Director, Creative AI & Production Technology

Workman Labs; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lionsgate is seeking a Director, Creative AI & Production Technology to lead the integration of generative AI across content creation, VFX, virtual production, editorial, and post-production.

The role translates multimodal models into artist-facing tools and scalable workflows, pilots new solutions with filmmakers and artists, and guides production-ready pipelines while managing the AI Strategy & Creative Technology team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in film/TV/VFX or related media production.
• Experience leading technology-enabled workflows for artists and production teams.
• Fluency with generative AI and multimodal tools (image, video, audio, language).
• Knowledge of production/post-production pipelines and lifecycle.
• Proven ability to deploy new tech from experiments to durable workflows.
• Strong leadership and communication to align creative and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Set the creative AI and production-technology roadmap across creative development, VFX, virtual production, editorial, post-production, marketing asset creation, and adjacent workflows.
• Identify, prioritize, and lead AI pilots that address real creative and production needs, balancing artistic quality, workflow fit, business value, rights considerations, and operational readiness.
• Design and validate artist-facing tools and multimodal workflows using image, video, audio, and language models, with a focus on ideation, visualization, previs, asset development, editorial, and post-production.
• Partner directly with artists, filmmakers, VFX supervisors, production executives, editors, post-production teams, and creative vendors to understand pain points, test solutions in context, and drive adoption.
• Establish scalable pipeline patterns for AI-assisted creative work, including workflow documentation, quality controls, versioning, review and approval practices, metadata, provenance, and handoffs.
• Guide the transition from promising experiment to production-ready workflow, coordinating with Technology, Security, Legal, Business Affairs, Data, and external partners.
• Work in close partnership with the Internal AI Product Builder to define shared platform, automation, data, and integration needs while owning creative-production tooling and pipeline priorities.
• Lead and develop the Associate Manager, AI Strategy & Creative Technology; set priorities and create growth opportunities.
• Maintain an active view of the creative AI ecosystem, evaluating startups, vendors, artists, researchers, and emerging production practices; cultivate strategic relationships.
• Represent the AI office in senior creative and production forums, communicating technical possibilities, limitations, risks, and recommended decisions.

Skills

Generative AI

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tools

Image models

Video models

Audio models

Language models

Job description

Director, Creative AI & Production Technology

Lionsgate is hiring a creative-technology lead in its AI office to put generative AI to work across content creation, VFX, virtual production, editorial, and post-production. The role turns multimodal models into artist-facing tools and production-ready workflows, runs pilots with filmmakers and artists, and manages the Associate Manager, AI Strategy & Creative Technology.

$150,000 – $170,000 / yr

Location

Santa Monica, CA

On-site

Seniority

Director

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What you\'ll do

Responsibilities

• Set the creative AI and production-technology roadmap across creative development, VFX, virtual production, editorial, post-production, marketing asset creation, and adjacent workflows. Common
• Identify, prioritize, and lead AI pilots that address real creative and production needs, balancing artistic quality, workflow fit, business value, rights considerations, and operational readiness. Common
• Design and validate artist-facing tools and multimodal workflows using image, video, audio, and language models, with a focus on ideation, visualization, previs, asset development, editorial, and post-production. Common
• Partner directly with artists, filmmakers, VFX supervisors, production executives, editors, post-production teams, and creative vendors to understand pain points, test solutions in context, and drive adoption. Common
• Establish scalable pipeline patterns for AI-assisted creative work, including workflow documentation, quality controls, versioning, review and approval practices, metadata, provenance, and handoffs.
• Guide the transition from promising experiment to production-ready workflow, coordinating with Technology, Security, Legal, Business Affairs, Data, and external partners. Common
• Work in close partnership with the Internal AI Product Builder to define shared platform, automation, data, and integration needs while owning creative-production tooling and pipeline priorities. Common
• Lead and develop the Associate Manager, AI Strategy & Creative Technology; set priorities and create growth opportunities. Common
• Maintain an active view of the creative AI ecosystem, evaluating startups, vendors, artists, researchers, and emerging production practices; cultivate strategic relationships.
• Represent the AI office in senior creative and production forums, communicating technical possibilities, limitations, risks, and recommended decisions.

What you\'ll need

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in film, television, VFX, animation, post-production, virtual production, creative technology, or a closely related media-production field. Common
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, or leading technology-enabled workflows for artists, production teams, VFX, editorial, or post-production teams.
• Deep practical fluency with generative AI and multimodal tools, including image, video, audio, and language models, and an ability to assess their creative quality, technical limitations, and production implications. Common
• Working knowledge of production and post-production pipelines, including how assets, editorial, review, approvals, vendors, and delivery requirements interact across a production lifecycle.
• A track record of moving emerging technology from experimentation into durable, adopted workflows while maintaining creative trust and respect for craft.
• Strong people leadership, stakeholder-management, and communication skills; able to guide cross-functional work and explain complex technology clearly to both creative and executive audiences. Common