Strategic Development Manager - Creative Technologist

Are you ready to shape the future of creative production and scale the impact of generative AI for some of the world’s most influential brands? Aquent has partnered with a pioneering global creative technology leader to find an innovative specialist who will bridge the gap between creative vision and cutting-edge AI implementation. In this dynamic role, you will empower enterprise creative organisations to revolutionise their content supply chains, helping them produce high-quality, brand-consistent assets at unprecedented speed and scale while championing the responsible use of AI.
The Opportunity
In this role, you will serve as the premier creative-production and applied-AI specialist for enterprise organisations. You will collaborate directly with creative directors, design leaders, producers, and studio operations teams to identify high-value opportunities, build functional prototypes, and guide teams toward repeatable AI adoption. By bringing the seasoned judgment of an experienced creative practitioner to the implementation process, you will help clients determine when custom models are appropriate, design automated workflow layers, and establish where human artistry remains essential.
What’s In It For You?

Compensation: £60.43 per hour

Duration: 11-month contract (January 2027 – December 2027)

Flexibility: 100% Remote

Impact: Act as the tip of the spear for enterprise AI adoption at a globally recognised tech giant, shaping how Fortune 500 brands produce creative work.

What You Will Do

Lead Creative Discovery & Use-Case Strategy: Partner with enterprise creative, marketing, and operations leaders to map content supply chains, identify high-value opportunities, and recommend optimal creative automation and generative AI solutions.
Implement Custom Models: Guide teams through model readiness, select training assets, evaluate visual consistency, and develop advanced prompting and evaluation practices to ensure high-quality, on-brand outputs.
Design Creative Production Workflows: Translate complex creative requirements into repeatable, low-code or no-code workflows for asset variation, resizing, compositing, and localisation, building real-world prototypes that demonstrate value.
Drive Adoption & Value Realisation: Facilitate hands-on workshops, train creative teams to govern and extend workflows, and establish practical adoption plans with clear performance metrics (e.g., cycle time reduction, asset volume, and brand consistency).
Scale Success: Convert successful customer patterns into reusable playbooks, templates, and implementation guides, while sharing key product insights and feature gaps with product management and engineering teams.

What You Will Bring

Significant experience leading creative production in an enterprise, major agency, studio, or large-scale brand environment.
A background in leadership roles such as Creative Director, Design Director, Art Director, Creative Producer, Studio Lead, Head of Content Operations, or equivalent.
A professional portfolio showcasing creative work shipped at scale (campaigns, brand systems, photography, motion, video, 3D, or content operations) is required for consideration.
Deep understanding of end-to-end enterprise creative workflows, from initial brief to final asset distribution, including localisation, review, and asset management.
Hands-on experience utilising generative AI, creative automation, or emerging creative technologies to solve real-world production challenges.
The ability to build functional prototypes, configure practical workflows, and communicate technical requirements clearly to engineering specialists.
Excellent facilitation, storytelling, and communication skills, with the ability to build trust with both creative practitioners and technical stakeholders.
Sound judgment regarding brand governance, intellectual property rights, and responsible AI adoption.

Qualifications That Will Set You Apart

Experience with advanced creative platforms and tools, including Creative Cloud, Workfront, AEM Assets, Frame.io, Figma, Cinema 4D, Nuke, Omniverse, Runway, or ComfyUI.
Familiarity with APIs, JSON, workflow logic, automation platforms, or low-code/no-code integration tools.
Experience in creative technology consulting, design systems, content supply chain transformation, or enterprise change management.
Experience developing creative operations playbooks, enablement programs, or establishing customer centres of excellence.