Senior Rigging Artist (short term contract)

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build efficient productionready rigs for characters creatures facial systems and props
• Develop deformation systems (skin weighting corrective shapes muscle systems blendshapes)
• Collaborate closely with Modeling Animation CFX and Pipeline teams
• Troubleshoot and optimize rigs for performance and stability
• Create facial rigs (blendshapebased jointbased or hybrid)
• Maintain clean scalable rig structures suitable for large pipelines
• Write and maintain rigging tools and automation scripts where required
• Support animation teams by fixing issues and implementing requested enhancements
• Adhere to naming conventions documentation and versioning standards
• Deliver rigs on schedule and to technical requirements

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of anatomy movement and deformation principles
• Expert knowledge of Maya (industry standard)
• Solid experience with skinning and deformation workflows
• Experience creating body and facial rigs
• Proficiency in Python scripting for rigging tools and automation
• Understanding of animation workflows and animator needs
• Ability to debug technical issues under production deadlines

Additional Information :

What happens next 

If you think Outpost sounds like a good fit for you or you simply want to chat with someone about the role and our culture get in touch today!

Equal opportunities

At Outpost we believe that our strength lies in our differences. These help us to take different perspectives challenge norms and create a special environment based on mutual respect. Outpost is an equal opportunities employer. Employment with us is based on a persons extraordinary talent and potential. No candidate will receive any less favourable treatment based on their age gender race ethnicity disability sexual preference or any other factor that has no bearing on an individuals ability to perform their job. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time