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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 25 days Insomniac Games's roles stay open a median of 22 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Insomniac Games's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Insomniac Games
- moderate 1 stale, 0 reposted of 6 open
- Hiring momentum
- 7 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Insomniac Games's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Insomniac Games.
About this role
The Senior Facial Character TD will focus on creating and refining facial rigs for both human and non-human characters, utilizing expert knowledge of FACS and facial anatomy. Daily responsibilities include collaborating with animation and engineering teams, authoring high-quality facial rigs, and contributing to tools for optimizing facial animation in games. The role also involves processing scan data and staying updated on the latest techniques in facial rigging and performance capture.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Expert level understanding of FACS and facial anatomy
- Expert proficiency in sculpting FACS shapes using deformers and/or sculpting tools
- Expert understanding of facial skeletal and muscle anatomy
- Experience with Maya
- Experience sculpting details with ZBrush, Mudbox, or comparable
- Strong understanding of state-of-the-art approaches to authoring photorealistic faces for film or games
Nice to have
- Preferred experience working with faces for realtime applications (Unity, Unreal or other)
- Strong understanding of facial shape transfer techniques and ability to implement shape transfer pipelines
- Experience with processing scan data with Wrap 3D/$D or comparable
- Passion for collaborating and sharing knowledge across teams
What you get
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
Worth weighing
- Contract position with no supervisory duties
- Hourly pay rate of $80
- Background checks conducted at the offer stage
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Listed by Insomniac Games on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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