Senior 3D Technical Character Artist

Scattermesh•Herndon, VA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

Scattermesh is expanding its team and we are looking to hire experienced Senior 3D Technical Facial Character Artists to work across client projects on a full time basis on-site in Herndon, VA. This role requires an artist with strong technical understanding of facial kinematics and human anatomy with the skills to apply that knowledge. The ideal candidate should have experience in rigging, sculpting, python/mel, shading, texture painting as it applies to human characters with a focus on facial performances.

Requirements

10+ years experience in a professional setting working on characters and digital human technologies
Expert understanding of human facial anatomy, including eyes, skin and hair
Mastery of realistic sculpting, texturing, hair grooming, shading and rendering
Deep understanding of FACS, facial blendshapes and facial performance animation, wrinkle-map systems and beyond in the context of photorealistic human characters
Expert technical skills in Maya, including Python scripting. C++, etc a plus.
Experience collaborating with Riggers, Pipeline Engineers and Supervisors to improve production outcomes
Is self-motivated and self-reliant
Must have both a learning and mentoring mind-set
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
US citizenship required

Nice To Haves

Experience with Metahuman to Maya toolset a plus

Responsibilities

Surpassing Uncanny Valley - Create believable and detailed 3D characters applying your strong understanding of anatomy, modeling, sculpting and texturing expertise from scratch or scan data based on concept art.
Pass on Your Knowledge - As an expert in your field, help your peers grow by giving advice and critiques of their work.
Deliver Results - Conceptualize, present, and execute ideas within a schedule, while leading the way in technical and artistic problem solving.
Take Initiative - Design and enhance our character performance pipeline with new tools and techniques. Drive technological solutions to enhance productivity and quality of our products.
Grow - Research new and emergent technologies and advise how best to apply to our work in a practical way.