Senior Technical Designer - VFX and Generative AI

Location: Los Angeles, California

Job Type: Contract

Compensation Range: $60 - 65 per hour

We are seeking a Senior Designer specializing in VFX & Generative AI to join our in-house Creative Studio Production team. Operating at the intersection of design craft and emerging AI technology, you will produce high-quality visual content across product, lifestyle, social, web, and campaign formats. The ideal candidate pairs a classically grounded design foundation and photographic eye with hands-on mastery of GenAI tooling and post-production workflows to help build scalable, AI-assisted pipeline frameworks.

Remote but must be local to Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities

• Design Execution & Visual Quality: Produce production-ready visual assets across campaign and e-commerce channels. Apply deep knowledge of lighting, lensing, color grading, and product staging to ensure composited and AI-generated imagery looks authentic and brand-accurate.
• GenAI & Workflow Integration: Utilize tools (e.g., Weave, Gemini) to accelerate ideation and high-volume content generation. Build prompt strategies, reference frameworks, ControlNet integrations, and node-based workflows (e.g., ComfyUI) to establish repeatable, scalable generative pipelines.
• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Partner with VFX, post-production, and creative teams on asset prep, render passes, and compositing handoffs. Support and coach Art Directors on AI-based workflows.
• Creative Problem Solving & Innovation: Rapidly test and evaluate emerging GenAI models, upscaling pipelines, and custom LoRA configurations. Implement ethical, compliant tools and practical solutions to improve efficiency and output consistency.

Qualifications

* Experience: 5+ years in a design role within a commercial post-facility, VFX studio, ad agency, or in-house creative studio (7+ years overall design experience prefe