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Ilion Animation Studios

Las Rozas - Spain
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Set Up & Rigging Lead

Description

Main Responsibilities:

  • Work with Supervisor to meet project schedules and manage their time to the successful delivery of  rigs within those schedules

  • Work with the Supervisor to develop an intuitive and responsive rig for each character

  • Communicate with the Modelling Department to ensure that models are suitable for rigging

  • Communicate with the R&D Department where necessary to effectively help develop the tools and technology to aid in delivering high-quality rigs

  • Verifies technical solutions proposed by other crew members.

  • Managing relationships with supervisors, key artists and production staff

  • Identifying changing requirements and recommending solutions

  • Work closely with the Supervisor to ensure that the rig is pipeline friendly for animation department.

  • Brainstorming new techniques and ideas for user interfaces, deformation tools, and character specific rigging solutions

  • Mentor artists to provide guidance, experience and insight

  • Responsible with  Supervisor for maintaining crew morale. Foster good working atmosphere and ethics

  • Qualifications:
  • A minimum of 5 years of CG leadership experience using Maya on feature film productions
  • Strong working knowledge of 3D software packages and pipelines
  • Strong MEL and Python, scripting / programming skills
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