[Hiring] Character Technical Artist @iconic21

Role Description

We are building an Unreal Engine application: a real-time MetaHuman person talks to players, replies with synthesized voice and lip-sync, and performs game-related actions. This role needs a character/facial specialization, not a VFX TA. You take a photorealistic face all the way to production quality and dress a character so it reads as alive at runtime.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio of photorealistic characters / digital humans.
• Maya
• MetaHuman
• ZBrush
• Substance Painter / Designer
• Solid understanding of character rigging, skinning, deformation and real-time constraints.

Requirements

• Build game presenter on top of MetaHuman (including Mesh to MetaHuman).
• Handle groom (hair / brows / stubble) and tune clothing for motion.
• Build the wardrobe / outfit-variant system for multiple game presenters.
• Own look-dev and lighting for photorealism (Lumen); tune the facial rig (blendshapes / FACS / ARKit).

Nice to have

• Marvelous Designer
• Chaos Cloth / cloth sim
• XGen / hair cards
• Photogrammetry / scan data
• R3DS Wrap
• Python / MEL for tools scripting

Benefits

• Challenging and exciting tasks, and all the needed tools to achieve them.
• A real opportunity for professional growth in a team of professionals.
• 21 days of vacation, 5 flexible days for your needs, 15 sick leave days.
• National holidays according to the official calendar.
• Individual benefit limit to support your health and wellness needs.