Technical Artist (Rigging & Pipeline)

TL;DR

Technical Artist (Rigging & Pipeline): Own the rigging domain for high-end 3D productions within Creative Marketing team while developing and supporting the animation pipeline. Focus on creating production-ready rigs with complex deformations, solving rigging challenges, and building scalable tools for modeling, rigging, animation, and rendering.

Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel

Company

Fastest-growing mobile games company founded in 2019 by veterans from Playtika, Rovio, and movie industry, with flagship Dice Dreams and upcoming Domino Dreams.

What you will do

• Create high-quality rigs for characters and props focusing on deformation, flexibility, and animator control
• Own rigging pipeline, define standards, workflows, and best practices for high-end productions
• Solve complex rigging challenges including facial rigs and non-standard setups
• Collaborate with animators and CG artists to improve workflows and troubleshoot rigs
• Design and maintain scalable 3D production pipeline across modeling, rigging, animation, and rendering
• Develop tools, scripts, automation, and enforce asset standards, naming, and versioning

Requirements

• 3+ years as Technical Director, Character TD, or similar in animation, VFX, or high-end production
• Strong hands-on experience in character rigging with Maya or similar tools
• Proven ability to build complex rigs with advanced deformation for face, body, props
• Strong understanding of anatomy, deformation, and performance-driven animation needs
• Solid scripting skills and experience building/maintaining production pipelines
• Deep knowledge of animation workflows in high-quality productions; strong problem-solving and communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience in cinematic, VFX, or advertising pipelines
• Knowledge of MGear or similar rigging frameworks
• Familiarity with Unity/Unreal for cinematic workflows
• Experience with version control like Git or Perforce
• Familiarity with AI tools for content creation or automation