Scattermesh · 3 days ago
Senior 3D Technical Character Artist
Herndon, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expScattermesh is a fast-paced small company looking to disrupt, transform, and innovate on behalf of our clients. They are seeking an experienced Senior 3D Technical Character Artist to work on client projects, focusing on creating detailed 3D characters and enhancing character performance pipelines.
Media Production
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
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
Qualification
Required
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
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
Preferred
Experience with Metahuman to Maya toolset a plus
C++, etc a plus
Benefits
Competitive Market Leading Pay
25-30 days - Paid Time Off (PTO) / Holiday
100% Company paid medical/dental/vision/plans
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
401(k) Matching with no cliff vest
Company
Scattermesh
Scattermesh is a 3D production company committed to technologies necessary to drive innovation in the creation and delivery of high end digital assets.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase