About the Role
We are building the future of AI-driven production and need a senior creative leader with taste, narrative instinct, and technical fluency to set the bar for AI-generated campaign work. This role defines how AI shows up creatively in execution, shaping storytelling, setting visual language, and leading creative direction.
Responsibilities
- Shape storytelling across AI-driven campaigns.
- Set the visual language and aesthetic direction.
- Provide creative mentorship within the direct team.
- Act as an animation or live-action director for AI.
- Architect prompt strategies that create brand work.
- Lead creative and client presentations.
- Mentor and elevate AI Content Creators.
- Push into new territory through experimentation and systems thinking.
- Lead concept development for AI-powered campaigns.
- Define visual and narrative standards for the division.
- Elevate output quality across all generative work.
- Translate brand strategy into breakthrough AI executions.
- Develop prompt architectures that scale.
- Build and refine automation pipelines.
- Experiment with procedural and node based systems to accelerate creativity.
- Prototype new AI driven production methodologies.
- Present AI work clearly and confidently to clients.
- Articulate creative rationale, not just technical mechanics.
- Partner with creative, accounts, production, and post-production to push ambitious ideas through.
- Act as a visible thought leader in AI creativity.
Requirements
- 6 to 10+ years in a creative discipline within an agency or production environment.
- Portfolio demonstrating strong taste and narrative capability (regardless of it being Ai).
- Demonstrated experimentation with generative tools and procedural systems.
- Comfortable leading rooms internally and externally.
- Ability to define how AI shows up creatively in execution.
- Ability to shape storytelling across AI-driven campaigns.
- Ability to set the visual language and aesthetic direction.
- Ability to provide creative mentorship within the direct team.
- Ability to act as an animation director or live action director but for Ai.
- Ability to architect prompt strategies that go beyond “good outputs” and into brand work.
- Ability to lead creative and client presentations with authority.
- Ability to mentor and elevate AI Content Creators.
- Ability to push into new territory through experimentation and systems thinking.
- Ability to explore generative design, automation, and modular workflows.
- Understanding of node based systems such as ComfyUI, or similar procedural environments.
- Ability to think in structures, not just outputs.
- Ability to build repeatable creative frameworks instead of one-off experiments.
- Ability to stay ahead of emerging AI tools without chasing hype.
- Ability to lead concept development for AI powered campaigns.
- Ability to define visual and narrative standards for the division.
- Ability to elevate output quality across all generative work.
- Ability to translate brand strategy into breakthrough AI executions.
- Ability to develop prompt architectures that scale.
- Ability to build and refine automation pipelines.
- Ability to experiment with procedural and node based systems to accelerate creativity.
- Ability to prototype new AI driven production methodologies.
- Ability to present AI work clearly and confidently to clients.
- Ability to articulate creative rationale, not just technical mechanics.
- Ability to partner with creative, accounts, production, and post-production to push ambitious ideas through.
- Ability to act as a visible thought leader in AI creativity.
Skills
- Creative Leadership
- Generative Systems & Workflow Innovation
- Client & Internal Authority
- Taste
- Narrative Instinct
- Technical Fluency
- Composition
- Pacing
- Tone
- Mood
- Narrative Structure
- Generative Design
- Automation
- Modular Workflows
- Node Based Systems (e.g., ComfyUI)
- Procedural Environments
- Systems Thinking
- AI Tools
Location
- 43 Goldthorne Ave, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 4X3
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- CAD $150K per year
About the Company
- The Pub is a full-service production offering with 450+ subject matter experts spanning Digital, Video and Print production.
- We work with some of the biggest brands in Canada & the US on projects ranging from anthem TV spots to social content to billions of emails and digital assets shot, designed, developed and deployed by our team.
- We seek to create experiences and content that leaves a long-lasting impact, saving time and money while achieving the best quality product.
- We are building the future of AI driven production.
Equal Opportunity
- Publicis Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of our community.
- We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.
- Accommodations are available throughout the hiring process upon request.
