Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.
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The Rigging Supervisor will work closely with a variety of departments including; Ramp;D, Art, Modelling, Layout and Animation, to develop, implement, maintain and support character and prop deformation rigs for use in both Layout and Animation. The Rigging Supervisor will deliverthe best deformation and animation rigs for a wide range of character styles and art directionsso that the Animators can bring the characters to life.Responsibilities
- Designs deformations to create a wide range of motions and facial expressions for the characters according to the storyboard.
- Works closely with the Animators to ensure the characters support the required acting range for the film.
- Follows the brief to produce complex, production-ready, high-quality rig deformations.
- Acts as the primarily contact person and is responsible of the department.
- Collaborates and keeps a fluid communication with other departments.
- Assigns the work to each team member, according to his or her skills set.
- Gives guidance to the team, supervises the quality of the work, and works closely with production to complete deadlines.
- Partners with TA to source and recruit the best talent in the industry.
- Mentors potential up-and-coming artists to guide them in their career paths.
- Acts as a company ambassador utilizing his/her extensive network in the industry and plays a key role in selling the studio as a first-class place of work, maintaining ongoing relationships with key industry players, contributing to Skydance’s reputation.
- Keeps up on current technology trends and tools (hardware and software) that best suit the production (and the company) in the development of a stronger creative technical environment.
- Designs and collects Master Rigs that can be re-used as a basis for articulating similar characters or applying existing rigs to newly created character sculpts.
- Writes scripts in Python to facilitate workflow improvements.
- Brainstorms new techniques and ideas for user interfaces, deformation tools, and character specific rigging solutions.
Requirements- 8+ years in VFX or animation industries.
- 4+ years of experience as Lead in the animation industry.
- A strong creative background as proven leader in setting direction for a production and for inspiring and motivating a team.
- An impressive reel demonstrating attention to facial surface detail, underlying facial anatomy, and credible and organic facial expressions.
- Profound knowledge of anatomy of facial muscles and their function and figure anatomy, both biped and quadruped characters.
- Advanced English level.
- Spanish oral and written is desirable.
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