Technical Creative Director, Generative Imagery Systems

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Culver City, CA
Salary
$205,800–$378,800 / yr
Posted
52 days ago
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Technical Creative Director, Generative Imagery Systems

Technical Creative Director, Generative Imagery Systems joins the Content Design team to lead work at the intersection of generative AI, visual craft, and product storytelling. You will define what AI-made visual media looks like across photorealism, illustration, motion, texture, and spatial media. Responsibilities include co-developing creative direction for in-product experiences, building production pipelines with engineering teams, and creating evaluation frameworks to codify quality standards for generated imagery. You will also collaborate on ethical standards regarding provenance and bias while exploring new formats like 3D asset generation and video synthesis. The role requires deep fluency with diffusion models, transformer-based synthesis, and procedural systems, alongside a sophisticated visual eye. You must translate technical possibilities into creative direction while navigating complex cross-functional partnerships to ensure a coherent ecosystem of sourced, captured, and generated imagery across various platforms.

What you'll do

  • Define creative direction and quality benchmarks for AI-generated imagery across various visual styles and products.
  • Lead cross-functional teams of artists, engineers, and designers to execute complex generative projects.
  • Partner with engineering teams to build scalable production pipelines that ensure consistent quality and stylistic precision.
  • Develop evaluation frameworks to codify and measure the quality of AI-generated content.
  • Explore new formats for generative imagery in spatial computing and emerging interactive platforms.
  • Establish standards for responsible AI use, including provenance, bias, and representation.
  • Align generative creative strategies across marketing, engineering, and design departments.
  • Integrate generated imagery into a cohesive ecosystem with sourced and captured content.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrate hands-on fluency with generative models including diffusion, transformer-based synthesis, and procedural systems.
  • Experience building or directing creative tools, custom pipelines, and production workflows that harness ML/AI for visual output at scale.
  • Knowledge of inference and deployment considerations such as compute tradeoffs and optimization techniques.
  • Experience designing evaluation systems for generated imagery using quantitative metrics or structured human review.
  • Provide a portfolio demonstrating high-level taste, craft, and a distinct point of view in any format.
  • Proven ability to build teams or practices from scratch in ambiguous, emerging spaces.
  • Ability to translate technical possibilities into creative direction that non-technical partners can understand and follow.
  • Experience in adjacent fields like VFX pipelines, computational photography, real-time rendering, or creative coding is preferred.

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