Senior Character Animator - AI GenAI Performance Specialist

Mercor; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC is partnering with a leading AI lab to hire senior character animators to define and evaluate a GenAI performance transfer model.

The part-time W-2 position is based on-site in Playa Vista, CA or New York, NY, demanding 10+ years in feature films, VFX, or AAA games with hands-on acting.

You will set quality standards, critique generated performances shot by shot, build benchmarks, and help calibrate a reviewer pool for scalable evaluations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as hands-on character animator focused on human and character acting.
• Animator credits on feature films, VFX features or AAA game cinematics at recognized studios.
• Sharp eye for micro expressions, lip sync, weight and timing; small acting choices.

Responsibilities

• Set the quality bar for performance transfer across body mechanics, facial nuance, timing and emotion.
• Critique model outputs shot by shot and write precise, actionable notes.
• Build benchmarks by selecting reference performances from easy to hard to test the model.
• Shape the reviewer pool by defining profile, rubric and calibration for human reviewers.
• Collaborate with other experts to keep evaluations consistent and accurate.

Skills

Character animation

Lip sync

Micro expressions

Real-time engines

Acting performance

Written communication

Tools

Sora

Veo

Midjourney

Runway

Kling

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC is partnering with a leading AI lab to hire senior character animators to define and evaluate a GenAI performance transfer model.

The part-time W-2 position is based on-site in Playa Vista, CA or New York, NY, demanding 10+ years in feature films, VFX, or AAA games with hands-on acting.

You will set quality standards, critique generated performances shot by shot, build benchmarks, and help calibrate a reviewer pool for scalable evaluations.