Remote Rigger; Mid-Senior – VFX Animation Rigging Pro

Job Position(s): Remote Rigger; Mid-Senior - VFX Animation Rigging Pro

Crafty Apes LLC is hiring a Remote Rigger at the mid-to-senior level, based anywhere in the UK. This role sits within the VFX pipeline, responsible for building and maintaining character, creature, and mechanical rigs that hold up through animation and compositing on high-end productions. It suits an experienced rigger who has worked across full VFX pipelines and knows how to deliver deformation rigs that animators actually want to use.

About the Role

You will be embedded in the VFX department at Crafty Apes, working alongside Animation, Modeling, and FX teams on the kind of high-end feature film and episodic television projects the studio is known for. Day to day, this means building rigs from scratch, troubleshooting deformation issues that come back from animation, and writing tools to keep the rigging workflow moving efficiently. The role is fully remote within the UK, with London as the primary production hub for coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, test, and maintain character and creature rigs that meet the deformation and performance requirements of a high-end VFX pipeline.
• Develop rigging systems for mechanical props and hard-surface assets, ensuring they behave predictably across animation and simulation.
• Write Python scripts to automate repetitive rigging tasks and improve efficiency across the post-production workflow.
• Review model topology in collaboration with the Modeling department and provide notes to support clean deformation before rigging begins.
• Maintain and update existing rigs across the duration of a production as shot requirements evolve or assets are revised.
• Develop and document rigging tools that other team members can use consistently across the VFX pipeline.

What You Bring

• Mid-to-senior level rigging experience, with credits on feature film production or high-end episodic television in a VFX context.
• Strong proficiency in Autodesk Maya, with Python scripting as a core part of your workflow and MEL experience considered a plus.
• A working understanding of anatomy and mechanical motion as they apply to character and creature rigging for VFX animation.
• Experience working within structured VFX pipelines, including asset management and rig versioning across a full production cycle.
• Based in the UK, with the ability to work remotely and coordinate across distributed VFX teams.

Why This Role

Crafty Apes has built a reputation for delivering VFX work on major studio productions, and this position puts you inside a team that takes rigging seriously as a craft rather than a checkbox. The fully remote structure means you can work from anywhere in the UK without being tied to a single studio facility. For a rigger looking to work on high-profile projects with a team that values technical depth, this is a solid next step.

Apply now for the Remote Rigger position at Crafty Apes LLC and bring your VFX animation rigging experience to a team that will put it to work.