Boulder Media Recruiting 3D Senior Rigger
Job Description
As part of Hasbro Entertainment, Boulder Media is building a new Feature Film Animation Division. We are excited to offer a talented Senior Rigger the opportunity to join our very successful and established animation studio as we expand into a new area. We will be producing the first CG theatrical feature film made entirely in Ireland. The movie is based on a very well-known Hasbro property and we can’t wait to bring it to the big screen for the first time.
We are looking for a talented Senior Rigger to join our 3D animated feature team. The ideal candidate will have the required technical skills to engineer feature level rigs and have a solid understanding of creature anatomy. If this sounds like you, please apply! This is a great opportunity to be a founding member of our team.
Responsibilities:
Work closely with the animation, modelling and rigging Leads to create and maintain high level rigs
Review models and flag potential problems to the supervisors
Work closely with modelling to create a model that meets the rigging technical requirements
Collaborates in the character design process to ensure that the rigs will allow the characters to have the look and the complete range of motion required for the project
Develop rigs and new techniques to help increase the quality, while meeting production deadline
Create tools and scripts to help rigging be more efficient
Track tasks and meet production deadlines
Skills & Requirements
Person Specification:
Minimum of 3 years experience in facial rigging
Great knowledge of rigging techniques
Strong knowledge of animation needs
Ability to cope with the pressure of deadlines
Complete understanding anatomy, volume preservation and motion
High level knowledge of rigging in Maya
Experience with Shotgun
Task driven, self-motivated, and proactive
Solid comprehension of mathematics
Good knowledge of Python
Excellent communication skills