Procedural Rigging Supervisor

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media – both established and emerging. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience. Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, providing much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for about 50% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information. About Hogarth Hogarth Worldwide is the world’s largest and leading marketing content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world’s most famous brands. Department Summary VFX is delivered across multiple disciplines, channels, clients and products. We create animated characters, full computer-generated product configurators with millions of variations, computer-generated products with AI generated images, photo-real, real-time environments, water simulations, digital twins and much more. The department includes all the usual computer graphics disciplines from modellers, animators, lighters to pipeline developers and producers, both onshore and offshore, supporting global and local client needs. What does a Procedural Rigging Supervisor do at Hogarth? Proceduralism relies on broken down published components, logical structures and parameters to construct CGI at scale with code rather than manual effort. Procedural Supervisors will be responsible for overseeing the creation and development of these conventions. This role involves working closely with Python developers to define procedural specifications to instance flexible and controllable rigs. This role reports to the ‘Global Director Of VFX and will work closely with all our global CGI/VFX teams. Responsibilities Rigging: Define and build procedural systems for assembling and assigning rigs and provide tools for manual adjustments of parameters. Animation controls: Design systems for efficient animation controls and rigs for characters, creatures, vehicles, and props. Continuity: Maintain continuity and scale in virtual layouts, ensuring technical and visual consistency for animating and iteration geometry and compatible rigs. Procedural Specifications: Collaborate with Python developers to establish clear specifications for how the procedural system should function, covering skeletons, blendshapes and joint controls using publishing and dependency. Requirements Strong understanding of Maya with strong skills in rigging tools, rig-modules, workflows, and plugins. Proficiency in Python scripting for procedural tools and pipeline integration. Demonstrable experience in Rigging within 3D environments in a mature pipeline. Ability to communicate complex technical requirements to Python developers and other technical teams. Diversity and Inclusion Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging. Hogarth Values Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way. Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards. Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises. Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour. Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn. Life Assurance – four times annual salary Pension Scheme – Company contribution matched up as follows: An extra day leave on your Birthday Employee Assistance Programme WPP Group Discounts Travel Season Ticket Loan Mortgage Advice – In partnership with Charles Cameron and Associate 1 Volunteering day per year A Hybrid working model Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, providing much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for an average of 4 days per week for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information. #LI-Hybrid #LI-ZD1 Diversity & Inclusion Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. We believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. 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