AI-Driven Immersive Craft Director

Monks; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks seeks a Craft Innovation Lead to bridge traditional filmmaking craft with cutting-edge AI technologies within our Content Studio. You will champion AI-first workflows, prototype bold visual treatments, and present innovative concepts to Google stakeholders as a strategic partner.

You will align creative ideas with architecture, uplift team capabilities, and drive cross-disciplinary collaboration across the Studio’s creative and tech domains.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in high-end craft disciplines: VFX, 3D animation, character development/animation, motion design, or live-action film directing.
• Deep, demonstrable expertise in generative AI tools, real-time engines, and spatial computing (VR/AR/XR).
• A portfolio showing relentless pursuit of the new, including tools or workflows invented to meet creative visions.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills for senior clients; ability to pitch proactive prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Uphold uncompromising directorial and design sensibilities in AI-generated and tech-enabled content.
• Experiment with and integrate generative AI, real-time rendering, procedural generation, and AR/VR/XR into Studio workflows.

Skills

AI & immersive fluency

Executive client presence

Technical literacy

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Portfolio of innovative work

Job description

Monks seeks a Craft Innovation Lead to bridge traditional filmmaking craft with cutting-edge AI technologies within our Content Studio. You will champion AI-first workflows, prototype bold visual treatments, and present innovative concepts to Google stakeholders as a strategic partner.

You will align creative ideas with architecture, uplift team capabilities, and drive cross-disciplinary collaboration across the Studio’s creative and tech domains.