<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Who We Are</strong></h3> <p>VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a <strong>Human First</strong> philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. </p> <p>VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. 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Reporting directly to the Creative Director (AI), you will collaborate with Art Directors, Copywriters, Studio, Production, and Account teams to handle hands-on AI asset generation.</p> <p>Above all, <strong>this role requires excellent aesthetic taste, a strong eye for design, and a structured approach to model execution.</strong> You don't just rely on "lucky prompts"—you understand how AI models interpret inputs, how to control them through refined iteration processes, and how to consistently pull the highest-quality outputs out of generative tools.</p> <p>You will work primarily inside <strong>WPP Open</strong>, our enterprise AI hub, while staying active with external AI tools and models to keep our work at the forefront of the industry.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Campaign & Pitch Visuals:</strong> Work with Art Directors, Copywriters, and Creative Directors to generate on-brand static visuals, storyboards, and presentation assets for pitches and campaigns.</li> <li><strong>Model Execution & Optimization:</strong> Apply disciplined generation techniques (iterative prompting, image-to-image, parameter tuning, multi-step generation) to reliably achieve commercial-grade results.</li> <li><strong>Visual & Character Consistency:</strong> Maintain consistency in lighting, style, color, characters, and objects across multi-asset campaigns and video clips.</li> <li><strong>Studio & Video Production:</strong> Partner with studio designers, video editors, and directors to concept, generate, and refine AI image and video assets for final campaign production.</li> <li><strong>Account & Presentation Support:</strong> Assist Creative and Account teams by creating visual assets that elevate client decks and presentations.</li> <li><strong>Model Exploration:</strong> Master WPP Open’s model stack while experimenting with new external tools, models, and execution methods to improve output quality.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Aesthetic Taste & Design Eye:</strong> A strong eye for photography, composition, lighting, and color. You know how to make AI generations look realistic, premium, and authentic—avoiding obvious AI artifacts.</li> <li><strong>Execution & Process Knowledge:</strong> Deep understanding of the generation process—knowing how to troubleshoot bad outputs, refine prompts, manipulate parameters, and use image-to-image or video-to-video techniques to get precise results.</li> <li><strong>Brand Understanding:</strong> Ability to review a brand brief or style guide and generate assets that fit the brand's aesthetic identity.</li> <li><strong>Visual Continuity:</strong> Proven ability to achieve visual continuity (keeping the same character, object, or visual style consistent across multiple frames/generations).</li> <li><strong>Multi-Model Experience:</strong> Hands-on experience with core image and video generation tools:</li> <li><strong>Image Models:</strong> Google (Nano Banana/Imagen), OpenAI (GPT Image), Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, ByteDance (