Character Animator for AI Model Evaluation

Role Overview

Help shape how an advanced performance-transfer model evaluates character animation, preserving an actor''s timing, emotion, and subtle physical choices in new outputs. You will apply senior character-animation expertise to define quality standards, critique evaluation methods, and help build a reliable human-review process for AI-generated performance results.

Key Responsibilities

• Define standards for evaluating emotional resonance and physical fidelity in captured performances, and identify shortcomings in current evaluation methods.
• Curate benchmark performances, including examples that are straightforward to capture and examples that present meaningful challenges.
• Help establish the ideal reviewer profile, expertise mix, and scoring rubric for human reviewers assessing outputs at scale.
• Collaborate with other subject-matter experts to maintain accurate, consistent evaluations.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of hands-on character-animation experience, with character or human performance as your primary craft.
• Verifiable credits on at least two feature films, animated features, or AAA game cinematics produced at recognized studios.
• Experience in facial animation or performance capture, such as facial keyframe animation, motion-capture solving, cleanup, motion editing, or technical design of facial and performance rigs.
• A precise eye for micro-expressions, emotional beats, and the details that make performances feel authentic.
• Familiarity with AI tools and workflows, including the ability to create visual samples for testing and comparison.
• Ability to express complex visual observations clearly and precisely for data captions and evaluation templates.
• This role is intended for character-performance animators. Experience focused solely on cinematography, lighting, camera work, color, compositing, editing, generalist 3D art, layout, previsualization, environments, or effects does not qualify.
• Reliable access to a 4K monitor for pixel-level review is preferred.

Work Terms

• Part-time W-2 hourly position supporting an AI lab''s extended workforce.
• Ability to attend in-person working sessions in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California, or New York, New York, once or twice per month is required.
• Employment, onboarding, payroll, and benefits are administered through the employer of record.

Compensation

• $60 to $90 per hour.

Equal Opportunity and Accommodations

Qualified applicants are considered without discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic, including race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or political views or activity. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans throughout the application process.