Senior Character Artist/Animator

Description:

At Mass Virtual, we don’t just build virtual reality—we use it to solve real-world problems at scale. From transforming how people train, learn, and operate to pushing immersive technology where it hasn’t gone before, we’re redefining what “work” looks like inside a headset. If you want to create what’s next (not maintain what’s already been done), Mass Virtual is for you!

The Senior Character Artist / Animator is responsible for maintaining high quality character assets and producing believable character performance through animation and mocap for use in real-time game engines. They will collaborate closely with artists, designers, and software engineers to bring our characters to life in our products and experiences.

Core Responsibilities

Primary

• Clean, polish, and finalize motion capture data, delivering high-quality realistic character performances
• Integrate and maintain character assets
• Integrate animations in-engine (primarily Unity) and validate quality in VR.
• Support and help direct motion capture sessions
• Troubleshoot common rigging, skinning, deformation, and retargeting issues.
• Adjust or adapt existing humanoid rigs as needed.
• Perform animation from scratch when required.
• Act as the primary point of accountability for character art and animation quality.
• Work with artists, engineers, and designers to maintain standards and resolve issues.

Process documentation alongside research & development on pipeline improvements and character art innovations.

Requirements:

Required Skills & Experience

• Senior-level character animation experience in games, XR, simulation, or cinematics.
• Strong motion capture cleanup and animation polish skills.
• Solid understanding of acting, weight, timing, and realism.
• Understanding of the full real-time character pipeline.
• Experience working with real-time engines (Unity preferred).
• Practical rigging experience, to include adapting existing rigs, skinning and deformation fixes, and retargeting / import troubleshooting

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Facial animation experience.
• Motion capture session direction or setup experience.
• Familiarity with tools like Move.ai or similar mocap systems.
• Experience with character-generation tools (e.g., Character Creator).
• VR specific character art / animation experience.
• Light scripting or tooling experience.