We are building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science.
We believe that world models are at the frontier of progress in artificial intelligence. Language models alone won’t solve the world’s hardest problems – robotics, disease, scientific discovery. Real progress requires models that experience the world and learn from their mistakes, the same way that humans do. And this kind of trial and error can be massively accelerated when done in simulation, rather than in the real world.
World models offer the most clear path to general-purpose simulation, changing how stories are told, how scientific progress is made and how the next frontiers of humanity are reached.
Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you.
*Open to hiring remote across North America — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle
We are looking for an experienced Senior Creative/Art Director (with an art direction background) who will be responsible for ideating, generating and art directing innovative brand and product marketing across media channels. This person will work closely with the creative team to deliver end-to-end campaigns and evergreen content in a fast pace environment (we ship work daily). They will need to partner with design, product, engineering and research to bring Runway’s unique tone of voice and style to their work. This is a hands-on role, we don’t ideate and hand off. We execute on our own work. Reporting directly to the Head of Creative.
What you’ll do- Execute end-to-end creative work on short timelines
- Strive for fresh, bold and innovative work that stands out from the market
- Partner effectively with video editors, designers, developers and the broader Runway product and research teams
- Ideate, art direct and execute with a strong strategic creative sense and impeccable taste
- Strategic and conceptual thinker and doer
- Top tier art direction
- Can also write compelling copy
- Proven experience bringing traditional advertising skills to generative AI tools to create work that demonstrates taste and craft
- Be a divergent thinker. Our product is unique and requires a unique creative treatment
- Proven experience with integrated campaigns and a strong understanding of social
- Be able to articulate ideas clearly and decisively
- Move fast, be receptive to feedback and be able to operate autonomously as needed
- Experience with video editing, motion design is a plus
Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide.
There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range.
Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates.
Salary Range: $190,000 - $230,000
Great things come from great teams. We’d love to hear from you.
We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply.
More about Runway
- Universal World Simulator
- GWM-1
- Gen-4.5
- General World Models
- Robotics SDK
- Conversational Real-time Agents
- Runway Studios
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Our office is located in Tribeca, surrounded by many art galleries and great places to eat. There are several subway stations near by for easy access. There is a Blue Bottle located a block away, and one of our office rituals is to walk there together after lunch to get coffee.
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