CAMERA RIGGER, IN ADELAIDE | RELOCATE TO AUSTRALIA WITH WORK VISA

Location: Adelaide, Australia. This position is open to Australian and international applicants. Visa and relocation assistance provided where applicable.

Employment periods: Long term position with an immediate start.

Working within RSP's creature pipeline and using established rigging tools, the successful applicant will be required to create rigs for organic and hard surface models, including biped and quadruped creatures. Your previous experience creating straightforward, intuitive rigs allows animators to create realistic movement and performance.

As an experienced rigger, you should have the ability to adapt to our current rigging pipeline and tools. We expect you to add value to our pipeline, not reinvent the wheel.

Demonstrated experience with Maya is a fundamental prerequisite for the successful applicant.

The strength of your creative eye, excellent communication & collaboration, together with strong technical and programming background is essential.

· Work closely with modellers and animators to define the purpose and use of the rig.

· Ensure rigging controls are fully adjustable as per feedback, being mindful of model parameters and limitations.

· Ability to deliver dynamic character solutions for a full range of CG shots plus live action footage augmentation and transitions.

· Create adjustable, anatomically correct human and facial rigs with intuitive animation controls, to tight delivery and quality standards.

· Ensure muscle systems deform the model cleanly and accurately.

· Build a wide catalogue of blend shapes.

· Demonstrates rigging progress through the regular submission of work-in-progress and daily updates.

· Complete basic modelling and animation tasks as required, to achieve and rigging objectives.

· Clearly communicate with production any delays or obstacles that may impact your delivery.

· Provide thorough QA and sanity checks or rigs before handover to your internal client.

· Minimum 3-years rigging experience using native, commercial and self developed rigging tools within Maya.

· Strong experience scripting in python.

· Thorough understanding of anatomical features, subtleties, quirks and limitations.

· Real world understanding of proportion, depth, scale and physical space.

· Maintain a calm and professional demeanour in a deadline focused work environment.

· Technical and creative problem solving with a can-do mindset.