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AI/VFX R&D Lead, AI Studios, Amazon MGM Studios

Amazon$141K — $191K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of VFX production and supervision experience
  • Hands-on expertise with AI and GenAI tools for cinematic production
  • Demonstrated capability to transform R&D workflows into production-ready solutions
  • Experience managing vendor evaluations and technology integration into pipelines
  • Comfortable with evolving technology and rapid learning
  • Ability to design educational programs for creative professionals
  • Experience in VFX pipeline technical direction, look development, or compositing supervision

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and evaluate the evolving AI and GenAI landscape
  • Integrate AI tools into production pipelines and run benchmark tests
  • Develop educational programs and assets for VFX teams
  • Collaborate with production teams on new workflows during early-stage R&D
  • Identify challenges and design innovative workflow solutions through testing
  • Present findings and recommendations to studio leadership
  • Maintain a technology roadmap for the team

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Access to mental health support and other employee assistance programs
Full Job Description
Amazon MGM Studios' AI Studios team is seeking an AI/VFX R&D Lead to develop production-ready AI workflows and POCs at cinematic quality and translate our learnings into scalable education, assets, and training for our productions. This role sits at the intersection of VFX craft and emerging AI tooling.

Key job responsibilities

Continuously monitor the evolving AI/GenAI landscape, evaluate emerging tools, and maintain a curated technology roadmap for the team

Evaluate and integrate AI tools into production-ready pipelines coordinate test shoots if needed, run structured tests, benchmark quality, document results that scale across productions

Translate R&D outputs and knowledge into educational assets and programs that equip VFX supervisors, line producers, and production teams can learn from and use

Partner directly with Production, Post Production, and VFX teams to investigate and test new workflows, including early-stage R&D efforts prior to project greenlight

Listen to challenges surfaced by internal teams, design potential solutions or workflow improvements, and validate them through hands-on testing, while also proactively identifying opportunities for innovation before problems arise

Present findings, recommendations, and roadmaps to studio leadership and production stakeholders, translating technical complexity into clear creative and business value

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience driving high performance content and growth within a world class content company

- Experience managing vendor evaluations or technology scouting, as well as building or adapting production pipelines to integrate new tools or technologies

- 8+ years in VFX production and VFX supervision show side and/or vendor

- Hands on and in-depth experience with AI tools for cinematic content production

- Demonstrated ability to take a technical workflow from R&D through to repeatable, production-ready implementation

- Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI tools for content creation (image generation, video generation, compositing)

- Experience in VFX pipeline TD, look development, or compositing supervision

- Comfort with rapid technology evolution learns new tools quickly, benchmarks quality, and translates for non-technical audiences

- Experience designing training or educational programs for creative professionals

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams (artists, engineers, production crew)

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Culver City - 141,300.00 - 191,100.00 USD annually

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