CAREERS

Mazdek is looking for a passionate and motivated 3D Rigging Intern to join our Rigging department in our design-driven Los Angeles studio. The rigging intern works under the Rigging Supervisor in the Rigging Department to to help create amazing characters and moments for both pre-rendered and realtime animation. Ideal candidates should have experience building rigs used in game or animation production. Organic modeling skills are a plus. This is a full time 6 month paid internship.

Responsibilities Include:

Assist rigging and animation department in daily production. Character rigs for pre-rendered animation and realtime (in-engine). Scene/non-character rigs for rendered animation and realtime. Potential Maya pipeline development, technical animation, and modeling.

Mazdek is looking for a passionate and motivated 3D Rigging Intern to join our Rigging department in our design-driven Los Angeles studio. The rigging intern works under the Rigging Supervisor in the Rigging Department to to help create amazing characters and moments for both pre-rendered and realtime animation. Ideal candidates should have experience building rigs used in game or animation production. Organic modeling skills are a plus. This is a full time 6 month paid internship.

Responsibilities Include:

Assist rigging and animation department in daily production. Character rigs for pre-rendered animation and realtime (in-engine). Scene/non-character rigs for rendered animation and realtime. Potential Maya pipeline development, technical animation, and modeling.

Mazdek is looking for a passionate and clever Maya Technical Director with pipeline development skills to join our design-driven Los Angeles studio. The Maya TD / Pipeline Developer works with the CG Department leads, the Creative Technology lead, IT, and CG artists to develop tools, improve efficiency, and troubleshoot technical issues. This position is largely Maya Technical Direction and tool development as this is our primary 3D package. However we use a variety of other applications so candidates who can develop tools for additional DCC host applications highly encouraged to apply. Ideal candidates should have deep knowledge of workflows relating to the entire CG process and surrounding technologies. Previous pipeline development experience is a huge plus.

Buck is looking for talented junior to senior level After Effects animators to join our team in Los Angeles. The right person will be a creative and driven animator who is proficient in After Effects (Cinema 4D or cel experience is a plus) and looking to join our design-driven, collaborative animation team. If you’re the right person for the job, please contact Buck at info@mazdek.com with your portfolio!

Mazdek LA is seeking talented and passionate Senior and Junior level Illustrators to join our growing team. Ideal candidates will need to be skilled and comfortable working in an already established style guide, and have an understanding of storytelling in both editorial illustration and animation. Illustrators will work alongside our creative team from concept to delivery. Storyboard experience is beneficial but not essential.

Qualified applicants please submit current resume, salary requirements/availability, and a brief paragraph detailing why you are the right person for the position to info@mazdek.com No phone calls please.

Mazdek is looking for Interactive Technical Artists to join our team in our design driven Los Angeles studio. Interactive Tech Artists work with world class creative directors and designers as well as developers to create original and compelling mobile based Augmented Reality experiences. Ideal candidates should be comfortable with self-directed technical problem solving and exploration with an evolving creative and technical toolset. Candidates should be competent manipulating and animating via scripting or coding languages. Come push the limits of creative technology with us!

Mazdek is looking for a talented Maya Rigging TD to join our Rigging department in our design-driven Los Angeles studio. The Maya Rigging TD works under the Rigging Supervisor and alongside the CG Team and Animation Supervisor to help create amazing characters and moments for both pre-rendered and realtime animation. Ideal candidates should have experience building expert level rigs of all types and complexity. A strong organic modeling skill set is heavily desired as well. This is a full time staff position with benefits.

Responsibilities include:

Create expert level facial and character rigs. Create rigs for both pre-rendered animation and realtime (in-engine). Create realistic and cartoon style rigs. “Creative rigging” for unique visual puzzles. Create scene and prop rigs. Check models for clean and necessary topology. Modeling correctives and weighting skins. Contribute to character pipeline development. Provide support to the animation team. Continue to develop character pipeline and rigging script libraries. Part-time character/asset modeling. Research rigging techniques.

Mazdek is looking for a talented Unity Shading Technical Artist to join our Games team in our design-driven Los Angeles studio. The Unity Shading Tech Artist will work with the creative directors, look development team, and Gameplay Engineer to create original and compelling lighting, shading, and rendering solutions that are performant on mobile. Ideal candidates should have deep knowledge of the Unity shading and rendering pipeline and be comfortable working in a PBR workflow. Candidates should be competent with custom shader development as well as out of the box solutions and determine the appropriate solutions based on creative direction, workflow, and efficiency. True to Mazdek form we have a visually unique property we are developing and are looking for a passionate, creative, and technical artist to help bring our vision to market. This position is freelance and would start in January 2018.

Responsibilities include:

Develop shading, lighting, and rendering solutions in Unity. Work with the art team to adapt designs to real-time looks. Work with the CG team to implement optimal lighting, shading and texture workflows. Implement assets into the unity scene and iterate through the final delivery. Attend regular meetings and show work in progress updates. Optimize solutions for mobile.

Buck is looking for a Pipeline Engineer to join our team in Los Angeles to develop and maintain tools and systems in our content creation pipeline. The ideal candidate should be able to identify deficiencies in artist workflows and proactively recommend or develop solutions. The candidate must also work well in a team-oriented production environment, where problem solving and technical innovation are frequently expected. As an architect of the production pipeline, the candidate must create tools that not only solve current production challenges, but that also benefit the studio as a whole.

This role is primarily a coding position but we’re open to splitting time with creative tasks as well. This is a staff position, however we are always looking for talented freelancers to connect with.