Senior Rigging artist (Character )

Company Description

With over 25 years of experience, Atomic Arts remains as a leading visual effects house, with work featured in the biggest and boldest Hollywood blockbusters, tentpole streaming series and the very best of independent cinema.

Recent project highlights include: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney) The Northman (New Regency) John Wick 4 The Batman (Warner Bros.) and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning.

Headquartered in London and with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and LA, Atomic has expanded into a global team with over 150 artists, supervisors, artists, animators and technical directors all dedicated to bringing your vision to life.

Job Description

Rigging Artists are responsible for producing high-quality rigging and skinning for our CG Characters and props which we will be using for Anim and Crowd FX.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with VFX Supervisors and Leads to determine the best approach to Create efficient rigs for anim and crowd FX.

• Use and understand 3D applications such as Maya. (Houdini and Ziva is Plus)

• Provide input regarding tools and interfaces to improve throughput

Skills

• At least 5-7 years minimum of feature film production experience working with Maya and/or Houdini.

• VFX experience is a must.

• Ability to script in Python and Hscript.

• Knowledge of Houdini - Muscles would be great.

• Ability to quickly master proprietary effects tools and pipeline tools.

• Ability to design, self-direct, and organize your work

• Strong communication skills and must be able to work well within a team

• Exercise a high level of focus and skill in a fast-paced production environment

• Ability to perform visual and analytical problem-solving

• Strong demo reel and/or portfolio in Rigging (Ziva muscle sim is plus)