Rigging Td
2 weeks ago
Company Description
Mikros Animation is a global CGI animation studio located in Paris, Montreal, Los Angeles, Bangalore and London, dedicated to feature films and episodic content. Since its inception, Mikros Animation has always put creativity and CG artistry at the heart of its animation and production activities, allowing our artists to work across a great variety of stories with a high level of stylized craft. So far, Mikros Animation has contributed to ten released feature animations and to numerous high-quality animated series, for the world’s best-known animation studios, either as creative studio, line producer or executive producer. Mikros Animation has also produced more than 250 hours of programming, broadcast by notable channels including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, TF1, France TV, Gulli, M6, Gloob, and Super RTL. Our animated episodic content airs and streams globally, in over 180 countries.
At Mikros Animation, we believe great animation is about making real connections with real people. By partnering with filmmakers to unite their creative visions, with our industry-leading craftsmanship and artistry, we create characters that connect with audiences on an authentic and emotional level to bring powerful stories to life.
**Job Description**:
Under the supervision of the Head of Pipeline, the Technical Directors (TD) participate in the design, development, optimization and maintenance of the pipeline and production tools.
Led and supported by the Lead TD Character, the TD Rig is specialised in rig character workflow issues in Maya. It works closely with the Character division (dedicated to film production) which includes character modelling, rig and CFX.
**Responsibilities**:
- Integrate services or tools into the pipeline by writing PYTHON and / or C ++ plugins and extensions to support and improve rigging performance;
- Write documentation on tools and developed codes;
- Respect the schedule and production quotas communicated by the Coordination team and the Supervisor;
- Perform the corrections requested by the Supervisor and the Director with analytical skills;
- Work with the Supervisor to ensure the integration and maintenance of the configurations;
- Organize work and prepare presentation elements for validations;
- Maintain good understanding and team dynamics.
**Qualifications**:
- Proven experience in a similar TD Rigging position in the animation industry or VFX;
- Experience with Agile development technologies (Scrum, RUP, XP);
- Full knowledge of Python
- Knowledge of Mel and C++ (an asset)
- Linux development experience; solid knowledge of the Maya and Nuke APIs;
- Very good knowledge of dataflow and software architecture;
- Strong troubleshooting skills;
- Excellent sense of communication.
- Autonomy.
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