Senior Generative AI Video Specialist - Remote - Octopus by RTG

About the Role

We are seeking a senior, hands-on expert who produces professional, brand-ready videos utilizing generative AI. This role requires a strong understanding of the science behind video generation, careful asset preparation, intentional scene planning, and transforming AI video experiments into reliable production capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

1. AI Video Generation

   • Produce high-quality corporate videos end to end using AI, with the company as a core platform alongside other leading image and video models.
   • Choose the right model, mode, and settings for each shot based on a real understanding of how the models behave and where they fail.
   • Deliver consistent results across characters, environments, lighting, style, and brand from one shot to the next.

2. The Science Behind the Generation

   • Apply a deep understanding of how diffusion and video models work, including motion, temporal consistency, camera control, seeds, reference conditioning, and how prompts are interpreted.
   • Engineer prompts and references with intent, not trial and error, and document what works as reusable recipes.
   • Diagnose and fix common issues such as flicker, warping, identity drift, unnatural motion, and artefacts.

3. Asset Preparation

   • Prepare production-ready inputs, including reference images, character sheets, product and location references, style frames, start and end frames, and brand elements.
   • Build and maintain a reusable asset library (characters, styles, environments, prompts) for consistency across projects.
   • Upscale, clean up, retouch, and composite assets so they are ready for generation and final delivery.

4. Scene & Story Preparation

   • Turn briefs into scripts, storyboards, shot lists, and scene breakdowns before any generation starts.
   • Plan every scene with intent: framing, camera movement, lens feel, pacing, lighting, mood, and transitions.
   • Direct the full flow from concept to generation, editing, sound, voice-over, music, colour, and final export.

5. Quality, Governance & Enablement

   • Ensure outputs meet brand, quality, legal, IP, and responsible-AI standards, including the use of people's likeness and approved content.
   • Define a repeatable AI video production workflow with clear review points, turnaround times, and quality standards.
   • Coach designers and content teams, and stay ahead of new AI video tools and techniques.

Requirements

• 8+ years in video production, motion design, VFX, animation, or content creation, with 2+ years of hands-on generative AI video work.
• Must have expert-level, hands-on experience with the company, supported by a strong portfolio of AI-generated videos.
• Strong working knowledge of other AI image and video tools (for example, Runway, Kling, Veo, Sora, Midjourney, Flux) and the judgment to pick the right one for each shot.
• Deep understanding of how generative video models work and how to control them.
• Strong grounding in film language: storytelling, cinematography, composition, lighting, editing, and pacing.
• Proficiency in editing and finishing tools such as Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Photoshop.
• Experience with AI voice, music, and lip-sync tools is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience delivering for corporate or brand audiences, and presenting concepts and outputs to stakeholders.

What We Are Looking For

• Technical depth: knows why a generation works or fails, not only which prompt to use.
• Creative direction: thinks like a director; story, shots, and pacing come first.
• Production discipline: prepares assets and scenes before generating and works to repeatable workflows.
• Quality eye: will not accept artefacts, inconsistency, or off-brand output.

Portfolio Requirement
Candidates must share a portfolio of AI-generated videos, with a short breakdown of 1–2 projects: tools used, asset preparation, scene planning, prompting approach, and post-production.