• Building weighting, and maintaining facial rigs.
• Supporting Animators with rig issues and working with TD’s and Developers on character rig optimization.
• Train and mentor Animators on facial rigs.
• Liaise with the Production team, including Animators and Directors with regards to requirements for facial rigs.
• Attend regular production and department meetings.
• Liaise with Lead Facial TD and keep current with regards to new developments in facial rigging.
• Meet or exceed the deadlines as set out by the Production and the Rigging Schedule.

Competencies

• Planning – Accurately estimates length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into appropriate process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Priority Setting – Manages time appropriately; quickly focuses on the critical tasks, setting the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.
• Problem Solving – Uses rigorous, logical processes to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious; doesn’t necessarily stop at the first answer.

Qualifications

• 2+ years rigging production experience or the equivalent in Production.
• Thorough knowledge of XSI and Maya.
• Experience with setting up animation facial rigs and working with animators and other Facial Rigging team members.
• Good understanding of automating processes for animation rigging.
• Good knowledge of MEL/Python/vbScript is an asset.
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills.
• Good artistic skills; demonstrable ability to make creative and aesthetic judgment calls.
• Must be proactive.