Embedded AI & Creative Transformation Director

Code and Theory; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Code and Theory is hiring an Associate Director to drive creative transformation engagements within our Enterprise Transformation practice. You will embed in client teams to map, redesign, and ship AI-powered workflows in real time.

The role suits someone with 5–10 years in creative technology or applied AI in creative contexts, comfortable aligning with creative directors, producers, and MarTech leads; Bachelor's degree required.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in creative technology, content operations, production engineering, or applied AI in creative contexts.
• Track record of shipping in real environments: working pipelines, measured outcomes.
• Experience bridging creative and technology teams — credible with a creative director and a MarTech lead.
• Hands-on experience configuring creative AI platforms: Adobe Firefly Services, GenStudio, ComfyUI, Figma plugins, Pencil, Typeface, Weavy.
• Working knowledge of DAM, CMS, Workfront, content APIs, and modern orchestration platforms.
• Fluency with LLMs, prompt design, and automation tooling applied to creative workflows.
• Bachelor's degree required; willingness to travel within the US (10–20%).

Responsibilities

• Map the creative workflow end-to-end: brief, concepting, production, review, localization, activation, measurement.
• Diagnose root causes of operational friction: handoff failures, approval bottlenecks, tooling mismatches.
• Redesign the workflow for target-state operations: AI-powered where it accelerates throughput.
• Configure and integrate creative AI platforms against real brand requirements: Firefly Services, GenStudio, ComfyUI, Figma plugins, Pencil, Typeface, Weavy.
• Wire pipelines into the existing stack — DAM, CMS, Workfront, MarTech.
• Build prompt architectures, agent workflows, and quality gates for production volume.
• Demonstrate value fast with a working pipeline inside the client process.
• Stand up governance: brand safety, rights management, model selection, audit trail.
• Train the creative team on new workflows and measure gains: throughput, cycle time, cost-per-asset, quality.
• Transfer capability so the model runs after the engagement ends, owned by the client team.
• Support complex engagement scoping across creative operations, content supply chain, and MarTech.
• Contribute accelerators, tooling configurations, and methods to improve delivery.

Skills

Creative technology

Production engineering

Applied AI in creative contexts

LLMs & prompt design

MarTech integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe Firefly Services

GenStudio

ComfyUI

Figma plugins

Pencil

Typeface

Weavy

DAM

CMS

Workfront

Job description

Code and Theory is hiring an Associate Director to drive creative transformation engagements within our Enterprise Transformation practice. You will embed in client teams to map, redesign, and ship AI-powered workflows in real time.

The role suits someone with 5–10 years in creative technology or applied AI in creative contexts, comfortable aligning with creative directors, producers, and MarTech leads; Bachelor's degree required.