Rigging Intern - Undergraduate

3 Months ago • All levels • Animation • Undisclosed

About the job

Job Description

Insomniac Games seeks a Rigging Intern to create animation rigs for props, clothing, vehicles, and characters. Strong passion for video games, animation, and Python skills are essential, along with experience using Maya. Knowledge of character rigging is preferred.
Must have:
  • Strong passion
  • Video games
  • Python skills
  • Maya experience
Good to have:
  • Character rigging
  • Animation experience
  • Technical solutions
  • Team player
Perks:
  • Relocation assistance
  • Fixed hourly pay

Rigging Intern - Undergraduate

Burbank, CA or Fully Remote

 

About the Team:

Are you passionate about character rigging and excited to bring characters to life in video games? Insomniac Games is looking for a Rigging Intern who is eager to learn and contribute to the development process. If you're interested in pursuing a career in rigging and want to enhance your skills in creating animation rigs and developing new tools and techniques, this is the perfect opportunity!

 

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Create and support simple animation rigs for in-game props, clothing, vehicles, and characters.
  • Collaborate with the animation team to troubleshoot and fix rigging bugs.
  • Learn and apply new techniques and tools to enhance the quality and efficiency of character animations.
  • Assist in developing technical solutions that improve character and asset performance in-game.


What We're Looking For:

  • Currently enrolled in an accredited university, pursuing a Bachelor's degree, ideally in Character Rigging or a related field. Computer Science majors with rigging experience are also welcome to apply.
  • Projected to graduate by Spring 2026.
  • Strong passion for video games and animation.
  • Familiarity with Python and experience using Maya is preferred.
  • Self-motivated, creative, responsible, and a strong team player.

 

Eligibility:

  • Able to work during one of the following periods: May 19th - August 8th or June 16th - September 5th.
  • Must be available for the entire 12-week internship period.
  • Open to students who are U.S. citizens or international students with an F-1 visa.
  •  Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.

 

Our intern positions offer a fixed hourly pay rate. Please note that the pay rate is exclusive to the internship period and may not reflect what pay may look like following the completion of an internship.

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. 

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 

 

Intern Pay Range

$33.25 - $36.50 USD

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About The Company

Insomniacs are a bunch of sleep-deprived youngsters who thrive to make your brand


remembered. We are a bunch of very lovable people, and our clients just can’t seem to get enough of us. May be because we leave no stone unturned, and we swim through desserts, and trek across oceans to connect with your audience across the World of Wide Web.


Our office has a very high fire security: As a digital Marketing agency, we have a whole bunch of firecrackers working all under the same roof. These firecrackers include Creatives, artists, writers, social media managers, visualisers and sleep deprived brains working into digital solutions, website management, SEO and SEM.

United States (Remote)

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