Senior Creative Technologist

$150,000 - $185,000 per year | Manhattan, New York, United States | Advertising

We're hiring a Senior Creative Technologist for one of the most forward-thinking Creative Production teams working at the cutting edge of art, design, and generative AI. This is a unique opportunity for someone who blends technical depth with artistic instinct - someone who's just as comfortable in Python as they are in Photoshop, and who thrives on shaping ideas into stunning visual outputs.

This role is ideal for a builder and a visionary - someone obsessed with emerging tools, excited to experiment, and ready to push the boundaries of creative tech.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the tech-creative bridge, ensuring bold creative visions are flawlessly executed.
• Lead R&D for tools like ComfyUI, Blender, and GenAI platforms - integrate them into high-impact production workflows.
• Collaborate with art directors, clients, and internal teams to shape concepts into executable pipelines.
• Build scalable workflows for CGI/VFX campaigns and real-time content.
• Stay on top of new tools, trends, and platforms - and introduce what's next before anyone else.
• Mentor creatives and developers, fostering a culture of experimentation and innovation.
• Evaluate and manage the creative tech stack, including negotiating enterprise licenses.

Job requirements:

Experience:

• 5+ years in creative tech, VFX, or CGI with a portfolio of innovative, experimental work.
• A hybrid mindset - whether you come from design with technical chops, or tech with strong creative instincts.
• Experience working with brands, agencies, or cross-functional teams on high-end visual projects.

Technical Fluency:You don’t need to know everything, but you should be highly skilled in several of the below:

• Generative AI: MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, RunwayML, KlingAI
• Interfaces: ComfyUI, Automatic1111
• Scripting: Python (basic–intermediate)
• Design & 3D Tools: Blender, Maya, C4D, Houdini, Photoshop, After Effects
• VFX & CGI Pipelines: For short-form, high-end creative, or advertising content
• LLMs & Other Tools: ChatGPT, Llama, Gemini, Adobe Firefly, Krita, ElevenLabs

You Are:

• Relentlessly curious, always experimenting, always iterating.
• Comfortable presenting ideas to clients and translating complexity into clarity.
• Naturally proactive and solutions-driven - not just a problem solver, but a creative force.
• A Type A driver with the energy to lead projects and the creativity to reimagine them.