Creative Technologist – Creative Marketing & Design Innovation

Verizon • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Verizon is seeking a visionary Creative Technologist for its In-house Creative Agency. The role combines artistic imagination, creative technology, and artificial intelligence to develop distinctive visual content and transform creative workflows. The position reports to the Senior Managing Director of Creative, Technology and Innovation and partners with strategy, creative, product, media, data, and technology teams to turn complex, data-driven problems into innovative brand solutions.

The Creative Technologist will conceptualize and prototype emerging-technology applications across digital, physical, experiential, and studio projects; conduct hands-on technical exploration and R&D; and build proofs of concept using APIs, creative technology pipelines, and machine learning models. The role translates ideas among business partners, creatives, and developers, and collaborates across teams to define technical requirements and move projects into development while preserving creative intent.

The role also advises the creative studio on integrating AI into film, photography, animation, post-production, and digital design workflows; tracks emerging technologies to inform investment decisions; and champions generative AI as a tool for brainstorming, rapid visual prototyping, and creative pipeline development. This is a hybrid position with a defined work location, work from home, and at least three office days per week. Scheduled weekly hours are 40.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience, demonstrated through work and/or military experience or specialized training.
• Six or more years of experience in creative technology and innovation leadership roles within digital agencies, innovation labs, or in-house creative teams, with a track record of leading AI-fueled creative programs.
• Experience at the intersection of storytelling, engineering, and artificial intelligence, combining strategic thinking with hands-on making capabilities.
• Hands-on fluency with node-based computational creative tools and generative environments such as ComfyUI, Weavy, Flora, or Krea, and procedural or real-time systems such as TouchDesigner, Houdini, Notch, Cavalry, or Unreal Engine.
• Experience orchestrating multiple generative models and APIs into coherent pipelines and understanding the capabilities and limitations of individual models.
• Experience building intelligent content pipelines, design systems, e-commerce applications, and personalized user experiences at scale.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach; clear communication and ability to pitch technology-driven ideas to executives; interest in mentoring creative innovators.
• Experience navigating, scaling, and delivering high-stakes creative work for a Fortune 100 brand and helping a large enterprise operate with startup agility.
• Strong passion and knowledge of typography, design, photography, cinematography, and motion graphics.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, prototype, and deliver applications of emerging technologies across digital, physical, experiential, and studio-related projects.
• Translate between business partners, creatives, and developers to turn complex ideas into technically sound and visually compelling outcomes.
• Lead hands-on technical exploration, original R&D, and prototyping; build proofs of concept by testing APIs, creative technology pipelines, and machine learning models.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and advance projects into development while preserving creative intent.
• Advise the creative studio on AI integration in film, photography, animation, post-production, and digital design workflows.
• Track emerging AI and creative technologies and advise leadership on platforms, systems, and technologies to invest in.
• Use generative AI to accelerate brainstorming and visual prototyping and reduce routine generation bottlenecks.
• Orchestrate generative models and APIs into coherent creative pipelines.
• Mentor and collaborate with creative innovators and communicate technology-driven ideas to executives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, basic life, supplemental life, and AD&D insurance.
• Identity theft protection, pet insurance, and group home and auto insurance.
• Matched 401(k) savings plan.
• Up to 8 company-paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Tuition assistance.
• Potential premium pay, including overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, and allowances, depending on the role.
• Up to 15 days of vacation per year for newly hired employees, increasing with additional service.
• Incentive-based compensation with the potential to earn more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior