Lead Rigger | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote
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Lead Rigger | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote at Escape Velocity Entertainment Inc: Remote, Canada; Full time; IT; Other IT. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: Remote, Canada
- Role classification: IT, Other IT, Full time
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-06-10.
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What we are looking for:
We are looking for a Lead Rigger to own our character rigging pipeline and lead our rigging team. You will work closely with Animation, Art Direction, and Production to define quality standards and technical workflows that enable high-fidelity character deformation and performance across all platforms. Your expertise in Maya rigging and Unreal animation and procedural systems - combined with strong tools development abilities - will establish best practices, mentor junior riggers, and drive the evolution of our characters as the game scales.