3D Character and Asset Rigger

At favorited, we believe that digital communities should be more than just spaces to watch content. Our platform is a place to connect, engage, and play, and empowers creators by enhancing audience participation, fostering deeper connections, and ensuring that creators are compensated fairly for their work.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you are a self-starter who wants to build the future of social interaction alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

The Problems You’ll Solve

• Rig expressive, semi-stylized characters and props that hold up in real-time and pre-rendered contexts

• Create rigs that are animator-friendly, performant, and modular

• Bring our avatars and in-stream assets to life with clean, predictable setups

• Work with technical artists and engineers to solve unexpected rigging + performance issues

• Develop and refine rigging templates that scale with our content pipeline

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain control rigs for characters and props, primarily in Unreal and Houdini

• Work with and re-target motion capture data to 3D character rigs

• Collaborate with modelers and animators to ensure rig compatibility and usability

• Create deformation systems that balance stylization with anatomical believability

• Debug and fix rigging issues across multiple projects and file types

• Document workflows and help define best practices for rigging within our pipeline

• Optimize rigs for real-time performance in mobile and streaming environments

What We’re Looking For

• Someone who can rig a character and still have it look good after 10 layers of jank

• A clear communicator who can collaborate across creative and technical teams

• A person who thrives in ambiguous setups and can create structure from scratch

• Someone who knows the difference between a clean rig and a cursed one — and chooses the clean one

• A problem-solver and self starter who can balance speed, flexibility, and visual fidelity and thrives in ambiguity.

What you see below is not necessarily a requirement but encouraged.

Minimum Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience rigging characters and props in a professional production pipeline

• Experience with Unreal Control Rigging and Metahumans

• Experience with Houdini and or other procedural, node-based workflows

• Familiarity with Houdini’s KineFX or Apex rigging systems, or willingness to learn it quickly

• Strong understanding of rigging principles, deformation, and weight painting

• Knowledge of animation and animation principles

• Ability to collaborate with modelers, animators, and engineers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with motion capture cleanup and retargeting

• Familiarity with USD-based pipelines

• Understanding of asset optimization for mobile or real-time workflows

• Experience working with stylized or semi-stylized characters

Nice to Haves:

• Knowledge of Blender rigging tools

• Python scripting

• Experience in mobile games, AR, or real-time avatar projects

• Experience debugging rig performance in streaming contexts

Where You’ll Work

This is a full-time contract to hire position based in Santa Monica, CA.

favorited is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Employees may be eligible for family and medical leave under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) or Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL).

In compliance with the California Equal Pay Act, the salary range for this position is provided above. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, qualifications, and location.