AI Filmmaker
About the Role
At Novakid Inc in the EdTech / Education / Language Learning / Online Learning space, Empowering young learners to build a brighter, kinder global future through English.
We're Novakid, the next-generation early English learning environment that allows kids around the world to learn English efficiently, through play and fully remote practice with certified professional teachers. Think cutting edge technology like AI-powered games and training apps that promote English speaking and comprehension based on the use of authentic content in English language. Think certified professionals with years and decades of expertise in children's psychology and learning methods. Novakid is investing heavily in its brand, and we want films that move people. We’re looking for an AI Film Director to create brand films with a movie-level finish, using the latest generative AI tools. You’ll take each film from brief to final master: from taking the brief to storyboard, AI generation, edit, colour and finishing. You’ll work with our sound engineer on music and sound. Our video production team covers Novakid’s day-to-day content; your focus is our hero brand films, made for families around the globe (motion graphics and 3D/compositing chops are a real plus). This is a full-time, hands-on role in the Creative team, reporting to our Head of Creative.
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Requirements
- A portfolio of complete AI films, not just a showreel, with consistent characters and coherent storytelling
- Proven experience directing cinematic, emotionally resonant brand or narrative films, combining traditional film craft with current, hands-on AI video experience (image-to-video, AI-assisted VFX)
- Strong visual fundamentals: composition, colour, lighting and storytelling, with a design background and the eye to judge and fix AI output
- Editing and finishing skills: Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve (including colour grading), plus Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects for fixes and compositing
- Motion graphics and 3D/compositing skills (e.g. Cinema 4D, Maya, Nuke, After Effects) are a strong plus
- Experience leading a small technical-creative team (e.g. prompt engineers, a cinematography lead, or similar hybrid creative/technical roles)
- Familiarity with voice acting and dubbing production, whether managing an external casting agency or per-language talent leads
- Able to deliver a film a month on your own: organised, reliable on deadlines, and comfortable setting up a process from scratch, since this is a new discipline at Novakid
- Collaborative: you’ll work closely with Brand, our sound engineer and the video production team
- Comfortable defining process as you go, this is a new production discipline at Novakid, not an established playbook
- English fluency; other languages are a real plus given the multi-market, multi-language scope of this role
Benefits
- Make an impact: Improve the lives of children around the world.
- Grow with us: Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
- Thrive in a collaborative culture: Join a diverse and supportive team that values creativity and innovation.
- Flexible work environment: Enjoy the freedom to work remotely.
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