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Senior Technical Artist

2 years ago

The Sr. Technical Artist is responsible for working in close collaboration with animators, modelers, and the Art Director in order to produce high-quality rigging and skinning for animation with an additional emphasis on facial rigging. You’ll be expected to help streamline the content creation pipeline, creating tools to help yourself and other artists work more efficiently. Additionally, you will be called upon to review rigging and skinning for other technical artists, helping to mentor and grow the team.

Responsibilities:

Establish rigging and facial rigging pipeline and standards
Provide feedback to other Technical Artists for rigging and skinning tasks
Implement control rigs to foster and simplify the work of animators
Ensure the final result (rigging/skinning) meets the artistic standards of the project
Develop character, weapon and vehicle rigs that are optimized and provide required functionality for animators to use
Scripting and updating pipeline tools to help optimize art and animation pipelines
Set up skeletal mesh actors in UE4, including physics assets, anim-graphs, etc.
Use diagnostic tools to examine game performance, identifying areas for improvement

Requirements:

Strong Python scripting experience on a shipped game title or in a related field
4+ years experience rigging/skinning in Maya
At least one shipped AAA game title, working in a technical role
Detailed working knowledge of Maya
Detailed working knowledge of character kinematics, deformations, and topology
Experience working with UE4
Strong problem-solving skills
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Excellent time management skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to work on a team
A real passion for games

Pluses:

Familiarity with character, weapon and vehicle pipelines, such as modeling, rigging and animation
Strong interest and ability to learn new processes and techniques Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings.

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