Senior Rigging Artist

Has strong experience in facial deformation but also experience in body rigging.

Has strong experience sculpting expressions.

Develops and maintains procedural rig components with a specific focus on deformation, using custom tools.

Follows a brief to produce complex production-ready rig deformations.

Works with Animators to aid with deformation rigs to provide a broad range of motion.

Supports rigs as they move through the pipeline and provides additional deformation fixes as needed.

Is responsible for building body, facial and mechanical rig systems to be used by other departments, such as Crowds, Animation and Layout.

Troubleshoots and fixes rig issues.

Collects artistic feedback and fine-tunes rig behavior.

Works within the pipeline and rigging standards.

Keeps up with current artistic methodologies and technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.

Delivers on time following Production quality standards.

Prototype, develops and implements new techniques and processes to solve unique and technical character production challenges.

Works together with the team , providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth.

Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead's guidance.