• Produce custom rigs for bipeds and quadrupeds
• Integration of hair, cloth and muscle
• Rig Troubleshooting and optimization
• Assist in building and maintenance of the Rigging Pipeline
• Work with programmers to deliver tools to help rigging and skinning processes
• Work with the Animation and other Departments to ensure successful project completion
• Contribute key knowledge to the Development of various Python and Mel Tools for our animation pipeline including GUI and tool-sets to improve the efficiency of rigging pipeline and processes throughout the life of the project
• Demonstrate initiative and problem-solving skills in regard to rigging techniques
• Work with teams to ensure successful hand-off

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in computer animation, or experience in the CG field, and/or a combination of both
• 3-5 years experience in CG animation for film, television or games
• Fluent knowledge of Maya required, plus at least one other major 3D software package (3DS Max knowledge an asset)
• Proficiency with Python and at least one other scripting language
• Possesses initiative and strong problem-solving skills
• Must have good communication and verbal skills
• Must be open to direction and able to embrace change
• Must be able to work within a team environment