Creative Technologist - Creative Marketing & Design Innovation

Cellco Partnership; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a visionary Creative Technologist to join its in‑house studio in New York. You will combine storytelling with cutting‑edge AI, shaping creative workflows and building innovative brand experiences.

The role partners with strategy, product, media, data, and technology teams to deliver technically robust, visually compelling content at scale. A strong background in generative tools and cross‑functional leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four+ years of work experience.
• Six+ years in creative technology and innovation leadership roles.
• Experience leading AI-fueled creative programs in agencies or in-house teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI-driven innovation across digital and experiential projects.
• Translate business needs into technically sound creative solutions.
• Lead hands-on prototyping and R&D for new APIs and ML models.
• Scale creative pipelines while preserving expressive intent.
• Provide thought leadership on AI in film, design and interactive media.

Skills

AI-driven innovation

Creative technology leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Generative AI strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ComfyUI

Weavy

Flora

Krea

TouchDesigner

Houdini

Notch

Cavalry

Unreal Engine

Job description

When you join Verizon You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely - even if they're daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love - driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together - lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you'll be doing...

We are looking for a visionary Creative Technologist to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team. This isn't a role for a passive observer; it's for a hybrid pioneer who thrives at the intersection of artistic imagination and cutting-edge artificial intelligence, crafting distinctive visual content and revolutionizing our creative workflows.

You will report directly to the Senior Managing Director of Creative, Technology and Innovation within Verizon's In-house Creative Agency. Serving as a vital force in shaping the future of Verizon experiences, you will partner closely with strategy, creative, product, media, data, and technology teams-bringing a highly computational, forward-leaning creative lens to turn complex, data-driven problems into highly innovative, intelligent brand solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive AI-Driven Innovation: Conceptualize, prototype, and deliver cutting-edge applications of emerging technologies across digital, physical, experiential, and studio-related projects.
• Bridge the Gap: Serve as the ultimate translator between business partners, creatives, and developers-speaking the language of all three to transform complex, imaginative ideas into technically sound and beautiful realities.
• R&D and Tinkering: Lead hands-on technical exploration, original R&D, and prototyping. Build functional proofs-of-concept by testing new APIs, creative tech pipelines, and machine learning models.
• Scale Creative Pipelines: Partner with cross-functional teams to outline technical requirements, ushering ambitious projects safely into the development stage while preserving creative intent.
• Thought Leadership in AI: Act as the creative studio's resident expert on how AI integrates into film, photo, animation, post-production, and digital design workflows, keeping Verizon at the absolute forefront of creative technology.
• Future-Proof the Brand: Scan the horizon of emerging tech, keeping a pulse on the AI and creative technology landscape to advise leadership on which platforms, systems, and technologies we should invest in next.

AI as Your Creative Co-Pilot

We don't just adopt technology; we pioneer it. At Verizon, we believe AI shouldn't replace human genius-it should liberate it. In this role, you won't just tolerate GenAI; you will champion it to supercharge our creative development pipeline. We leverage advanced AI tools to accelerate brainstorming, execute rapid visual prototyping, and smash through routine generation bottlenecks. We expect you to treat AI as an expansive, collaborative canvas-using it to test the boundaries of "what if" at lightning speed, freeing up your team to focus on what matters most: deeply human, authentic, and jaw-dropping storytelling.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Six or more years of experience in creative technology and innovation leadership roles within digital agencies, innovation labs, or world-class in-house creative teams, with a proven track record of leading AI-fueled creative programs.
• A digital creative native who lives comfortably at the intersection of storytelling, engineering, and artificial intelligence. You possess a rare blend of high-level strategic thinking and hands-on maker capabilities.
• Hands-on fluency with node-based, computational creative tools and generative environments (e.g., ComfyUI, Weavy, Flora, Krea) and procedural/real-time systems (e.g., TouchDesigner, Houdini, Notch, Cavalry, Unreal Engine).
• Experience orchestrating multiple generative models and APIs into single, coherent pipelines. You possess an intimate understanding of each model's capability boundaries-their "jagged frontiers"-and how to push past them.
• Experience building intelligent content pipelines, design systems, e-commerce applications, and personalized user experiences (UX) at scale.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Master's Degree.
• You are zero-ego, highly collaborative, a clear communicator capable of pitching bold tech-driven ideas to executives, and deeply invested in mentoring the next generation of creative innovators.
• Proven experience navigating, scalin