Creative Technologist – Creative Marketing & Design Innovation

Verizon • New York, NY

2d • $125,500 - $219,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Verizon is seeking a Creative Technologist to work at the intersection of artistic creativity, artificial intelligence, and emerging technology. The role develops distinctive visual content and advances creative workflows across digital, physical, experiential, and studio-related projects. The position reports to the Senior Managing Director of Creative, Technology and Innovation within Verizon’s In-house Creative Agency and collaborates with strategy, creative, product, media, data, and technology teams to turn complex, data-driven challenges into innovative brand solutions.

The Creative Technologist leads hands-on technical exploration, research and development, and prototyping; builds proofs of concept; and helps move ambitious projects into development while protecting creative intent. The role also advises on AI across film, photography, animation, post-production, and digital design workflows, and evaluates emerging platforms and technologies for potential investment. Generative AI is used as a creative collaborator to accelerate brainstorming, visual prototyping, and routine content generation, enabling teams to focus on human-centered storytelling.

This is a hybrid position with a defined work location, including work from home and at least three days per week in the office. The scheduled workweek is 40 hours. The annual salary range for the listed New York location(s), based on a full-time schedule, is $125,500 to $219,000; compensation varies by location, skills, and experience, and the role has incentive-based compensation potential.

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.
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on creative and technical making at the intersection of storytelling, engineering, and artificial intelligence.
• 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 their capabilities and limitations.
• 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, ability to pitch technology-driven ideas to executives, and interest in mentoring creative innovators.
• Experience navigating, scaling, and delivering high-stakes creative work for a Fortune 100 brand and helping an enterprise operate with startup agility.
• Strong interest and knowledge in typography, design, photography, cinematography, and motion graphics.
• Commitment to collaboration and the growth of the team.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, prototype, and deliver applications of emerging technologies across digital, physical, experiential, and studio-related projects.
• Translate between business partners, creative teams, and developers to turn complex ideas into technically sound and visually compelling solutions.
• Lead hands-on technical exploration, original research and development, and prototyping, including testing APIs, creative technology pipelines, and machine learning models.
• Work with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and move projects into development while preserving creative intent.
• Advise the creative studio on how AI can be integrated into film, photography, animation, post-production, and digital design workflows.
• Monitor emerging AI and creative technologies and advise leadership on platforms, systems, and technologies for potential investment.
• Use generative AI to accelerate brainstorming, rapid visual prototyping, and routine content generation.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Basic and supplemental life insurance 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 potential.

What This Job Offers

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