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Rigging Artist

Montréal, QC
Mid Level
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About the role

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.
  • Your communication skills enable you to communicate easily within your team, as well as with other departments.
  • You are pro-active and enjoy researching and improving what already exists.
  • Your level of English enables you 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 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.

About Ubisoft Montréal

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Nous créons l'inconnu depuis 1997. Chez Ubisoft Montréal, un but commun nous uni·es : enrichir la vie des joueuses et des joueurs grâce à des expériences de jeu originales et mémorables. Nous développons des franchises emblématiques qui fascinent des millions de personnes à travers le monde, incluant Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Rainbow Six, Watch Dogs - et, bon, on ne peut quand même pas dévoiler tous nos secrets.

Notre plus grande force est (et sera toujours) notre communauté d’employé·es : les talents audacieux qui soutiennent et produisent les jeux de qualité qui ont marqué l’histoire de notre studio.

Quand vous rejoignez Ubi MTL, vous découvrez un milieu de travail qui éveille la créativité et favorise les connexions : un environnement composé d'une variété de voix, d'identités, d'origines, d'expériences et de perspectives. Nous offrons un espace axé sur la collaboration et qui mise sur l'avancement professionnel, une foule d'opportunités d'apprentissage ainsi que d’importants avantages sociaux pour le bien-être.

Ici, notre désir de rêver gros, de prendre des risques et d’évoluer contribue à l'innovation et au dépassement des limites qui mènent finalement à notre succès collectif.