[Hiring] 3D Animator/Rigger @WISEcode

Role Description

WISEcode is looking for an experienced 3D character artist, technical rigger, and animator to transform our existing branded owl into a fully controllable, reusable 3D character system.

This is not a request for a static model or a single finished animation. We need a master owl asset that can be recolored, posed, animated, exported, and placed into any digital environment without rebuilding the character. The owl will be used across:

• WISEcode products and applications
• Websites and interactive experiences
• Product onboarding and education
• Marketing and social media
• Video and motion graphics
• Future conversational and AI experiences

The character must preserve the design, proportions, personality, and visual identity of the existing WISEcode owl.

Qualifications

• Fully modeled, animation-ready topology (wings, body, head, tail, feet, talons, eyes, beak) with clean UVs/silhouette, matching the existing owl's design exactly.
• Professional animator-friendly controls for face/eyes, body, wings/feathers, legs/feet, and tail — all clearly named and organized.
• Modular, region-based color system enabling brand variants without new textures or rigs.
• ~15 core emotional expressions, viseme/lip-sync support, and stylized (non-human) speech animation.
• Idle, communication, product-reaction (e.g., scanning, scoring), emotional, and basic movement/flight animations with smooth transitions and layering.
• Fully tested, optimized GLB compatible with Three.js/React Three Fiber — correct scale, materials, transparency, and named animation triggers.

Requirements

• One master owl model (not a single static asset) that can be recolored, posed, animated, and exported without rebuilding — supporting blue, green, and red variants from day one.
• Master Blender file, optimized real-time model, color presets, full animation library with manifest, GLB/FBX exports, turntable/demo renders, and complete documentation (rigging, materials, animation creation, GLB export).
• Portfolio (modeling, rigging, facial rigs, creature/bird work, real-time/GLB examples), animation reel, proposed technical approach, milestones, and pricing by phase.

Benefits

• Opportunity to define how families interact with intelligence.
• Contribute to improving people’s health and well-being.
• Be part of a team committed to transparency, creativity, and collaboration.

Required Deliverables

• Rigged master Blender file
• High-quality master model
• Optimized real-time model
• Approved lower-detail version if required
• Blue, green, and red material presets
• Complete UVs and texture-source files
• Shape keys or blend shapes
• Facial-expression controls
• Speech or viseme controls
• Feather and secondary-motion controls
• Approved core animation library
• Separate, clearly named animation clips
• Facial-expression presets
• Pose library
• Transition animations
• Real-time optimized animation data
• Animation manifest listing each clip and its intended use
• GLB/glTF, FBX, source texture files
• Transparent-background animation previews
• Still turntable renders
• Rig demonstration video
• Color-preset demonstration
• Test files showing animations running in the target environment
• Rig-control guide
• Material and color-editing guide
• Animation naming guide
• GLB export instructions
• Instructions for creating new animations
• Instructions for adding accessories
• Instructions for adding new color variations
• List of dependencies and known limitations

Technical Quality Standards

• Clean topology
• Reliable deformation
• No broken or disconnected geometry
• No visible wing or feather clipping during approved animations
• No foot sliding during grounded movement
• Clean eye and eyelid movement
• Correct wing folding
• Stable feather behavior
• Consistent animation naming
• Clean animation curves
• Predictable animation transitions
• Organized files and collections
• No unexplained dependencies
• Successful GLB playback in the actual target environment