Our client currently has an opening for a Character Technical Artist (Rigging) to join our amazing art team. This full-time role is fully remote across the US and Canada and comes with a generous salary and benefits package. If you love collaborating with artists and animators to create expressive, quirky and memorable characters that fans fall in love with, we’d love to talk with you.
In your first few weeks in this Character Technical Artist role, you can expect to:
- Establish and maintain rigging pipelines and standards between Maya and Unreal Engine
- Carry out the rigging and skinning of characters and props to meet the needs of project animators, with a particular focus on facial rigging for real-time game assets
- Propose and implement tools to produce the best possible results and incorporate them seamlessly into the existing pipeline
- Work closely with the animation team to implement control rigs to improve and simplify their workflow.
To apply for this role, you need to be passionate about games. You must also:
- Have two years’ minimum experience that covers a complete game development cycle
- Work in close collaboration with animators, modelers, and the artistic and technical animation director to produce high-quality rigging and skinning with an emphasis on facial rigging
As a vital member of our team and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, we will provide a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team.
If this Full-time remote Character Technical Artist job motivates and inspires you, please get in touch with Dan today at de@skillsearch.com.
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