Rigging Artist

Company Overview

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 support to animators
• Help develop tools and scripts to improve productivity
• Learn and apply studio rigging standards and tools while gaining experience in our pipeline workflows
• Optimize rigs for efficiency

Qualifications

What you bring

• Minimum of 3 years as a rigging artist
• Experience with VFX work
• Experience rigging high-end creatures
• Good understanding of fx / cfx requirements
• Creativity and problem-solving skills related to rigging work
• Experience with Maya and auto-rigging systems
• Experience with large studio pipelines is a plus
• Team player, open to new ideas, able to follow instructions quickly
• Strong communication skills for collaboration within the team and other departments
• Pro-active, enjoys researching and improving existing tools
• English proficiency to work in an international environment

What to send our way

• Your resume / CV highlighting your background and skills

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 comprises over 200 highly qualified creators working in Piedmont, Laurentians, and the Mile-End district of Montreal.

Our repertoire includes titles such as 300, Avatar, Hunger Games, Jurassic World, and in the last 6 installments of the Star Wars franchise, as well as Disney+ series like The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor.

At Hybride, we value well-being and solidarity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment that embraces diversity in all its forms.

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