Senior Rigger

Description

Cinesite Vancouver Inc is hiring a Senior Rigger for our new feature film project, The Addams Family!

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build robust character rigs to Theatrical Feature standard
• Maintain and improve existing rigs, RnD new technique for future rigs
• Maximize the use of existing assets while developing a flexible framework for future projects
• Develop and maintain animation tools and character interfaces
• Pose/animation library
• Animation utilities
• Dynamic parenting
• Continue to develop character pipeline and rigging script libraries
• Assist animators with shot specific technical issues
• Develop crowd system to speed up layout and animation of highly populated shots
• Evaluate and recommend tools/plug-ins or software to help improve production output

Requirements:

• 3-5+ years proven experience in animation/feature film/broadcast visual effects production
• Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies relating to character rigging and animation
• Understanding of puppet and control philosophy
• Excellent understanding of anatomy, volumes and masses, dynamics and character motion
• Excellent understanding of the animation process, from storyboard to modeling to texturing, animation and rendering
• Production knowledge of Maya, Python and MEL required

https://www.cinesite.com/careers/