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Technical Artist

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Remote
160K-250K
Mid level
Remote
160K-250K
Mid level
Join Runway as a Technical Artist to create, demo, and support the use of innovative AI tools for filmmakers and creatives, driving new content workflows and customer engagement.
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Runway is an applied research company pioneering new tools for human imagination. Runway has been at the forefront of multi-modal AI systems ensuring that the future of media creation is accessible, controllable and empowering for creatives. Runway’s mission is to ensure that anyone anywhere can tell their stories. We believe that deep learning techniques applied to audiovisual content will forever change art, creativity and design tools.

Runway is leading a shift to generative media that is unlocking an unprecedented level of creative potential. The invention of the camera 200 years ago forever changed our world – AI is a new kind of camera that will reshape storytelling forever.

About the role

We're looking for a creative and technical artist to join our team working closely with our customers and creative professionals. In this role, you will be in charge of demoing Runway, our tools, models, and research to filmmakers, creatives, production teams, and studios from all over the world. You will have the chance to collaborate on special projects, develop internal content, and help our growing base of professional creatives get the most out of Runway.

What You’ll do

  • Craft content and lead demonstrations to show how to leverage and utilize Runway most effectively
  • Develop narratives and stories that articulate the value and potential of our technology to studios, production companies, agencies, and creative professionals
  • Discover and highlight new and potential use cases for pre- and post-production workflows
  • Be a champion for our customers and our research team. You will work with our internal teams to translate customer feedback into product insights; liaise between customers and our internal teams in order to provide the best support and experience possible

What you’ll need

  • Experience working on professional creative workflows combining multiple tools like Unreal, Premiere, After Effects, Maya, Blender, etc and, of course, Runway
  • Expertise creating content from end to end. You can take a brief and create a full video using a combination of different tools, including post and sound design
  • You have a good grasp of AI workflows and how to create media with Runway and AI. You breathe and live generative models
  • Passion for experimentation when it comes to creative briefs, creating content and creative workflows
  • Natural curiosity for the Runway product and eagerness to use and test the product personally
  • Passion for teaching/showing creative work and tools to others
  • Ability to deliver complex information to customers in a clear and concise way
  • Ability to thrive in a constantly changing and growing environment


Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide.

There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range.

Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates.

$160,000 - $250,000


Working at Runway

Great things come from great teams. We’d love to hear from you.

We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply.

More about Runway

  • Runway Research
  • Runway's AI Film Festival
  • Creative Dialogues Series
  • Runway Studios
  • Our Behaviors and Company Mission


We're excited to be recognized as a best place to work Crain's | InHerSight | BuiltIn NYC | INC


Top Skills

After Effects
Blender
Maya
Premiere
Runway
Unreal

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