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🔍 Hiring in the Creative Industry: A Call for Human Touch 🔍 As a Senior Production Artist and Creative Consultant with over 8 years in the industry, I've witnessed firsthand the evolution of hiring processes. However, one trend is concerning: the increasing reliance on AI to review applications in creative fields. AI has its strengths, but evaluating a portfolio's content is not one of them. Creative work, whether it's video production, VFX editing, or digital storytelling, is inherently subjective. It requires a human touch to truly understand the nuance, emotion, and effort behind each piece. AI can’t judge if a video edit captures the intended emotion or if a design resonates with an audience. It can’t appreciate the countless hours spent perfecting a VFX shot or the creativity behind an innovative AR/VR experience. For roles in the creative field, it's crucial that hiring managers take the time to personally review applications. The value of human insight in assessing creativity, passion, and potential cannot be overstated. Let's ensure that our industry continues to value the human aspect of creativity. After all, it's what sets us apart and drives us forward. #CreativeIndustry #HumanTouch #Hiring #AI #VideoProduction #VFX #DigitalMedia #AR #VR #CreativeConsultant

Jobs in VP, VFX, 3D, and Real-Time✨ This post is for anyone searching for jobs in #VFX, Virtual Production, #3D, and Real-Time areas. I've received many messages from people looking for opportunities amidst the changing job market and climate, influenced by various factors. If anyone has relevant links, please add them in the comments, and I will incorporate them into the site. Additionally, I included a note about enhancing your existing skillset with #AI proficiencies, as many hiring managers are now seeking proactive leaders who can drive efficiency while maintaining quality. Those individuals are in high demand. 🚀 I hope this helps some people find new opportunities! 🌟 #JobSearch #VFXjobs #VirtualProduction #3D #RealTime #AI #CareerDevelopment #Hiring

🚨 I’m hiring Decagon's First Designer! 🚨 At Decagon, we’re building the most advanced conversational AI agents for enterprise. What You’ll Do: 🎨 Define Decagon’s design system and create stunning user experiences 🤝 Solve complex GenAI Agent design challenges 🚀 Set the design foundation and influence our culture as we scale What We’re Looking For: ✅ 2+ years of experience designing and shipping production products ✅ A portfolio showcasing user-friendly, engaging designs ✅ Ownership mentality: you take projects from concept to implementation Bonus points if you’ve worked on AI products, enterprise SaaS, or complex workflows. DM me if this sounds like you—or someone you know! 🚀 Link to job post in the comments! 👇 #hiring #generativeai

If you must create roles like "Ai Artist 🙄" in your company, at least make sure the requirements are something like basic understanding of tools like Comfy UI, Automatic1111 Flux, Stable Diffusion & the concepts like control net behind them as a standard. Midjourney & Runway are the Canva of AI tools. Hiring an Ai artist that can't create Original checkpoints models trained on Original Artwork, is bad path for a company that create original content to be headed in my opinion.

#hiring *Vision Scientist- Pico*, San Jose, *United States*, fulltime #opentowork #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SanJosejobs #Californiajobs #ScienceTechnology *To Apply -->*: https://lnkd.in/dhqh7_e7 Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content. Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. About Team: Founded in April 2015, Pico is a leading XR company with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, focusing on XR all-in-one technology. Pico is committed to offering immersive and interactive XR experiences to our customers, including providing tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare. As a world-renowned VR/AR brand with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, Pico has been at the forefront of the consumer electronic market. We have teams in Northern America, Europe, Japan and South Korea. We are looking for a skilled and creative hardware product manager to join us to build our VR/AR new product. Responsibilities: Apply your knowledge of the human visual system to set specifications for image quality in displays, cameras, and other visual technologies. Develop and design hardware architectures, including camera systems and SoC data pipelines, informed by an understanding of biological vision systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation in AI algorithms and hardware designs based on human visual perception. Research and develop solutions based on vision science, focusing on retina-level image resolution and other physiological aspects of the human vision system. Utilize expertise in neuroscience, psychology, and computer science to contribute to the development of devices that interface with or mimic human vision. Translate research findings from human vision science into actionable specifications for product and hardware design. Stay current with the latest advancements in vision science, computer vision, and related fields.

