AI Creative Operations Lead
Job Description
- Conduct stakeholder interviews to uncover workflows, friction points, and AI adoption appetite.
- Map high-volume deliverable workflows to identify automation and augmentation opportunities.
- Evaluate current tool stack (Figma, Firefly, Runway, MidJourney) for AI touchpoints to reduce manual lift.
- Synthesize brand logic to define rules for automation versus human oversight.
- Develop visual overlays showing AI workflow insertion points.
- Build a readiness map and integration assessment for team-by-team AI adoption.
- Deliver strategic recommendations, including a Now/Next/Later roadmap and pilot criteria.
- Proven background in AI operations, workflow design, or creative technology consulting.
- Familiarity with creative production tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Firefly, Runway, MidJourney.
- Strong facilitation skills for stakeholder interviews and workshop sessions.
- Ability to synthesize brand guidelines into scalable AI logic structures.
- Strong presentation skills for delivering strategic recommendations to leadership.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Program
- Commuter Benefit
- eLearning & Ongoing Training
- Education Reimbursement
Onward Search is a specialized staffing and talent solutions company that helps professionals find top jobs with the nation’s leading brands. We’re hiring an AI Creative Operations Lead for a remote opportunity based out of Chelsea, Alabama. This is a 4-week consulting engagement with the potential for extension into embedded pilot phases. The role is hybrid (remote with onsite workshops as needed). The schedule is part time, and the pay rate is $120–$150/hour, paid weekly on W2 (not 1099).
Our client, a leading creative communications agency, is known for delivering bold, brand-safe campaigns across industries. You’ll join the Creative Operations & Production Strategy team to map workflows, evaluate AI adoption opportunities, and define criteria for scalable implementation.
There is no application deadline for this role.
AI Creative Operations Lead Responsibilities:
- Conduct 4 to 6 stakeholder interviews across creative, production, and brand leadership to uncover workflows, friction points, and AI adoption appetite.
- Map 1 to 2 high-volume deliverable workflows (e.g., social, display, motion graphics) to identify automation and augmentation opportunities.
- Evaluate the current tool stack (e.g., Figma, Firefly, Runway, MidJourney) and assess where AI touchpoints can reduce manual lift.
- Synthesize brand logic: define what rules can be automated vs. require human oversight.
- Develop visual overlays showing AI workflow insertion points.
- Build a readiness map and integration assessment for team-by-team adoption.
- Deliver strategic recommendations, including Now/Next/Later roadmap and pilot criteria.
AI Creative Operations Lead Qualifications:
- Proven background in AI operations, workflow design, or creative technology consulting.
- Familiarity with creative production tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Firefly, Runway, MidJourney, etc.).
- Strong facilitation skills for stakeholder interviews and workshop sessions.
- Ability to synthesize brand guidelines into scalable AI logic structures.
- Strong presentation skills with experience delivering strategic recommendations decks to leadership.
Perks & Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
- Life Insurance.
- 401(k) Program.
- Commuter Benefit.
- eLearning & Ongoing Training.
- Education Reimbursement.
*Eligibility requires working over 30 hours per week on an assignment lasting at least 10 weeks.
