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Workman Labs lists this Director, Creative AI & Production Technology opportunity in santa monica, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Director, Creative AI & Production Technology
Lionsgate is hiring a creative-technology lead in its AI office to put generative AI to work across content creation, VFX, virtual production, editorial, and post-production. The role turns multimodal models into artist-facing tools and production-ready workflows, runs pilots with filmmakers and artists, and manages the Associate Manager, AI Strategy & Creative Technology.
$150,000 – $170,000 / yr
Location
Santa Monica, CA
On-site
Seniority
Director
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What you\'ll do
Responsibilities
Set the creative AI and production-technology roadmap across creative development, VFX, virtual production, editorial, post-production, marketing asset creation, and adjacent workflows. Common
Identify, prioritize, and lead AI pilots that address real creative and production needs, balancing artistic quality, workflow fit, business value, rights considerations, and operational readiness. Common
Design and validate artist-facing tools and multimodal workflows using image, video, audio, and language models, with a focus on ideation, visualization, previs, asset development, editorial, and post-production. Common
Partner directly with artists, filmmakers, VFX supervisors, production executives, editors, post-production teams, and creative vendors to understand pain points, test solutions in context, and drive adoption. Common
Establish scalable pipeline patterns for AI-assisted creative work, including workflow documentation, quality controls, versioning, review and approval practices, metadata, provenance, and handoffs.
Guide the transition from promising experiment to production-ready workflow, coordinating with Technology, Security, Legal, Business Affairs, Data, and external partners. Common
Work in close partnership with the Internal AI Product Builder to define shared platform, automation, data, and integration needs while owning creative-production tooling and pipeline priorities. Common
Lead and develop the Associate Manager, AI Strategy & Creative Technology; set priorities and create growth opportunities. Common
Maintain an active view of the creative AI ecosystem, evaluating startups, vendors, artists, researchers, and emerging production practices; cultivate strategic relationships.
Represent the AI office in senior creative and production forums, communicating technical possibilities, limitations, risks, and recommended decisions.
What you\'ll need
Experience
8+ years of experience in film, television, VFX, animation, post-production, virtual production, creative technology, or a closely related media-production field. Common
Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, or leading technology-enabled workflows for artists, production teams, VFX, editorial, or post-production teams.
Deep practical fluency with generative AI and multimodal tools, including image, video, audio, and language models, and an ability to assess their creative quality, technical limitations, and production implications. Common
Working knowledge of production and post-production pipelines, including how assets, editorial, review, approvals, vendors, and delivery requirements interact across a production lifecycle.
A track record of moving emerging technology from experimentation into durable, adopted workflows while maintaining creative trust and respect for craft.
Strong people leadership, stakeholder-management, and communication skills; able to guide cross-functional work and explain complex technology clearly to both creative and executive audiences. Common
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Worksite address
santa monica, CA, 90403, US
Who can apply
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