Creature Rigging Supervisor
Description
Atomic Fiction is looking for a Creature Rigging Supervisor to help with a variety of exciting projects. The
person must have a thorough knowledge of animation, rigging and deformation tools currently used in the
VFX industry, as well as related cross-pipeline workflows.
Reporting to the Head of CG, the Rigging Supervisor should be experienced and passionate about building
photo-realistic creatures, develop tools, and have experience in leading/mentoring teams in all aspects of
Creature TD work. They will oversee the development and maintenance of the studio’s proprietary rigs and
ripping pipeline.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with technical and artistic supervisors to determine workflows, tool requirements and asset needs;
- Supervise/mentor rigging team, and focus on improving the overall quality and efficiency of creatures/characters;
- Attend turnover meetings, asset breakdowns, and bidding/re-bidding over the course of the shows;
- Collaborates with multiple department including the Assets, Look Development, Animation, and show specific VFX Supervisors to find the most appropriate solution to produce desired CG character performances;
- Ensuring the creature team/show meets the shows requirements; determines the technical and aesthetics approaches to hit targets on time while monitoring show/shot progress;
- Create and rig the internal anatomy of a creature, in order to drive the final deformation of the skin;
- Create feature-quality, scripted rigs and refine them based on the needs of animators and downstream departments;
- Implement and refine character, body/face, cloth / deformer and hard-surface rigs;
- Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure an asset is efficiently rigged and capable of believable movements.
Qualifications Include:
- At least 5+ years experience in a similar role;
- Proficient Python / Pymel development skills and debugging techniques;
- Object oriented programming design skills;
- Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies relating to rigging;
- Excellent working knowledge of Maya;
- Experience with Qt, PyQt, PySide;
- Deep knowledge in anatomy and muscle dynamics;
- Rigging knowledge ranges from simple props to complicated creatures
Required Competencies:
- Excellent communication, and leadership skills;
- Good eye for aesthetics of body/face deformations;
- Able to work well in a fast-paced environment;
- Strong verbal and written communications skills;
- Technical support focused;
- Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines;
- Ability to work within a team and with other departments
Nice to Have:
- Highly proficient in cloth/hair/flesh/rigid body simulations. Setting up, running, and troubleshooting cloth, hair, flesh surfaces, and fur/feather simulations;
- C++ programming experience;
- Linux knowledge;
- Bilingual English/French;
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field
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