Applied AI Creative Technologist

DEPT®•Vancouver, BC

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is part of DEPT®'s Global Studios team, focusing on creating emotive and conversion-focused ideas, products, and campaigns at scale and speed. The position is at the intersection of copywriting, design, and generative AI, responsible for building systems like brand-trained copy pipelines, AI-assisted design workflows, and multi-agent architectures to automate content production. The technologist will leverage fluency in creative principles and technical depth to build production-grade AI systems using various tools. They will work across clients to design and ship AI-powered content generation systems, educate creative teams, and stay ahead of emerging AI trends. Additionally, the role involves contributing to new business efforts, shaping solution approaches, and demonstrating the value of scalable content production.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a creative agency, production, or technology role.
2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying generative AI solutions for content production (copy, design, or both).
Experience presenting to and interfacing with clients and executive-level stakeholders.
Strong understanding of what makes effective copy (tone, structure, brand voice) and strong design (composition, hierarchy, brand systems).
Experience working across the full GenAI lifecycle: prompt engineering, model selection, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
Hands-on experience with AI content tools such as Jasper, Weavy, OpenAI API, Claude API, Gemini, Adobe Firefly, ComfyUI, or equivalent.
Confidence working across disciplines, collaborating with designers, copywriters, strategists, developers, and clients.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
Passionate about researching new tools and capabilities and on the pulse of new releases.
Experience contributing to or leading new business pitches, with the ability to shape narratives and position technical solutions in a clear and commercially compelling way.
Strong understanding of scalable creative production and how to translate this into client value.

Nice To Haves

Technical proficiency in Python or JavaScript, with experience integrating AI model outputs into creative workflows via API orchestration and data parsing.
Familiarity with multi-agent architectures, prompt chaining, and workflow orchestration (e.g. LangChain, LangGraph, n8n, or custom builds).
Experience working within a creative agency.
Interests in merging narrative and visual craft with automation, efficiency, and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement data-driven creative solutions tailored to client challenges, leveraging predictive models and AI technologies to deliver business value.
Consult and guide clients by defining AI use cases, validating ideas through proof of concepts (POCs), and deploying scalable production-ready systems.
Build and maintain end-to-end design and copy AI systems, with focus on scalability, observability and continuous optimization of model performance.
Develop multi-agent and AI workflows, built from scratch or using low-code tools, that reliably orchestrate data, tools, and context into production-grade solutions.
Work closely with back-end engineers, front-end developers, DevOps, strategists and clients, taking a leading role in aligning efforts to deliver impactful design and copy solutions.
Communicate complex technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including progress updates, demos and presentations.
Research latest trends in AI and machine learning to build scalable copywriting and design processes that maintain brand standards.
Proactively find opportunities for innovation and efficiency to drive extra business value through emerging technology and systems.
Build AI-assisted visual content workflows using tools such as Weavy, ComfyUI, Adobe Firefly, Flux, and Midjourney.
Audit existing creative workflows across copy and design to identify automation opportunities that accelerate production without sacrificing quality or brand integrity.
Lead and support new business pitches and client growth efforts across generative AI and creative automation, shaping solution approaches, contributing to narrative development, and delivering compelling demonstrations that communicate the value of scalable content production.

Benefits

A flexible, hybrid/remote working policy
An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies
Mental health support, and company sick pay scheme.
Full dental and healthcare cover
15 days paid holiday annually (plus Public Holidays).
Refreshments are provided in the office all week
Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents.
Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events.
Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance.
Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.