GenAI Performance Director — Staging & Continuity

Mercor; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking experienced professionals to join a leading AI lab’s GenAI team as directors, assistant directors, animation supervisors, or performance specialists. This full-time role (approx. 40 hours/week) is an on-site engagement through Cincinnatus as the employer of record.

You will help define what convincing performances look like, judge model outputs, and shape how reviews are conducted with precise language for captions and evaluations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in film, TV, theater or animation.
• Credits on 2+ professional films.
• Background in directing roles such as Film/TV Director or 1st Assistant Director.
• Meticulous eye for micro expressions, eyelines, continuity and staging.
• Hands-on use of generative image/video tools for testing samples.

Responsibilities

• Set the quality bar for acting realism, blocking, eyelines and continuity.
• Curate benchmarks and test model capabilities against them.
• Critique generated scenes with precise, actionable notes.
• Shape reviewer pool and captions guidelines.
• Collaborate with other experts to ensure consistency.

Skills

Film/TV/Animation experience

Director / AD background

Micro expressions & continuity

GenAI image/video tools

40 hours/week availability

Strong written communication

2+ film credits

4K display access

Tools

Runway

Midjourney

Sora

Kling

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking experienced professionals to join a leading AI lab’s GenAI team as directors, assistant directors, animation supervisors, or performance specialists. This full-time role (approx. 40 hours/week) is an on-site engagement through Cincinnatus as the employer of record.

You will help define what convincing performances look like, judge model outputs, and shape how reviews are conducted with precise language for captions and evaluations.