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Technical Animator - Rigger
Job description
Dambuster Studios have an opening within their highly talented Animation department for an experienced Technical Animator - Rigger. Are you an experienced character rigger with expertise using Maya in the games or film industry? If so, then we have your next challenge waiting!
Your responsibilities…
Your responsibilities…
- Creating high quality animation rigs and character skinning for body and facial
- Design, develop and implement animation tools and pipelines that facilitate animators work in Maya character animation systems, including facial setups and performance capture workflows
- Coordinate with the Animation Director and Lead Animator, ensuring tools and pipelines are ready for production.
- Report risks in a timely manner and proactively fixing issues as they arise
- Collaborating across departments and contribute to the overall development of the project
- Extensive experience developing pipelines and toolsets in Python/Mel for Maya
- Solid understanding of Character deformation techniques and dynamics
- Solid understanding of facial rigging methodologies
- Good communication skills and a great team-player attitude
- Collaborate with other disciplines on technical requirements for the animation pipelines
- Maya API and C++ knowledge
- Experience in PySide / PyQT
- Working knowledge of Unreal Engine 4/5 and the according animation system and toolset
- Production experience developing a AAA quality game
- Understanding of facial animation methodologies
- Experience using Motion Capture technology, retargeting, and processing data
- Experience using Facial Capture technology and Facial Analysis software
- Relocation Assistance
- Funded learning and development opportunities
- Flexible working
- Quarterly company funded team building events
- Gym membership scheme
- Free financial advice
- Employee referral bonus scheme
- Employee led Diversity Council and Wellbeing Committee
- Annual pay reviews
- Flexible working around core hours
- Studio events and parties
- Peer nominated monthly award