Creative Technologist - AI Ads, Filmmaking & Storytelling

Momentum; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Creative in Los Angeles is seeking an early-career Creative Technologist to join our AI-native video startup. You will turn briefs into visual treatments and 30–90 second video assets using an AI-native toolstack, collaborating closely with our leadership to shape creative outcomes.

This hands-on role emphasizes storytelling, experimentation, and learning new tools. We offer a hybrid schedule with in-person collaboration at our Venice Beach office and flexible part-time or full-time

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of relevant experience in film, editing, design, animation, or creative tech.
• Natural storytelling feel and eye for audience attention.
• Hands-on experience in at least one creative discipline (film, editing, motion design, animation, graphic design, or sound).
• Comfort learning unfamiliar digital tools through experimentation and taking feedback.

Responsibilities

• Turn customer briefs and approved scripts into visual treatments, storyboards, and compelling video sequences.
• Explore AI-native image, video, voice, and audio tools to serve the idea.
• Assemble and refine pieces with pacing, continuity, composition, sound, and emotional impact.
• Bring ideas to creative development and respond to direction and feedback.
• Keep assets, versions, sources, and production notes organized for review and handoff.
• Share production insights with product and creative to improve repeatable workflows.

Skills

Storytelling instinct

Creative judgment

Curiosity

Initiative

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Learning tools

Tools

Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

After Effects

Job description

Help build the next generation of creative production

Momentum Creative is an AI-native video startup in Los Angeles, bringing creative storytelling and emerging AI tools together to make short‑form video for brands and businesses.

We’re looking for an early‑career Creative Technologist with strong creative instincts, curiosity, and the drive to learn by making. You might have one to two years of experience in film, editing, design, animation, or creative technology—or personal and student projects that show you’re ready for the opportunity.

As we expand our managed creative production service, you’ll help create 30–90-second video assets with an AI-native production toolstack. This is a hands‑on creative role: interpreting briefs, developing visual ideas, experimenting with tools, and shaping images, motion, and sound into stories that work.

You’ll work directly with our CEO, with 18 years of experience marketing film and television through trailers, and our CRO, who brings flagship enterprise sales and go‑to‑market expertise. You’ll collaborate closely with product and creative as we deliver work for customers and refine how we produce it.

What you’ll do

• Turn customer briefs and approved scripts into visual treatments, storyboards, and compelling video sequences.
• Explore AI-native image, video, voice, and audio tools, choosing techniques that serve the idea rather than the other way around.
• Assemble and refine pieces with attention to pacing, continuity, composition, sound, and emotional impact.
• Bring ideas to creative development and respond thoughtfully to direction and feedback.
• Keep assets, versions, sources, and production notes organized for review and handoff.
• Share production insights with product and creative to improve repeatable workflows.

What we’re looking for

• Approximately one to two years of relevant experience, or compelling student, independent, or self‑directed work. No specific degree or previous job title is required.
• A natural feel for storytelling and an eye for what makes an audience pay attention.
• Hands‑on experience in at least one creative discipline: film, editing, motion design, animation, graphic design, or sound.
• Curiosity, initiative, and comfort learning unfamiliar digital tools through experimentation.
• A critical eye: you can tell when an AI output looks impressive but does not serve the story.Reliability, attention to detail, and the ability to take feedback and follow through.
• Availability for an agreed 20–40‑hour weekly schedule and in‑person collaboration at our Venice Beach office as part of a hybrid arrangement.

You do not need to know every AI tool already. We care more about your creative judgment, initiative, and ability to learn than a long list of platforms on your résumé.

Nice to have—not required

• Experiments with AI-generated images, video, music, or voice.
• Familiarity with Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, or equivalent editing and motion tools.
• An interest in advertising, cinematic storytelling, and how creative work helps a business communicate.
• Technical curiosity, including node‑based workflows, automation, or light scripting. This is not a software engineering role.

Why join

• Direct collaboration and feedback from two experienced cofounders.
• Real customer production work and room to help shape the creative process.
• Opportunities to build a portfolio, subject to customer permissions and confidentiality.
• A flexible starting scope, with part‑time or full‑time arrangements based on availability and role requirements.
• A potential path to greater creative ownership and a long‑term position on the founding team, with potential bonus and equity incentives subject to a separate agreement.

Our hiring process

We start with a portfolio conversation. Finalists are invited to a short, paid creative exercise using a fictional customer brief, followed by a collaborative review. We provide source materials and necessary tool access. The exercise pays $150 for up to three hours of preparation and a 30‑minute review; we do not expect a finished commercial.

Equal opportunity and accessibility

Momentum Creative considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on legally protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and interview process; contact [e-mail].

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law, including the California Fair Chance Act and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.