Creative Strategist, Motion/3D

Adobe•San Jose, CA

2d•$109,400 - $199,600

About The Position

Enterprise brands require a high volume of creative assets across various channels, a demand that often exceeds internal team capacity. Adobe's Firefly Creative Production platform can generate this volume, but it requires strategic direction to determine what to build, understand the underlying needs of a request, and differentiate between quick workflows and custom solutions. This role is responsible for transforming a brief into clear creative direction before any generation occurs. This involves a strong understanding of motion, VFX, and 3D to assess achievability, identify custom build requirements, and determine the viability of projects. The role also includes providing detailed feedback on platform gaps to product and engineering teams. This is not primarily an execution role, but rather a decision-making position focused on guiding creative output and ensuring strategic alignment.

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

Familiar 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.