Prototype Researcher: AI World Models & Interactive Demos

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Runway Lab s is seeking a Prototype Researcher to push the frontier of AI video and General World Models. You will imagine, design, and build experimental experiences that make emerging AI capabilities tangible and communicate a vision for where the technology is heading.

You’ll combine creative thinking, hands-on prototyping, and storytelling to turn ideas into working demos and clear narratives that explain the purpose and potential of your work.

Qualifications

• A portfolio of original projects that demonstrates creative thinking, design craft, technical execution, and strong storytelling.
• The ability to take an idea from an early concept to a working prototype and a compelling presentation.
• Hands-on experience building interactive experiences with code, with the judgment to choose the right tools for each experiment.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills, with an eye for detail and an instinct for making complex ideas accessible.
• Genuine curiosity about AI video, world models, agentic systems, and emerging generative media.
• Comfort working in ambiguous research environments, defining your own direction, and learning new tools as the work evolves.

Responsibilities

• Develop original concepts that explore the possibilities of emerging AI systems, from interactive video and world models to agentic experiences.
• Design and build working prototypes that turn research capabilities into engaging, understandable experiences.
• Shape each project’s story: what it explores, why it matters, and what it suggests about the future.
• Package explorations into polished demos, films, and interactive experiences that communicate our research and vision.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to understand new capabilities and identify compelling ways to demonstrate them.
• Move quickly through experimentation, using prototypes to test ideas and refine both the experience and its narrative.

Skills

Portfolio

Prototype development

Interactive experiences

Visual design

Storytelling

Communication ability

Job description

Runway Lab s is seeking a Prototype Researcher to push the frontier of AI video and General World Models. You will imagine, design, and build experimental experiences that make emerging AI capabilities tangible and communicate a vision for where the technology is heading.

You’ll combine creative thinking, hands-on prototyping, and storytelling to turn ideas into working demos and clear narratives that explain the purpose and potential of your work.