Assistant Professor - 3D Animation

Role Overview

The Rigging & 3D Animation Faculty will be responsible for teaching core skills in character

rigging, body mechanics, acting animation, and production workflows. The role focuses on

building strong foundations in rig creation and high-quality 3D animation performance for

students.

Key Responsibilities

A. Teaching & Skill Development

• Conduct classes, labs, and demonstrations in :
• Character Rigging (biped, quadruped, facial rigs)
• Body Mechanics Animation
• Acting & Performance Animation
• Creature Animation (preferred)
• Skinning, weight painting, and deformation
• Rig testing and pipeline fundamentals
• Prepare teaching material, assignments, and assessments.

B. Student Mentoring & Project Supervision

C. Curriculum & Academic Development

D. Departmental Support

3. Required Skills & Software Expertise

Strong working knowledge of :

Autodesk Maya (primary)

Rigging Tools : Advanced Skeleton, mGear, or custom rig workflows

Deformation & Skinning techniques

Animation principles, timing, posing, and performance

Basic Python / MEL scripting is an added advantage.

Understanding of production pipeline and troubleshooting.

4. Qualifications

5. Desirable Attributes