Rigging Supervisor - Montréal, Canada - FOLKS VFX

FOLKS VFX

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Montréal, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Company Description

FOLKS, as a VFX studio, is in a category of its own.

It's in the name, our FOLKS are our strength.

As a team, we are proving to our clients that high-end digital art can be created and delivered while respecting a work life balance.

To ensure that creating magic on screen remains a great professional motivation as well as a personal challenge, our managers offer guidance and support to the entire team valuing collaborative relationships.

Job Description:

Rigging Supervisors oversee the design, creation and maintenance of rigs for all shows. They guide the team to deliver quality assets to animators. They set the tone and vision for the department.

Rigging Artists at
FOLKS design, create and maintain highly accurate, efficient, and elegant rigs for high end visual effects. They care about their assets, how they move, and how other artists interact with them.

They work closely with Creature Designers, Modelers, and Animators to develop and refine rigs that let them tell the best stories.

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Immediate Supervisor:Head of Department
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Works closely with: Modelers, Animators, Department Supervisors

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a FOLKS artist

Pursues the highest quality and pushes to create the most engaging images
Works successfully as part of a team, seeks collaboration opportunities
Organizes, prioritizes, and communicates to meet production needs
Takes part in creative discussions and actively participates in dailies
Addresses notes and keeps the end goal in mind while iterating on the work
Stays flexible and adaptable with the ability to work within a set workflow as well as having the creativity and problemsolving skills to work around issues

As a Rigging Artist

Set quality standards for their department, promoting best practices, and rigour
Obtain all the information required to design the rigs, meet the visual & technical quality expectations, and complete projects in time
Motivate, coach and support the rigging team by managing aspects of skills & career development in collaboration with their department manager
Train team members focusing on specific skills to hone, contribute to the department documentation
Rig complex characters, bipedal, quadrupedal, and others
Design new rig behaviours outside of a defined framework
Collaborate proactively with modeling supervisors and animation supervisors to maintain rigs and keep them working smoothly at all time

Qualifications:

Requirements:

At least 5 years' experience in VFX, Animation or Games
At least 1 years' experience as a lead or supervisor
Thorough knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, and animation principles
Expert understanding of pivots and geometry deformation
Experience with a large variety of complex creature work, facial rigging, and the FACS system including quadrupeds, bipeds, and snakelike beings
Experience with Maya and a good understanding of the VFX pipeline

Desirable

Experience with the mGear framework and other Maya plugings, like ngSkinTools
Experience with muscle systems or other dynamics techniques
Able to write code to accelerate rigging workflows, able to write tools for others with a special attention to UI/UX

Additional Information

This is a full-time position. Immediate start. Hybrid work environment, face-to-face and working from home. We offer a salary that matches your skills and a complete benefits package.

If you think you have what it takes to join Folks, please fill out the form below to arrange an interview.

Nothing in this job description restricts the Company's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

The Company prohibits discrimination in employment against otherwise qualified applicants because of a physical or mental disability and will make reasonable accommodations to enable qualified persons with known disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job consistent with applicable law.

The Company will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.