Rigging Artist

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Founded in 1991, Hybride was the first digital visual effects company established in Quebec. For over 30 years, the Hybride team has been reinventing the VFX industry, one project at a time.

Job Description

You will be working closely with your team lead to build and maintain rigs for photoreal props, characters and creatures.

What You’ll Do

• Work in cooperation with other departments (modeling, animation, fx / cfx, tds) to provide high quality rigs
• Use our in-house rigging system (Maya)
• Act as a support to animators
• Help develop tools and scripts to improve productivity
• Learn and apply studio rigging standards as well as tools while gaining experience in our pipeline workflows
• Optimize rigs for efficiency

Qualifications

What you bring

3 years minimum as a rigging artist

Experience with VFX work

Has experience rigging high-end creatures

Has a good understanding of fx / cfx requirements

Demonstrate creativity and problem solving skills as related to rigging work

Experience with Maya and auto-rigging systems

Python scripting experience

Work experience with large studio pipelines a plus

Be a team player. Open to new ideas and able to follow new instructions quickly.

What to send our way

Additional Information

Our passion for innovation and our team’s creativity are recognized throughout the industry and remain the cornerstone of our work philosophy. Our team is comprised of over 200 highly qualified creators working in two creative spaces located in Piedmont, in the Laurentians, and in the Mile-End district of Montreal.

Our repertoire holds prestigious titles such as 300, Avatar, Hunger Games and Jurassic World, as well as in the last 6 instalments of the Star Wars franchise and the new Disney+ high-end TV series, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi Wan Kenobi and Andor.

At Hybride, first and foremost, we are good human beings, who value well-being and solidarity. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

At Hybride, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.