Creative Director, AI-Driven VFX Studio

TAPP Film; United States; On-site; USD 158,000 - 293,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydance is seeking a Creative Director for Stage 31 AFX, Warner Bros. Discovery's AI-centered VFX facility. You will set creative and technical direction for every package, approve frames, and uphold the facility's provenance and human-in-the-loop governance.

You will lead client-facing creative work with directors and showrunners, supervise on-set activity, and mentor AI workflow teams, ensuring high-quality, on-brand visuals across feature and premium episodic projects.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in visual effects with supervisor credits on studio features or premium episodic.
• Deep compositing or CG background with strong on-set experience.
• Hands-on familiarity with current AI/ML tooling in production contexts and clear judgment about its limits.
• History of direct, successful relationships with directors and studio creative executives.
• Comfort operating under a provenance and human-in-the-loop governance framework.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to mentor senior artists.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary creative liaison to directors, showrunners, and production-side VFX supervisors from prep through final delivery.
• Internally approve all work before client presentation; own the dailies and review cadence with the Head of Finaling.
• Supervise on set for facility-carried sequences, protecting plates and data capture for AI-assisted workflows.
• Partner with the Lead Pipeline Architect on tools; mentor AI Workflow Supervisors and senior generalists on standards.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Client liaison

Communication skills

AI/ML tooling familiarity

On-set supervision

Job description

Skydance is seeking a Creative Director for Stage 31 AFX, Warner Bros. Discovery's AI-centered VFX facility. You will set creative and technical direction for every package, approve frames, and uphold the facility's provenance and human-in-the-loop governance.

You will lead client-facing creative work with directors and showrunners, supervise on-set activity, and mentor AI workflow teams, ensuring high-quality, on-brand visuals across feature and premium episodic projects.