Senior Rigging Artist

Your Role

• Rig Quality & Versatility - Create stable, flexible, and animator-friendly rigs supporting both body and facial motion—including mocap workflows
• Technical Accuracy - Ensure rig hierarchies, joint placements, naming conventions, and deformation principles meet pipeline standards
• Timely Deliverables - Deliver rigs on schedule, aligned with character readiness and animation team milestones
• Tool Development & Automation - Develop and maintain scripts/tools (Python, MEL, etc.) that optimise rigging, skinning, and export processes
• Facial Rigging Excellence - Build expressive facial rigs that support lip sync, facial motion and blend seamlessly with mocap systems
• Reusability & Scalability - Design modular rigs and templates for efficient reuse across similar character archetypes or re-skinned assets
• Autonomous Execution - Proactively solve technical rigging problems with minimal supervision, owning the rigging lifecycle end-to-end
• Engine Integration - Ensure rigs function correctly in engines such as Unreal or Unity, handling retargeting, LODs, and constraints for real-time performance
• Team Mentorship & Support - Guide junior riggers by sharing expertise, reviewing work, and documenting best practices
• Skinning Quality - Deliver clean mesh deformations across joints and poses, supporting both gameplay and cinematic fidelity
• Creative Problem Solving - Innovate solutions for complex rigging scenarios—such as creature rigs, dynamic systems, and advanced facial setups
• Pipeline Contribution & Documentation - Maintain well-documented rigging workflows, standards, and tool libraries to support team-wide efficiency and consistency

Must Have

• 5+ years of professional experience in Rigging and skinning for games, films, or cinematics
• A portfolio with show-reel in video format or online video link
• Familiarity with animation integration in engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative production environment
• Knowledge of Maya & MotionBuilder for animation refinement or export pipelines is a plus

Good to Have

• Experience in facial animation and lip-sync workflows
• Knowledge of motion capture systems (Vicon, OptiTrack, Xsens)
• Experience with Python/MEL scripting for MotionBuilder pipeline tools