Character Rigger – North West, UK – Permanent – Video Games

This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

Project: Video Games

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Our client is a games developer based in central Manchester who’s been creating video games since their first release in 2012. They are now in a position to expand their animation team and are hiring for a Character Rigger. You’ll be rigging and skinning a variety of human characters, creatures and props.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Character Rigging and/or Technical Animation Demo Reel
• Advanced knowledge of creating custom deformation and animation rigs
• Deep understanding of both Maya & ideally Motion Builder, with experience using HumanIK and custom rigs
• A good understanding of human anatomy
• Experience as a Rigger on at least one shipped title / project
• Clear verbal and written communication in English
• Understanding of Character State Networks
• Excellent team work skills and ability to receive feedback
• Experience with Python scripting languages desirable

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create, prototype and maintain high-quality character and prop rigs.
• Work in collaboration with character artists and animators to design functional, responsive, animator-friendly rigs while keeping in mind optimisation and runtime performance
• Development of modular rigs and custom Motion Builder rigs
• Development of tools and workflows to assist animation, rigging and production teams
• Handle the technical tasks related to characters set up and implementation
• Rig and skin a variety of character assets, (heads and bodies), garments and gear

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension
• Small team and no crunch environment
• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Relocation advice

Interested in finding out more about the studio, project and benefits of working at this studio? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214425!

Tagged as: Rigging, Technical Animation