Animateur technique principal / directeur technique, visage

The job overview for this position is a technical animator/director responsible for building the future of facial animation at 2K Games. The ideal candidate will have experience with Maya, Unreal, Motion Builder, and other facial software, as well as a passion for improving efficiency and creating amazing tools and pipelines. They will work closely with the post-production team and other MoCap teams to improve the current process and create high-quality facial animations. The job requires 7+ years of experience in the industry, knowledge of MoCap tools, and experience with Unreal and Metahuman.

• Build a pipeline for facial animation
• Build a facial team for post-processing and real-time
• Work with Dynamixyz
• Work with the development team to support facial expertise
• Provide a rigging solution per pipeline
• Assist other animators (training and debugging)
• Learn how the 2K Mocap pipeline works
• Be able to work with any software using best practices
• Work with the MoCap team to prototype new useful features/tools and processes
• Be able to create high-quality facial animations
• Work with the post-production team on other pipeline tasks such as MoCap data processing, solving, quality assurance, facial capture video editing, virtual camera animation, etc.
• Daily communication with the production director and production team
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

• 7+ years of experience in the industry
• Experience with pipelines/rigging for facial animation
• Extensive experience in motion solving and editing for facial animation
• Experience with Unreal and Metahuman
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot technical issues
• Highly motivated and proactive
• Positive attitude towards challenges
• Good technical communication skills
• Education in 3D animation, motion capture, or film
• Proficiency in Maya and Motion Builder as well as various facial packages
• In-depth knowledge of MoCap tools
• Knowledge of scripting/code systems such as Python, Mel, C++, etc.
• Experience in developing animation and MoCap tools is a plus
• Knowledge of resolution pipelines
• Experience with hardware (MoCap, scan, VR, camera references, etc.)