Senior Character Animator – GenAI Performance Evaluator

Marketframe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a senior character animator to help define well-transferred performances for a leading AI lab's GenAI model. The role focuses on evaluating and guiding the model’s output across body, facial nuance, timing, and emotion.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in feature films, VFX or AAA game cinematics with a sharp eye for micro expressions and lip sync. On-site sessions in Los Angeles or New York occur once or twice a month.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on character animation in film, VFX or games.
• Senior/Lead/Principal level experience required.
• Strong eye for micro-expressions, timing and lip-sync.

Responsibilities

• Set the quality bar for performance transfer across body, face and timing.
• Critique model outputs with precise, actionable notes.
• Build benchmarks with reference performances of varying difficulty.
• Shape reviewer profiles, rubrics and calibration for scalable evaluation.
• Collaborate with experts to ensure consistent evaluations.

Skills

Character animation

Senior/Lead level

Real-time engines

VR/XR/Performance capture

Clear evaluative language

Tools

Sora

Veo

Midjourney

Runway

Kling

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a senior character animator to help define well-transferred performances for a leading AI lab's GenAI model. The role focuses on evaluating and guiding the model’s output across body, facial nuance, timing, and emotion.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in feature films, VFX or AAA game cinematics with a sharp eye for micro expressions and lip sync. On-site sessions in Los Angeles or New York occur once or twice a month.