Creature Technical Director (Rigging) - Expression of Interest - ILM Vancouver

Industrial Light & Magic • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Posted June 17, 2026

Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Job Type Full-time
Category Art and Design Workers
Posted June 17, 2026

Job Summary:

Position Summary

Creature TD Riggers are responsible for rigging and enveloping hero to background creatures, vehicles and props in Maya. They are able to wrangle rigging and creature pipeline issues proficiently under the direction and guidance of their supervisors.

This specific position is for a production that requires experience and proficiency in both realistic and/or toon style animation, where experience working with rigs for an exaggerated cartoon style of animation on animated features, as well as live action creature and character animation will be key to this role.

What You’ll Do

  • Hero-creature rigging and enveloping in Maya

  • Troubleshoot creature rigging and pipeline issues for artists in other disciplines

  • Mentor entry level artists

  • Script utilities/tools/plug-ins in Maya

  • Sufficient knowledge of Maya rigging te...

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