CG Character Rigging Specialist
7 days ago
About Framestore
We are a global visual effects company that pushes the boundaries of creativity and technology.
Job Title: Senior Rigging TD
Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 per annum
Job Description
As a Senior Rigging Technical Director at Framestore, you will be responsible for designing, creating and maintaining highly accurate and efficient rigs for high-end visual effects films. You will work closely with Modelers and Animators to develop and refine rigs that meet the specific requirements of our VFX pipeline.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create fully scripted rigs and refine them according to animation and lighting needs
- Prototype, implement and refine puppet (skeleton), cloth (deformer based) or mechanical rigs
- Troubleshoot and fix rig issues, collect artistic feedback and fine tune rig behaviour
- Become a proficient user and contributor of the extensive rigging tool-set
- Create simple tools to help animation workflow and rig interaction
- Work within the pipeline and rigging standards
- Meet delivery deadlines under production constraints
Required Skills and Qualifications
You should have 5 years of VFX production experience and advanced skills in Maya rigging, Python or Mel scripting, GUI scripting and team collaboration.
Desirable Skills:
- Facial anatomy, realistic eye and mouth rigs, Facs breakdown
- Life drawing or organic modeling especially human anatomy
- Basic knowledge of dynamics (Maya Hair, Comet, nCloth, nParticle etc.)
- Strong maths background, especially matrix maths and geometry algorithms
- C or C++ programming Maya plugins
- Experience with body motion capture: rig hookups, offset rigs, re-targeting etc
Benefits
Framestore is proud to employ extraordinary talent across all genders, races, nationalities, religions, ages, abilities and sexual preferences. We aim to encourage and support all of our current and future employees to achieve their potential.
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