Associate Cinematics Facial Animator (Temporary)
Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading entertainment company known for its iconic content and beloved brands. They are seeking an Associate Cinematics Facial Animator to assist the Cinematics Team Animators with facial animation tasks, ensuring high-quality animation in games and participating in motion capture shoots as needed.
Responsibilities
- Validate facial animation works and looks correct in the game
- Assemble delivered facial animation into game ready packages
- Produce facial animation, or edit facial performance data
- Tweak delivered facial animation to achieve higher shippable quality
- Participate in team content reviews
- Assist in Motion Capture shoots as needed
Skills
- Some amount of formal animation education such as BFA/BS from accredited art or design school or equivalent level of experience required. Applicants must have either graduated from or be enrolled in such a program
- Familiarity animating with at least one Industry Standard 3D package required (Maya, MotionBuilder, etc.)
- Familiarity in facial/body animation
- Familiarity with Photoshop, Premier, etc
- Ability to take direction well
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to learn new tools quickly
- Highly organized. Ability to multitask and manage multiple tasks at once
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Detail oriented and able to spot small mistakes quickly
- Familiar with the Unreal Engine
- Previous internship or related position a plus
- Experience with scripting
- Familiar with the Metahuman Facial Animation Pipeline
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- An employee wellness program
- Life and disability insurance
- A retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays and sick time
- Vacation
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