NYC-Based AI & Automations Specialist — Streamline Operations

Smooth Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Unlimited PTO

Direct access to leadership

Job summary

Smooth Media is seeking an in-house Automation Engineer to streamline operations across the company. You will design, build, and own AI-powered automations and no-code workflows that cut manual work and boost efficiency.

The role partners with team leads to implement scalable solutions while maintaining existing internal tools and processes. Based in NYC, you will work in-office Monday through Thursday, collaborating across Operations, People & Talent, Marketing, Editorial, Events, and Brand

Qualifications

• Experience building automations, workflows, or AI-powered tools.
• Familiar with no-code/low-code platforms (Zapier, Make, n8n) and AI tooling.
• Strong communication and ability to translate pain points into solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify repetitive, low-human-value work suitable for automation.
• Design, build, and own AI-powered tools, workflows, and integrations.
• Maintain and optimize internal tools Smooth has built.
• Collaborate with team leads to scope, prioritize, and roll out workflows.
• Document and train teams to ensure adoption of new tools.
• Evaluate new AI/automation platforms and advocate for useful ones.
• Track impact: time saved, errors reduced, and work eliminated.

Skills

Automation tooling

No-code platforms

AI tooling

Communication

Product sense

Tools

Zapier

Make

n8n

Claude

ChatGPT

Job description

Smooth Media is seeking an in-house Automation Engineer to streamline operations across the company. You will design, build, and own AI-powered automations and no-code workflows that cut manual work and boost efficiency.

The role partners with team leads to implement scalable solutions while maintaining existing internal tools and processes. Based in NYC, you will work in-office Monday through Thursday, collaborating across Operations, People & Talent, Marketing, Editorial, Events, and Brand