Facial Mocap Supervisor — Pipeline & MetaHuman Expert

DNEG; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DNEG Group is seeking a Mocap Facial Supervisor to lead the facial capture, solving and pipeline integration for high-end production. You will oversee on-set facial capture, develop MetaHuman-based workflows and ensure data quality across the production pipeline.

You will collaborate with Rigging, Animation, Pipeline and Technology teams, travel to Mumbai as needed, and guide global teams to deliver reliable, scalable facial animation for crowds and shots.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a large-scale mocap studio delivering robust workflows and pipelines.
• Proven record in post-production workflows including solving, retargeting, editing and final delivery.
• Expertise in facial animation pipelines from capture to final delivery for crowds and shots.
• Willingness to travel to Mumbai and collaborate with on-site teams; schedule to be confirmed.
• Expert knowledge of Maya, Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, and head-mounted camera systems.
• Strong Python skills to develop tools that optimise mocap workflows and pipeline efficiency.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and maintaining consistent standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee facial motion capture during recording sessions to produce high-quality data.
• Develop, improve and maintain the facial solving pipeline and MetaHuman workflows.
• Evaluate solving quality and identify opportunities for process improvements.
• Supervise integration of facial mocap into the production pipeline and ensure downstream readiness.
• Collaborate with Rigging, Animation, Pipeline and Technology teams on technical requirements.

Skills

Mocap pipelines

Facial solving

MetaHuman workflows

Python scripting

Maya

Unreal Engine

Head-mounted cameras

Pipeline integration

Global teamwork

Tools

Motion capture systems

Head-mounted cameras

Job description

DNEG Group is seeking a Mocap Facial Supervisor to lead the facial capture, solving and pipeline integration for high-end production. You will oversee on-set facial capture, develop MetaHuman-based workflows and ensure data quality across the production pipeline.

You will collaborate with Rigging, Animation, Pipeline and Technology teams, travel to Mumbai as needed, and guide global teams to deliver reliable, scalable facial animation for crowds and shots.