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Code and Theory

Director, Creative Technology (US)

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In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in New York, NY, USA
160K-225K Annually
Senior level
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in New York, NY, USA
160K-225K Annually
Senior level
Leads enterprise creative technology transformations by architecting AI-native visual production pipelines spanning 3D assets, motion design, generative AI, GPU infrastructure, rendering, and DAM integrations. Oversees creative technologists, establishes production engineering standards, manages hybrid compute architectures, drives agentic and node-graph workflow adoption, and serves as a senior technical liaison among executive marketing, IT, creative leaders, clients, and artists.
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We are seeking a Creative Technologist specializing in creating scalable AI-assisted creative workflows, 3D scene automation, motion graphics pipelines, and solving our clients most pressing content scalability challenges. Operating at the exact intersection of production engineering and visual design, you will define AI-driven workflows, build automated systems and content pipelines that brand artwork into dynamic environments as part of a broader content supply chain
WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Collaborate with C&T and client teams to document and diagnose current state content production workflows, technology and data flow opportunities
  • Build content production workflows to automate 2d and/or 3D content
  • Develop automated motion graphics pipelines for short-form campaign video loops, incorporating intelligent camera reframing (9:16, 1:1, 16:9) and localized asset replacement across global markets
  • Architect custom automation bridges using Model Context Protocol (MCP), ComfyUI node graphs, and AI-native coding environments (Cursor, Claude Code) to link 3D software directly to Adobe Firefly Services and legacy DAMs
  • Leverage and recommend AI, technologies and other APIs required to automate content production
  • Partner directly with Art Directors and 3D Designers to ensure automated pipelines maintain precise, pixel-level specular control and strict brand visual fidelity
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
  • Deep hands-on experience in Blender, Substance 3D, or Cinema 4D, including procedural shader graphs, lighting setups, and render engines (Cycles, Octane, Redshift)
  • Experience scripting After Effects (ExtendScript/Expressions) or procedural video pipelines for dynamic aspect-ratio reframing and localized batch rendering
  • Hands-on integration of creative and content  APIs especially Adobe, ComfyUI workflows, local generative models, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) bridges.  Agentic coding and Python experience a plus
  • Experience advising senior creative, agency and marketing executives on content technology, automation, pipelines and AI for content
  • Familiarity with the broader content supply chain and content technology ecosystem including, project management, data management, content optimization, enterprise DAM webhooks, and cloud API token management and other technologies
ABOUT US

Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic.
Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.
 
The compensation range for this role is $160,000 – $225,000 and spans multiple levels. We're open to hiring at the level that best matches the right candidate's experience. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, budget, and location.
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1 World Trade Center, 285 Fulton Street, 62nd Floor, New York, NY, United States, 10007

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