Forward Deployed Creative Lead

HiggsfieldLong Beach, CA
$125,000 - $200,000Hybrid

About The Position

Higgsfield AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Creative Lead to bridge the gap between generative AI, cinematic production, and enterprise clients. This role involves transforming customer requirements into compelling demos and pilot projects, establishing production-ready AI workflows, and collaborating with creative teams to integrate Higgsfield's technology into real-world productions. The position demands a high creative standard, with a deep understanding of cinematic elements such as lensing, lighting, composition, camera movement, pacing, and editing rhythm, and the ability to consistently achieve commercial-quality results using generative models.

Requirements

  • Exceptional portfolio of cinematic AI work at commercial quality — portfolio first.
  • 5+ years of experience in film, advertising, commercial, or creative production, including 2+ years hands-on with generative AI.
  • Deep fluency across image and video models, consistency techniques, VFX, motion, and AI production workflows.
  • Strong cinematic fundamentals across shot design, lighting, composition, storyboarding, camera movement, and editing.
  • Experience delivering customer-facing pilots, PoCs, or productions from brief through final output.
  • Comfortable presenting to executives and running live demos.
  • Ability to translate complex AI workflows for non-technical creative teams.
  • High agency, strong ownership, and the ability to move quickly in a startup environment.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical and creative execution of enterprise demos, pilots, and deployments from brief through final delivery.
  • Direct and produce cinematic AI content, including shot design, generation, consistency, editing, and delivery.
  • Build repeatable production workflows using generative models, prompting systems, APIs, MCP, automation, and agentic workflows.
  • Reverse-engineer reference ads, film looks, and visual styles into reproducible Higgsfield workflows.
  • Lead live demos, workshops, and hands-on training for customer creative teams.
  • Partner directly with CMOs, creative directors, production leaders, and technical stakeholders.
  • Bring customer insights, product gaps, and emerging use cases back to Product, Engineering, and Research.
  • Stay at the forefront of image and video generation and continuously push what’s possible with Higgsfield.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Competitive 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
  • Additional benefits and perks
  • Opportunity to work on ambitious AI products alongside a highly experienced, fast-moving, and international team.
  • Significant ownership, direct impact, and opportunities for professional growth as the company scales.
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