Creative Technologist

Pressrun; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited PTO with a 3-week minimum

Learning & development budget of $2,5

Job summary

Pressrun seeks a creative technologist at the nexus of design and engineering to prototype interactive experiences for web and mobile. You will push what's possible in publishing, from generative visuals to editorial interfaces.

You’ll collaborate with designers and engineers, build tools bridging workflows, explore WebGL and AI tech, and ship production‑quality creative technology with strong craft.

Qualifications

• 4+ years at the intersection of creative and engineering.
• A portfolio of interactive or generative projects, not just static websites.
• Design sensibility and the ability to make technical work feel beautiful.
• Comfort with ambiguity; you can take a vague creative brief and build something surprising.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Prototype and build interactive content experiences for web and mobile.
• Develop generative and procedural visual systems for editorial content.
• Create tooling that bridges creative workflows and engineering pipelines.
• Explore emerging technologies — WebGL, generative AI, spatial computing — for content applications.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers to ship production-quality creative technology.
• Build and maintain internal creative tools and automation workflows.

Skills

Creative-Engineering experience

Interactive/generative portfolio

Design sensibility

Ambiguity tolerance

Front-end frameworks (React/Next.js)

Tools

React

Next.js

p5.js

TouchDesigner

Processing

Stable Diffusion

DALL-E

Midjourney

After Effects

Lottie

Job description

You sit at the intersection of design and engineering, building interactive experiences and prototyping new content formats. You'll push what's technically possible in how we publish, present, and distribute content — from generative visuals to interactive editorial experiences.

What you'll do

• Prototype and build interactive content experiences for web and mobile
• Develop generative and procedural visual systems for editorial content
• Create tooling that bridges creative workflows and engineering pipelines
• Explore emerging technologies — WebGL, generative AI, spatial computing — for content applications
• Collaborate with designers and engineers to ship production-quality creative technology
• Build and maintain internal creative tools and automation workflows

What we're looking for

• 4+ years at the intersection of creative and engineering
• A portfolio of interactive or generative projects — not just static websites
• Design sensibility and the ability to make technical work feel beautiful
• Comfort with ambiguity; you can take a vague creative brief and build something surprising
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar)

Nice to have

• Experience with creative coding tools (p5.js, TouchDesigner, Processing)
• Background in generative AI integration (Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Midjourney APIs)
• Familiarity with motion design tools (After Effects, Lottie)
• Equity participation
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO with a 3-week minimum
• $2,500 annual learning & development budget