In the rush to adopt AI for video and animation, there’s a narrative that it will replace human artistry—especially in fields like video production and animation. Mindset shift: AI doesn't replace skilled video and animation talent. It amplifies their capabilities. Here’s a simple rule for hiring talent on AI-driven projects: Hire people who would excel without AI. If they don’t have the chops to direct a traditional workflow, they won’t be able to guide an AI-enhanced process. Want to Dive Deeper? Join Arena. If you’re passionate about exploring the future of AI in creative work, I’m building a new community called Arena. It’s a space where creatives, innovators, and forward-thinkers come together to discuss, learn, and evolve alongside AI. We’re building an onboarding list and will open Arena soon based on priority access. Interested? Drop a comment to request priority access—and let’s shape the future of creativity together. #ai #artists #talent

🎬 Lights, Camera... Technology! How Tech is Revolutionizing the Film Industry! 🚀 Ever wondered how your favorite blockbusters come to life? Beyond the glitz and glamour lies a world of DevOps, Data Engineering, and cutting-edge tech shaping the silver screen. Prepare to be amazed! 🎥 Instant Action with Cloud-Powered Collaboration Imagine directors in LA, animators in Tokyo, and sound designers in Mumbai—all working together in real time. Cloud technologies break boundaries, making global movie-making seamless! 🤖 AI: The Master of Illusion From de-aging actors to creating photorealistic CGI landscapes (hello, Wakanda!), Machine Learning is redefining storytelling. It’s like giving directors a magic wand! 📊 Data is the New Director Studios dive into Big Data to predict audience preferences, market trends, and streaming behavior. That’s how they know what makes us laugh, cry, or sit at the edge of our seats. 🔧 DevOps for the Perfect Cut DevOps automates editing, rendering, and file management, turning chaotic workflows into seamless masterpieces. Think of it as the hidden hand guiding the process. 🌟 Real-Time Visual Effects Remember those epic battle scenes? Data Engineering processes colossal volumes of information to deliver lifelike visuals that leave you breathless. 🚀 Virtual Reality (VR) Takes Over With VR, fans can now enter their favorite worlds. Imagine walking through Hogwarts or piloting the Millennium Falcon—dreams made real through tech! ✨ The Future is Thrilling! From holographic actors to fully AI-generated movies, technology is set to push the boundaries of imagination even further. 🎬 Challenge to all the Movie Tech lovers: What’s the coolest tech innovation you’ve noticed in a movie recently? Or, if you could direct a tech-powered film, what would it be about? Drop your thoughts in the comments below! #MoviesAndTech #DevOpsInCinema #AIInMovies #CloudCollaboration #BigDataInFilms #FutureOfCinema #EntertainmentTech #CGIRevolution #VFXMagic #StreamingInnovation #TechForGood #MachineLearningInMovies #AIRevolution #VRInFilms #BehindTheScenes #NewRelicMonitoring #RemotePython #IndiaRemoteJobs #TechJobs #ITJobs #RemoteJobsIndia #WorkFromAnywhere

I recently had a very insightful conversation with someone who's been working as a director/creative talent acquisition specialist in the animation industry for quite sometime, about the integration of AI technology in the animation industry. From our conversation, it was easy to conclude that AI is having a huge impact on the industry as a whole right now, and will only continue to do so in the future. I've been doing some research about new AI technologies for animation, and they seem to be changing every day. New generative software's, new tools, changes to existing software's, motion capture software's etc. For all those out there who have explored any kind of animation AI technology, I'm curious to know which ones you've started working with, and which technology you foresee having a profound impact from your experience? What's your take on these software's, and AI integration as a whole? I'm curious to learn all that I can about how AI is changing our industry, and what it will do to indefinitely change the traditional "animator" job role that I've worked to pursue a career in. #AI #AItechnology #Animation #AIanimation

Predictions on #AI's impact on the future of video production? Hold onto your cursed monkey paw! 🐒🤚 As a filmmaker, it's hard not to feel the negative ripple effect of AI in my industry. If you're solely a creative technician, things aren't looking great. AI seems set to replace compositing artists, assistant editors, colorists, sound mixers, and VFX teams, among others. Big companies will just have Dan-the-man from marketing, who knows zilch about the video process, push a button or write a prompt. That’s a significant number of jobs that will vanish. Those basic, no-acting commercials? Kiss them goodbye using text-to-video programs. I’m referring to videos featuring cars, close-ups of food and drinks, and product commercials in general. Companies are already looking into programs like Runway Gen-2, Sora, and Veo to save money. We're already seeing AI-generated ads with pretty but nonsensical shots and actors that barely emote. Currently, computer-generated actors have the acting range of a block of cheese, possibly gouda, but in 4 years, AI will have learned enough physics to make it look legit. Thankfully, documentary work is safe because capturing real-world events and people with AI wouldn't make sense... so should we all become docu filmmakers? No. Here's the upswing to this negative post. When it comes down to the creative technician-type jobs, I can see a lot of clients wanting someone to add their expertise, their flair to a video. Since art is subjective and inherently human, it makes sense to leverage a person's unique touch to make the work stand out. -J P.S. I have nothing against Dan-the-man. He's just trying to keep his job too, but still... eww. #ai #aifilmmaking #jobs #industry #notsohottake #linkedin #marketing #creative #setlife #directors #directings #aifuture #future #human #notclickbaitthistime #doyouactuallyreadmyhashtags?