Creative Technologist

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We are in search of an inventive Medior Creative Technologist AI to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team. This role fuses artistic imagination with the latest AI advancements, to help us craft the future way of working for copywriting, design and video production through creative workflows. As part of our global AI transformation team, you'll play a pivotal role in fast-tracking AI production processes for our talented creators worldwide. Embrace the opportunity to shape the future of creativity at the intersection of marketing and technology. As a Medior Creative Technologist AI, you know about everything new in tech, and when you don’t, you’re eager to find out. You inspire, invent and implement, and are able to show and pave a path to the future. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ideate, prototype, and implement AI-driven solutions that push the boundaries of technology and creativity. Your expertise in AI, LLM and data-driven design will enable you to turn complex problems into innovative, intelligent applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES / PRIORITIES 

• Innovation & Concept Development: Collaborate with creative and technical teams to prototype new digital experiences.
• Conceptualize, prototype and deliver creative applications of technologies in our digital and experiential projects.
• You’ll help win new projects by developing creative treatments in response to client briefs and RFPs, developing creative solutions that are exciting and in keeping with the project’s goals, timings and budget.
• You’ll participate in workshops and woo people with your combination of creative thinking and technical know-how.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with copywriters, creative directors, post production experts, developers, and other Creative Technologists to translate creative ideas into functional, beautiful, and technically sound solutions.
• Medium to Advanced Prompt engineering skills: you know how to interact with different LLM’s to get the best output, write system prompts, make assistants and agents, familiarity with fine-tuning LLM’s or working with RAG is a plus.
• Bridging the gap between production roles, creative roles, and tech roles by speaking all 3 languages fluently.
• Technical Expertise: Serve as the bridge between creative concepts and technical execution, providing insights on the feasibility and best technological approaches.
• Problem Solving: Approach challenges with a solution-oriented mindset, finding creative ways to overcome technical and creative hurdles.
• The role involves a lot of tinkering, tweaking and testing; doing original R&D and playing around with new technologies and APIs. It also means to stay fresh and updated on AI developments, in a constant learning attitude. 

RESPONSIBILITIES / DEEP DIVE

Research & Development

• Prototyping & Experimentation: Rapidly prototype new ideas using a variety of tools and technologies, validating concepts through experimentation and iterative design.
• Emerging Technology Exploration: Stay ahead of the curve by exploring and experimenting with new technologies, platforms, and trends, and bring these insights to the team to inspire future projects.
• This role collaborates with a wider studio transformation team to be enabled across various disciplines, with a focus on fast work with quick results. 
• Code & Development: A base knowledge of coding languages is needed, to allow you to make tweaks in existing code, troubleshoot when systems are not working properly, and collaborate with devs with deeper knowledge. Advanced Python and Bash scripting, advanced use of Powershell and CMD consoles, Virtual Machines, Ubuntu WLS. WebDevelopment, JavaScript is recommended.
• Familiarity working with Git and Github pipelines, Commit, Push, Fork, etc.

Portfolio Requirements

• Compelling portfolio showcasing creativity, technical skills and AI integrated work. 
• Proven experience in advertising or production company settings (copywriting, photo studios, design studios or post production studios) 

Creative & AI Tooling

• Creative Tools:
• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• ComfyUI and other node-based systems

• Role anticipates work with AI tools including but not limited to:
• Adobe Firefly 
• Griptape
• Anthropic
• Bria 
• Copilot 
• Crop.photo
• DeepL 
• ElevenLabs 
• Framer 
• Google: Gemini for Workspace, Palm II, TextFx
• Midjourney Pro 
• OpenAI
• RunwayML 
• Stable Diffusion
• Synthesia
• Topaz

Required Skills

• You're well-versed in English and can sustain technical conversations with native speakers.
• Creative solutions are what you live and breathe, transitioning ideas to transformation by tech is what you love. 
• Experience with node-based programming
• Especially ComfyUI. Familiarity with creating custom nodes and understanding the pipeline for integrating AI-driven solutions would be crucial.
• Understanding of CGI pipelines is a plus
• Machine Learning Frameworks:
• TensorFlow, PyTorch would be plus but not necessary:
• Stable Diffusion & ControlNet
• You have at least five years of experience in roles that bridge creative and technology in the field of interactive/experiential/digital agencies or production companies.
• Must be organized, detail-oriented and capable of self-managing and multitasking in a fast-paced, demanding environment. 
• Excellent creative problem-solving skills
• Able to apply critical and strategic thinking 
• Stress-tolerant, quick-thinking and accurate 
• Able to quickly understand new technology concepts 
• Flexibility, initiative and dedication.
• A sense of humor, outgoing, articulate, well-informed, intelligent, confident and possessing common sense 
• Fluent in spreadsheets (Google Sheets preferred)
• Strong abilities in Google Workspace (Google Slide preferred)

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.