Job Description
At Brown Bag Films, our motto is simple: “We Love Animation™.” And we mean it — we put our artists at the heart of everything we do. As one of the most creatively driven animation studios, we are passionate about creating high-quality, engaging content for kids and families everywhere.
We're looking for a talented CG Rigger to develop high-quality rigs for characters, props, and environments that support the artistic and technical needs of our productions.
Purpose: Why you’re here at Brown Bag Films
To rig allocated characters, props and environments for the designated show, in line with the workflow and pipeline needs and to a consistent style and the quality level required.
Delivery: What you produce
Character, prop and set rigs
Rigging Tools.
Measurements: How we measure it
Completion of tasks within agreed schedule.
Handling of revisions and tweaks effectively.
Key Responsibilities
Designing, creating, testing and maintaining character set ups.
Collaborating with animators to design motion controls.
Creating secondary dynamics systems to aid animation.
Providing technical feedback to modelling department to ensure topology meets deformation requirements.
Working with production management to prioritize tasks.
Troubleshooting problems with rigs in production.
Performing technical checks and quality control on overseas and in-house assets.
Ensuring outsource partner has clear direction on BBF rigging requirements.
Key Requirements
Working knowledge of CG pipeline and animation environment.
Working as a Rigger (or similar position) in either broadcast or feature film work. With asset tracking systems (e.g. shotgun) (desirable).
Understands the core skills of rigging in Maya & is able to operate in the environment.
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We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
The salary range for this role is $60,000 – $70,000 per year.
We consider several factors in determining salary offers including experience, skills, qualifications, and education. Our employees receive competitive perks including comprehensive benefits, paid vacation, and health & wellness days.
Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Canada and have Ontario residency.
9 Story Media takes diversity and inclusion seriously and we are committed to ensuring equity in the recruitment process. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, Racialized and LGBT2SQ+ communities, candidates from a range of ages and religious beliefs and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and 9 Story Media is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all identities are represented and respected.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process to be successful in performing essential job functions. We’d love to know how we can support your requirements for accommodation.
