About the role
Compensation: $56,000-58,000
CatFace is a YouTube entertainment company, home to a family of channels with over 25 million combined subscribers and an average of 300 million views per month. Our goal is to entertain our audience with fun, light-hearted narratives and entertaining content for general audiences. A vital component of our business is creating multiple unique stories every week in order to keep our audience engaged.
About the Job
CatFace is seeking a talented and dynamic
Body Actor
to bring our digital characters to life. This role involves performing as a body double for our lead actors while they focus on other creative tasks. Your facial features and voice will not appear in the final product; instead, your movements and overall performance will serve as a reference to enhance character authenticity in our productions.
This is a fantastic opportunity for performers with strong acting skills, comedic timing, and a deep understanding of character movement within video game environments. Characters being played day to day will change creating a fun challenge to bring the overall performance something new and fresh while mimicking the characters styles, mannerisms and speaking habits.
What You'll Do
Shadow led actors to learn and replicate their:
Physical movements
Emotional expressions
- Reactions within a virtual gaming environment
- Comedic timing and body language
- Usage of in-game tools and techniques
- Perform as various characters while filming to ensure consistency with established brand and character standards.
- Adapt your performance style to match different characters and scenarios.
- Utilize cinematic awareness when operating within a virtual filming environment.
- Collaborate closely with Showrunners, voice actors, and other production team members to maintain performance quality.
- Accept and incorporate feedback to refine and enhance character portrayals.
What We're Looking For
- Strong improvisation and acting skills with the ability to embody a variety of characters.
- Excellent leadership and communication abilities.
- Self-motivated and proactive in identifying tasks and maintaining productivity.
- Ability to adapt performances to align with brand-specific character guidelines.
- Proficiency in video games such as Minecraft and Roblox.
- Experience in character performance, particularly within virtual gaming environments.
- Technical proficiency in using recording software and in-game filming tools.
- Ability to take and apply constructive feedback professionally.
- A performance reel (live-action or virtual) is required for consideration (bonus points for game commentary performance reels).
- Flexibility to be available on weekends for support if needed.
What We Offer
Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision health benefits
401(k) contribution
Flexible time off
Lunch, snacks and drinks provided in the office
Pets in the office once a month
Onsite fitness center
Learning Stipend
Relocation assistance for those coming from outside Austin.