Emerging Technology Creative

University of the Arts London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Kite is seeking an Emerging Technology Artist to join our studio in London, blending creative vision with cutting-edge AI. You will help grow the emerging tech space by supporting how ideas are developed from concepting to execution on live projects.

You will work with the Emerging Technology Creative, Creative Directors and lead artists to generate production-ready imagery, build AI pipelines, train models, and stay ahead of new tools and techniques to deliver outstanding visuals.

Qualifications

• Creative background with experience in visual arts or related fields.
• Broad understanding of the VFX process and pipeline.
• Experience with emerging technologies, including AI in production.
• Experience building AI pipelines and workflows at a production level.
• Familiarity with hybrid AI workflows and integrating AI with live action footage.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Black Kite team to generate visual ideas during treatment and pitch processes.
• Translate creative concepts into production-ready imagery.
• Support project scoping and quoting conversations, explaining AI capabilities.
• Build and run AI pipelines and workflows to generate image/video content for live projects.
• Train and fine-tune models (including LoRAs) across platforms like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Kling and Veo.
• Bridge high-end VFX techniques with emerging AI-driven approaches.
• Contribute to training initiatives and knowledge-sharing for internal teams.
• Educate and engage clients around emerging technology workflows and outputs.
• Stay ahead of emerging tech, testing and adopting new tools and models.

Skills

creative background

VFX process knowledge

AI technologies

AI pipelines

hybrid AI workflows

AI integration with live action

communication

team player

quality control

visual style

Tools

ComfyUI

Krea

Weavy AI

Midjourney

Stable Diffusion

Kling

Veo

Job description

Hours Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm (40 hrs / week)

As an Emerging Technology Artist, you’ll be joining an exciting team working at the intersection of creative vision and emerging technology — helping to grow this space at Black Kite alongside our Emerging Technology Creative, in a studio built around world-class VFX talent.You will work with our Emerging Technology Creative, Creative Directors and lead artists across the studio, supporting how they develop and visualise ideas — from early concepting and pitch treatments through to execution on live projects.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Black Kite team to generate visual ideas during the treatment and pitch process.
• You will translate creative concepts into compelling, production ready imagery.
• You will support project scoping and quoting conversations, helping production and creative teams understand what AI can realistically deliver on a brief.
• You will build and run AI pipelines and workflows — using tools like ComfyUI, Krea and Weavy AI — to generate image and video content for live projects
• You will train and fine-tune models — including LoRAs — and work across platforms such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Kling and Veo (and whatever replaces them) to match specific visual styles, director aesthetics and briefs, building an expanding toolkit the studio can draw on across projects.
• Help bridge the gap between existing high-end VFX techniques and emerging AI-driven approaches.
• You will contribute to training initiatives and knowledge-sharing for internal Black Kite teams
• You will help educate and engage clients around our emerging technology workflows and creative output.
• You will stay ahead of the emerging technology space — actively seeking out, testing and adopting new tools, models and techniques, feeding your findings back to the wider team.

Skills and Experience Required

Why you

• You are from a creative background; including but not limited to photography, design, fashion, mixed media, cg or compositing.
• You have a broad of the VFX process and what it involves.
• You understand how a strong image is built, not just how it looks.
• You have experience with a broad range of new / emerging technologies, including AI.
• You have experience building AI pipelines and workflows at a production level.
• You have experience using hybrid AI workflows.
• You have experience integrating AI with live action footage.
• You know how to get a specific result, how to course-correct when it drifts, and how to make AI output hold up in a professional pipeline.
• You follow what’s happening in the emerging technologyspace closely, you’re often the first to try a new tool or model, and you enjoy sharing what you know.
• You have and are keen to use your wider creative and technical skills and knowledge.
• You have a critical eye and a can-do problem-solving attitude
• You have a keen eye for quality control and visual style.
• You are an excellent communicator
• You are an excellent team player
• You always strive to produce outstanding visual results

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibility. We are committed to offering a working environment where everyone is valued and feels appreciated.