Creative Strategist, Motion/3D

Adobe•San Jose, CA

15h

About The Position

Enterprise brands require a high volume of creative assets across various channels, which internal teams may struggle to produce alone. Adobe's Firefly Creative Production platform can generate this volume, but it needs strategic direction to understand the core request, differentiate between simple workflows and custom builds, and identify platform limitations. This role focuses on transforming briefs into clear creative direction, leveraging expertise in motion, VFX, and 3D to determine feasibility, necessary custom solutions, and potential platform gaps. The primary responsibility is to decide what gets created and ensure it's the right strategic decision, rather than direct execution.

Requirements

5+ years in motion, VFX, or 3D production, with real experience setting direction, not just implementing someone else's.
Proficiency in After Effects, Cinema4D or Maya, Substance 3D, and generative AI tools, enough to judge craft and feasibility without daily hands-on work.
A track record of turning vague requests into clear direction, from an agency, brand team, or client-facing role.
Comfortable pushing back on scope and timeline with customers directly.
Experience translating creative intent into technical specs with engineering or production teams.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with node-based workflows or generative AI pipelines at scale.

Responsibilities

Turn rough briefs into clear creative direction and defined use cases before work starts.
Judge feasibility across motion, VFX, and 3D: what existing workflows handle now, what needs a custom build, what's out of scope.
Work with Forward Deployed Engineering to spec out requests that exceed current capability.
Set expectations directly with customer creative and marketing teams before production starts.
Stay sharp in motion graphics, VFX, and 3D to judge output quality without doing the execution.
Surface specific product and engineering gaps to internal teams, drawn from real customer requests.
Track tools like Firefly, Runway, and Veo closely enough to adjust direction as they evolve.