Company3/Method Studios: Rigger (Temp)

Visual Effects Artist is needed in Santa Monica, United States.

This job has been crawled from the web.

Client: Company3/Method Studios

Location: Santa Monica, United States

Contract: Temporary

Pay Range:

$54.23 - $81.35 Hourly

POSITION SUMMARY:

Method Studios currently has openings for a project hire Rigger to work on projects within our VFX department. This position will be located in Santa Monica, CA. The perfect candidate needs to be a dependable, team player with a great attitude, and be flexible with our fast turnarounds. They will work closely with the VFX Supervisor and VFX Producer in achieving the highest creative and technical standards of work.

MAIN DUTIES:

• Work within established procedures to build procedural rigs, improve and develop tools, and to find creative solutions for problems that may arise
• Maintain the rigs as they move through the pipeline
• Produce high-end rigs while meeting the performance needs of the series’ production. This includes properly executing changes and notes from the Rigging Supervisor, Rigging Lead, and other key creatives on a project in a timely manner
• Create and develop elegant rigs using Maya for VFX and VR experiences and work with modelers and animators to articulate realistic appealing characters, creatures, vehicles, products and props.
• Work in partnership with R&D programmers, Animators, and Asset teams to ensure rigs are delivered to the very highest standard
• Provide support to rigs throughout production

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Working knowledge of 3D rigging in Maya. Experience with other programs is a plus
• You have knowledge of Python programming
• You have excellent understanding of anatomy, structure, dynamics and character motion and a good understanding of a 3D process, from design to modeling to texturing, animation and rendering.
• You will have solid knowledge of rigging systems and a comprehensive knowledge of Maya, a reel demonstrating both control systems and complex deformations and accessibility and willingness to collaborate.

About the Company:

Company 3 / Method Studios provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.