Character TDs

About the Job

Character TDs! We need you to help us create our next amazing film at our Burbank, CA studio.

We are hiring Character TDs with the strong desire the partner with others, like the best animators and modelers in the industry, to help hammer out the most flexible expressive character rigs on the planet in pursuit of the ultimate in performance and acting.

Our ideal candidate is a tasteful blend of strong technical skills in rigging, astute artistic sense and just a pinch of mad scientist. Our Character TDs are challenged to not only create incredible rigs as part of our Character Asset Teams but also plus every shot in the film with breath taking character effects work.

Responsiblities:

• Work directly with Character Asset Team members: Directors, Character Designers, Animators, Modelers and Look Artists to define and create the best animation rigs for a wide range of character styles and art directions

• Responsible for the creation and downstream success of each character

• Character effects for shot production, including cloth and hair simulation and final character polishing

Requirements:

• Exceptional artistic and technical skills

• Previous production experience

• Experience working in collaborative environments and taking direction

• Solid understanding of the principles of animation

• Extensive knowledge of anatomy, kinematics and physical behaviors

• Interest in simulation

• Strong problem solving ability

• Good artistic eye

• Solid understanding of Python and Mel scripting and comfort with Linux environments

• Bachelors degree in Art, Illustration, Computer Graphics, Engineering, related field or equivalent experience desired

• Experience in Modeling a plus

• Experience in Hair/Cloth simulation a plus