<div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>---</div><div><br /></div><div>As the <b>Senior Rigger</b>, you will work closely with the Rigging Supervisor and a variety of departments, including R&amp;D, Art, Modelling, Layout and Animation, to develop, implement, maintain and support character and prop deformation rigs for use in both Layout and Animation.</div></div><div><div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><ul><li>Use deformers creatively to achieve a specific deformation called for by Animation with a concise set of animation controls.</li><li>Follow a brief to produce complex production ready rig deformation of a high standard.</li><li>Work with Animators to aid with deformation rigs and/or a broad range of motion requirements.</li><li>Support rigs as they move through the pipeline and aid with additional deformation fixes for character shot.</li><li>Keep up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.</li><li>Develop new techniques and processes to solve unique and technical character production challenges.</li><li>Work together with the team providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth.</li><li>Follow the Supervisor’s and Lead's guidance.</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>Requirements</h3><ul><ul><li>4+ years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries.</li><li>Experience sculpting the face and working with facial blend shapes.</li><li>Anatomical knowledge of facial muscles and their function.</li><li>Experience using Maya in a production environment.</li><li>Experience in shot sculpting in a high-pressure feature film environment.</li><li>Experience with both mechanical and/or organic type rigs with preference in feature animation.</li><li>Advanced Python , GUI scripting and the ability to follow strict coding standards.</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div>#LI-MF1 #Animation</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>Skydance is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building and fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We welcome and consider applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy status, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Diversity in the workplace is not just a commitment, it is who we are and a reflection of what makes our world special.  </div><div><br /></div><div>Recruitment Fraud Alert</div><div>It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activity by individuals impersonating our Talent Acquisition team. Skydance will only contact you from an official “@skydance.com” email address. If you suspect that you are being contacted by an unauthorized person or believe that the correspondence you have received is suspicious, please do not click on any links or attachments in such emails and submit any questions or concerns to our information security team at information.security@skydance.com. </div></div><div>Apply for this job</div>

<div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>---</div><div><br /></div><div>As the <b>Rigging Supervisor</b>, you will work closely with a variety of departments, including R&amp;D, Art, Modelling, Layout, and Animation to develop, implement and support character and prop deformation rigs for use in both layout and animation. By working together, you will bring the characters to life, defining and creating state-of-the-art, deformation and animation rigs for a wide range of character styles and art direction.</div></div><div><div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><ul><li>Supervise and mentor the rigging team by identifying skills and preferences to meet production requirements and deadlines.</li><li>Design and maintain a modeling topology conducive to the storyboarded range of deformations in line with the modeling department.</li><li>Work closely with animators to provide and refine full-range articulation of expressions and body movement needed to support a characters’ acting range in the film.</li><li>Follow a brief to produce complex production-ready, high-quality rig deformations.</li><li>Keep up with current artistic methodologies and technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company.</li><li>Design and maintain Master Rigs that can be re-used as a basis for articulating similar characters or applying existing Rigs to newly created character sculpts.</li><li>Develop new techniques and ideas for user interfaces, deformation tools, and character-specific rigging solutions.</li><li>Participate in turnover meetings, asset breakdowns, and bidding/re-bidding over the course of the project.</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>Requirements</h3><ul><ul><li>8+ years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries.</li><li>4+ years of experience as a Lead in the animation industry with production knowledge in rigging and deformation.</li><li>An impressive reel, demonstrating attention to facial surface detail, underlying facial anatomy, and credible and organic facial expressions, as well as figure anatomy- biped and quadruped.</li><li>Proficient in English.</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div>#Animation #LI-MA1</div><div><br /></div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>Skydance is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building and fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We welcome and consider applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy status, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Diversity in the workplace is not just a commitment, it is who we are and a reflection of what makes our world special.  </div><div><br /></div><div>Recruitment Fraud Alert</div><div>It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activity by individuals impersonating our Talent Acquisition team. Skydance will only contact you from an official “@skydance.com” email address. If you suspect that you are being contacted by an unauthorized person or believe that the correspondence you have received is suspicious, please do not click on any links or attachments in such emails and submit any questions or concerns to our information security team at information.security@skydance.com. </div></div><div>Apply for this job</div>

<div><div>Remedy Entertainment, the creator of Control®, Quantum Break®, Max Payne®, Alan Wake® and Death Rally®, and one of the leading independent game studios in the world, is looking for a Rigging Artist for a new exciting multiplayer game.</div><div><br /></div><div>As a <b>Rigging Artist </b>you will be part of Remedy's experienced character technology team. We believe rigs are software and should be developed as such. We are looking for someone who wants to grow not only their own skills but also of those around them. Together we'll pave the way towards packaged, portable, maintainable and reusable rigs and rig components across 3D digital content creation (DCC) packages.</div><div><br /></div><div>Join our Vanguard team as Rigging Artist and you will have the chance to create something completely new, while having the support of a solid and experienced team.  </div></div><div><div><h3>What you get to do</h3><ul><ul><li>In this role you will author and maintain advanced modular rig components for DCCs and game engines working together with Gameplay Designers and Animators to gather rig requirements</li><li>As a Rigging Artist you work closely together with Character Artists to establish optimal mesh topology and with our programmers to ensure optimal runtime performance across platforms</li><li>Actively communicate with different departments and provide accurate time estimations for your work to ensure rigs and features are properly scoped and delivered on time</li><li>Collaborate with colleagues to extend the rigging framework with new functionality</li><li>Ensure that all documentation related to rigging is up to date and available for both internal and external team members</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>What you bring to the role</h3><ul><ul><li>You have demonstrable previous work experience as a Rigging Artist or in equivalent role from games/VFX/feature film </li><li>You have expert level understanding and knowledge Unreal Engine and in particular chaos physics, control rig and animation related features</li><li>You are familiar working with physics simulation frameworks such as Bullet, PhysX, Havok or Chaos and have experience with various DCCs (Maya/MotionBuilder/Houdini)</li><li>You have good understanding of the math underlying rigging and you are proficient in OOP and at least Python</li><li>Learning new programs and tool chains comes easy to you</li><li>You thrive working in a team environment, sharing ideas and learning from others. You are used to collaborating with colleagues across different departments and you are able to communicate and present your ideas in a clear way. As a team member you are dedicated contributing towards a friendly and inclusive work environment</li><li>Additionally, experience with runtime rigging in games and knowledge with good software engineering practices such as TDD and CI/CD are beneficial in this role</li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><h3>What is in it for you?</h3><ul><ul><li>At Remedy you get to work on awesome, memorable gaming experiences for our players, in a studio where your input is valued and your creative freedom is encouraged.  </li><li>We work in an environment that values both individual and teamwork, ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard &amp; workload stays sensible. We believe in and support work-life balance. Happy people work better! </li><li>We offer an extensive set of employee benefits and an annual bonus system as well as opportunities for you to develop your skills further. On top of this, in Finland and Sweden you get up to 5 weeks of paid vacation, in addition to public holidays and other special occasions.  </li><li>Our studio is based in Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland, a safe country with exceptional quality of life, free education and pristine nature at your doorstep. If you're not already in Finland, our relocation service is there every step of the way to take care of you. You can concentrate on work, while we’ll take care of everything else! </li><li>If you are based in Sweden, we also welcome candidates to our new location in Stockholm. </li></ul></ul></div></div><div><div><b>To apply</b>, please fill in the application form with your reel, CV/LinkedIn (in English) and other information relevant to the position. Please note that for us to be able to evaluate your application, a link to your reel needs to be included in the application. </div></div><div>Apply for this job</div>

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