Forward Deployed Creative [US]

What You'll Own

• Partner directly with leading brands and creative agencies as their creative and strategic guide to generative AI.

• Architect and prototype AI-accelerated production workflows that help partners move faster and raise their storytelling.

• Create hands-on, high-craft content in Dream Machine that sets the bar and becomes inspirational case studies.

• Consult with partner leadership, translating technical capability into concrete creative and business opportunities.

• Work as an on-the-ground extension of Product, Partnership, and Sales, bringing real-world insight back into the roadmap.

• Set the tone and the playbook for how the Forward Deployed Creative function engages partners in the region.

First 90 Days

One way the first 90 could unfold.

• Days 1–30 — Immerse & Diagnose: Learn Dream Machine and the models deeply, meet priority partners, and understand their pipelines and where generative AI helps most.

• Days 30–60 — Ship & Validate: Build a real AI-accelerated workflow with a partner and produce a high-craft case study from it.

• Days 60–90 — Scale & Systemize: Turn what works into repeatable boards and playbooks other FDCs and partners can use.

What You Bring

• Senior client-facing creative experience (Creative Technologist, Technical Director, or similar) at a top agency, studio, or tech company.

• An outstanding portfolio of shipped, high-craft work showing taste, technical skill, and storytelling. A portfolio is required.

• Deep expertise in creative production pipelines (VFX, animation, motion graphics, or production) and designing new workflows.

• A track record of building new things in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

• Exceptional communication and presentation, able to act as a strategic consultant to senior creative and business leaders.

• Genuine enthusiasm for the creative potential of AI.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with generative AI creative tools (Midjourney, Runway, Pika, Stable Diffusion).

• A public profile as a creator or thought leader in emerging tech or generative art.

• Experience at an innovative agency (e.g. Buck, The Mill) or an in-house tech/brand lab (e.g. Google Creative Lab, Apple Marcom).

About Luma: Luma's mission is to build unified general intelligence that can generate, understand, and operate in the physical world. We believe multimodality is critical for intelligence — the next step beyond language models comes from vision. Luma is an equal opportunity employer.