Senior 2D Animation Character Rigger (15 Years of Experience)
Position: Senior 2D Character Rigger
Location: [Insert Location]
Department: Animation/Production
Reports to: Rigging Supervisor/Creative Director
Job Summary:
As a Senior 2D Sr Character Rigger with 15 years of experience, you will be responsible for overseeing the creation, development, and refinement of complex 2D character rigs. Leveraging your deep expertise, you will play a key role in guiding the rigging process from concept to final delivery, ensuring that characters meet the highest creative and technical standards for animation. This role requires strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, mentorship of junior riggers, and the ability to innovate advanced rigging solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead Rigging Process: Design, build, and maintain sophisticated rigs for characters, props, and other assets, ensuring they meet production and creative needs.
Mentorship and Training: Mentor and supervise junior riggers, providing technical guidance and ensuring best practices across the rigging department.
Optimization: Implement and optimize highly efficient rigging systems for various animation styles, from traditional hand-drawn rigs to advanced cut-out or puppet-based systems.
Collaboration with Departments: Work closely with animators, designers, and technical directors to align rigs with animation requirements, character design specifications, and overall production goals.
Technical Problem Solving: Address complex rigging and deformation issues, ensuring stability and high performance in complex scenes.
Script and Automation: Develop tools and scripts (e.g., in Toon Boom Harmony or Python) to automate and enhance rigging workflows, reducing production time while maintaining quality.
Quality Control: Oversee quality checks on rigs to ensure consistent performance throughout production. Maintain rig integrity from pre-production through final animation delivery.
Innovative Techniques: Stay updated on industry trends, exploring new rigging techniques and technology to continually improve the rigging pipeline.
Documentation: Create and maintain detailed technical documentation for rigs and processes, ensuring the team can easily troubleshoot or modify rigs as needed.
Skills and Qualifications:
Extensive Experience: 15 years of experience in 2D rigging for animation, with advanced proficiency in Toon Boom Harmony (or similar software like Adobe Animate).
Expert-Level Technical Skills: Mastery in creating highly complex and flexible
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