Senior Video Content Producer

About Us

At Tavus, we're building the human layer of AI. Our mission is to make human-AI interaction as natural as face-to-face interaction, enabling the human touch where it has been previously unscalable. We achieve this through pioneering research in multi-modal AI models for human perception and understanding, combined with state-of-the-art human avatar rendering and communication models. Our models power everything from text-to-video AI avatars to real-time conversational video experiences across industries like healthcare, recruiting, sales, education, and more. By enabling AI to see, hear, and communicate with human-like authenticity, we're creating the foundation for the next generation of AI employees, assistants, and companions.

We're a Series A company backed by top investors, including Sequoia, Y Combinator, and Scale VC. Join us in driving the future of human-AI interaction. Check it out for yourself 😎

Your Mission

In partnership with our team and external vendors, you will architect and manage the end‑to‑end process for how we record content for our digital humans. That includes defining visual direction, casting actors, selecting locations, managing lighting & styling, directing performance capture setups, and delivering cleaned footage for both customer use (like enhancing our portfolio of Digital AI Humans) and internal use (like training our AI models).

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as production lead and creative director for AI human capture shoots, including managing casting, hair/makeup, wardrobe, camera direction, and lighting on set and offsite when working with vendors.
• Define and iterate on capture protocols (poses, turntables, facial expressions, motion sequences) to satisfy requirements from our researchers and customers.
• Build and manage vendor partnerships and manage budgets for select professional shoots; develop standardized guides so freelance crews can replicate results reliably.
• Oversee post‑production, including reviewing and editing audio and video recordings to fit Tavus’s needs.
• Work cross‑functionally with ML engineers and data teams to ensure captured footage meets model‑training specs (resolution, framerate, emotional range, diversity).
• Provide creative asset direction and work with team members to plan recording shoots.
• Establish the asset library and metadata tagging (pose labels, clothing, lighting setups, demographic info) to support both training and product usage.
• Oversee on‑site hair, makeup, styling, and tech rehearsals, performance capture rigs, and backup filming systems.
• Track metrics and retrospective insights (shot adequacy, vendor reliability, time per template sub‑shoot, etc.) to continuously improve the process.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional filmmaking/video production experience, at least 3 years in directing, casting, story‑first, or industrial shoots (e.g. commercial, documentary, branded content, virtual production).
• Demonstrated success with lighting, hair/makeup, wardrobe and styling coordination for filming environments.
• Hands‑on experience in footage editing.
• Strong visual sensibility; ability to translate creative vision into clear direction and high‑quality output.
• Comfortable working independently, owning the process end‑to‑end as the first specialized hire in this space.
• Experience managing vendors and part‑time crew; excellent communication skills to scale consistency.
• San Francisco‑based or immediately able to relocate; ability to travel regionally (~once/month) for shoots.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience specifically in facial capture.
• Understanding of AI training pipelines: editorial demands - such as facial angles, motion smoothness, lighting stability - for generative or performance models.
• Experience with multicultural casting and styling for model representation and diverse AI human template design.

Why It Matters at Tavus

You're amplifying our ability for everyday people to have realistic, helpful, natural Digital Humans at their fingertips. Your creative judgment will directly shape the expression and accessibility of Tavus’s AI avatars to millions. This role is foundational for enabling others to build with empathy, inclusivity, and high production value in ways that are rare in most ML-first teams.

Benefits

When you join Tavus, you’re joining a family. Our work is driven by our team, and our success is shared by all. This position includes:

• Competitive salary + commission structure
• Flexible work schedule with in-person collaboration in San Francisco
• Unlimited PTO
• Healthcare coverage
• Gear and professional development stipends
• Plenty of fun and team offsites 🎉

At the end of the day, we want Tavus to be a place for you to learn, directly drive impact, and work with people you love.

Our Culture

We’re not looking for culture fits — we’re looking for culture creators. Diversity is what drives our success. It’s at the core of how we hire, build, and communicate. We’re inclusive to all and combine our diverse perspectives to build the best product and experiences possible.

Tavus is growing fast, and we’d love for you to grow with us. Ready to get your hands dirty?

Apply now and let’s build something amazing together.