Creative Director
Job Description
Lead the creative direction for AI-generated film projects, bridging traditional narrative directing with AI production workflows.
Responsibilities
- Own and protect the creative vision across AI-generated film projects, ensuring storytelling quality is never sacrificed for speed.
- Translate traditional film directing into AI production, applying narrative directing experience while adopting new AI creative workflows.
- Guide creative direction in ways that support AI-native entertainment, helping shape the future of Inkitt’s storytelling model.
- Contribute to innovative narrative content by bringing directing expertise into AI production pipelines.
Requirements
- Professional narrative directing experience from independent film, television directing programs, narrative shorts, music videos, or similar.
- Script analysis and story development, including breaking down scripts and delivering creative feedback.
- Editorial review experience, providing direction on edits, pacing, color correction, and sound design.
- Visual storytelling fundamentals, including shot composition, shot selection, storyboarding, and cinematic language.
- Professional production experience, collaborating with writers, editors, producers, and creative teams in a production environment.
- Exceptional vision communication, able to clearly articulate and defend creative direction.
- Constructive creative leadership, delivering thoughtful, actionable feedback to creative teams.
- Open-mindedness, incorporating feedback and alternative perspectives without ego.
- Strong prioritization, balancing multiple projects while determining which creative feedback matters most.
- Passion for innovation, with genuine excitement for AI, new storytelling formats, and Inkitt’s mission.
Preferred / Additional Experience
- Independent film or boutique studio backgrounds.
- Film festival recognition or directing fellowship programs.
- Storytelling experience in romance, women-forward narratives, or action-adventure.
- Exposure to AI creative tools (preferred).
- Experience working across multiple productions simultaneously.
Tech
- AI
- AI-generated film projects
Location
- San Francisco, CA (onsite)
Salary
- USD 160,000 - 170,000 per year