About the Role
Lead AI Workflows / Architect role focused on transforming generative technology into practical techniques for filmmakers, enhancing creative options and streamlining the filmmaking process. This role bridges filmmakers, go-to-market teams, model partners, product, and engineering to create production-ready workflows and proprietary technology.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leading generative model providers to test early access models via APIs, assess readiness, and identify value creation for filmmakers.
- Collaborate with the Wonder community to discover emerging techniques and develop experiments into repeatable studio capabilities.
- Build and maintain a shared library of AI filmmaking techniques, reference workflows, model evaluations, and production playbooks.
- Analyze scripts with filmmakers to identify opportunities for AI to expand creative options, accelerate iteration, or solve constraints.
- Develop proven techniques into dependable production workflows by leading prototypes, integrating tools, defining benchmarks, and translating needs into product priorities.
Requirements
- Significant experience in VFX, post-production, animation, creative technology, or production engineering.
- Hands-on knowledge of generative and traditional VFX image and video systems, APIs, node-based workflows, and platforms like ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, Flux, Runway, Veo, Luma, Adobe Creative Cloud, DaVinci Resolve, Unreal Engine, Nuke, or Maya.
- Demonstrated track record of taking emerging technology from evaluation and prototyping to dependable workflow usage on a real production.
- Comfort working directly with directors, producers, production designers, VFX supervisors, editors, artists, engineers, model partners, customers, and senior executives.
- Strong technical and product judgment across creative quality, controllability, infrastructure cost, reliability, security, licensing, production deadlines, and operational risk.
- Excellent communication and teaching skills, with the ability to translate complex techniques into clear documentation, demonstrations, workshops, and reusable learning resources.
- High ownership, bias to action, intellectual honesty, and a filmmaker-first mindset.
Skills
- Generative AI
- VFX
- Post-production
- Animation
- Creative Technology
- Production Engineering
- API Integration
- Node-based workflows
- ComfyUI
- Stable Diffusion
- Flux
- Runway
- Veo
- Luma
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- DaVinci Resolve
- Unreal Engine
- Nuke
- Maya
- Communication
- Teaching
Location
- Los Angeles
- New York
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Lead
- Architect
Salary/Compensations
- $150-200k
Benefits
- Meaningful Equity
About the Company
- Wonder Studios is an AI-native film and creative studio redefining storytelling through AI technology.
- The company partners with global brands, artists, and studios to create award-winning campaigns, films, and experiences.
- Wonder Studios has raised over $15 million from investors including LocalGlobe, Atomico, and Adobe, as well as angels from leading AI companies.
- The team consists of 35+ members globally, with offices in London, LA, NYC, and SF.
- The company has achieved over $1 million in revenue in its first year and is projected to reach $10 million this year.
