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Senior Rigging Artist
Hybrid in Madrid·Full-time·Added 7 months ago
This job was published 7 months ago
Skydance Animation Madrid
14 open roles
Overview
Job details
Full-time hours
Per the ad.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.
Requirements
Have the right to work in Spain
Skydance Animation Madrid doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Be near Madrid for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have 3+ years of experience
Senior-level role.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 5+ years in VFX or animation industries.
- 3+ years in the animation industry.
- Strong artistic and technical rigging skills.
- Proficiency within a character pipeline.
- Proficiency in using Maya in a production environment.
- Experience with sculpting tools in Body, Face and Shot-Finaling.
- Solid understanding of the principles of animation.
- Extensive anatomical knowledge of facial muscles and their kinematics functions.
- Advanced Python scripting follows coding standards including Qt Interfaces and UX.
Nice to have
- Desirable C/C++ developing knowledge.
- Knowledge of artistic modeling and anatomy tools is a plus.
- Spanish desirable.
Languages
- High English level.
The role
Madrid
Skydance Animation Madrid - Rigging /
As a Senior Rigger you will work closely with the Rigging Supervisor and a variety of departments including; R&D, Art, Modelling, Layout and Animation, to develop, implement, maintain and support character and prop deformation rigs for use in Crowds, Layout and Animation.
What you'll do
- Has strong experience in facial deformation but also experience in body rigging.
- Has strong experience sculpting expressions.
- Develops and maintains procedural rig components with a specific focus on deformation, using custom tools.
- Follows a brief to produce complex production-ready rig deformations.
- Works with Animators to aid with deformation rigs to provide a broad range of motion.
- Supports rigs as they move through the pipeline and provides additional deformation fixes as needed.
- Is responsible for building body, facial and mechanical rig systems to be used by other departments, such as Crowds, Animation and Layout.
- Troubleshoots and fixes rig issues.
- Collects artistic feedback and fine-tunes rig behavior.
- Works within the pipeline and rigging standards.
- Keeps up with current artistic methodologies and technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
- Delivers on time following Production quality standards.
- Prototype, develops and implements new techniques and processes to solve unique and technical character production challenges.
- Works together with the team, providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth.
- Follows the Supervisor's and Lead's guidance.
How you'll work
Full Time /
Hybrid
Senior Rigging Artist
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Hiring process
About Skydance Animation Madrid
Skydance Animation is the animation division of Skydance Media, a major American production company known for blockbuster films and series. The studio focuses on creating high-quality animated feature films and series, with a strong emphasis on storytelling and cutting-edge visual effects. Skydance Animation Madrid is one of its key production hubs, contributing to the creation of animated content for global audiences.
Skydance Animation Madrid is a significant presence in Spain's growing animation industry, offering roles in modeling, surfacing, rigging, animation, and pipeline engineering. The studio is known for its collaborative and creative work environment, attracting international talent to work on major animated projects. For international professionals, this is an opportunity to join a well-funded, globally recognized studio in a vibrant European capital, with a focus on innovation and artistic excellence.
- Industry
- Animation and Film Production
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- 500–1,000
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica, USA
- In Spain
- Madrid
- Website
- skydance.com
Good to know if you are moving
- Skydance Animation Madrid is located in the heart of Madrid, offering a vibrant cultural and social environment.
- The studio works on high-profile animated films and series for global streaming platforms like Apple TV+.
- Madrid is a growing hub for animation and visual effects in Europe, with a strong community of international professionals.
- The studio offers competitive salaries and benefits, and supports relocation for international hires.
- English is commonly used in the workplace, making it accessible for international talent.
In their own words
About the company & team
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.
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions.
Additional information
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Location
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