Senior Character Rigger in Amsterdam

Guerrilla is looking for an ambitious individual with a proven track record in the rigging and skinning of characters to join our Technical Animation Team. As the successful candidate, you will collaborate with our Art, Design, and Animation teams to help meet our aesthetic and in-game requirements while working within technological specifications. You will assume responsibility for the skinning and rigging of our characters. Achieving the delicate balance between the complexity and the usability of the rig is an important part of your day-to-day tasks.

• You will be responsible for the rigging and skinning of a wide variety of characters using existing tools, and drive the development of new tools to aid and improve runtime deformations;
• You will help ensure that art and animation quality remains uncompromised by limitations of technical processes;
• You will define workflows and pipelines in consultation with your colleagues, and develop and improve in-house tools as needed while remaining aware of the impact of your decisions on other disciplines;
• Research and develop new techniques, approaches and solutions as required.

• You will work within the Technical Animation team to define processes and tools that help improve the overall quality of our skinned characters in the most efficient way possible;
• You will work closely with the Animation, Modeling and Outsourcing teams to turn their art assets into runtime assets;
• You will work closely with the Engineering team to develop tools and workflow, and to troubleshoot runtime issues.

• You have over five years of professional experience, with more than one AAA title shipped or an equivalent amount of experience from a related industry;
• You have experience working as or with animators to ensure the best possible rigs;
• You have a firm grasp of anatomy and procedural rigging;
• You have excellent Maya skills.
• You have extensive knowledge of vector math;
• You are proficient with scripting languages Python (first), Maya Python API (second);
• Your demo-reel exhibits a wide selection of character rigs, from realistic human, to animals, to highly stylized cartoon characters. 

If you are up for the challenge, you can apply by hitting the “apply now” button before April 30th, 2020. Be sure to support your application by a showreel showing off any recent and work relevant to the position. For more information, please contact Riem Halawani (Studio Recruiter) through . 

NOTE: As part of this application, you will be requested to perform a practical skills test.