Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 3+ years in filmmaking, visual storytelling, or AI-driven visual production

Company: Thirai AI — a Chennai-based hybrid studio combining traditional filmmaking craft with AI-accelerated production

About the Role

We're looking for an AI Developer with a genuine filmmaking background — someone who thinks like a director and storyteller first, and uses AI tools as the camera, crew, and post-production pipeline.

This is not a purely technical role: you'll be making creative decisions about shot composition, performance, pacing, and visual tone, then using AI generation, upscaling, and grading tools to execute that vision at a fraction of traditional production time. You'll work directly on client commercials, AI character development, and Thirai's own original content.

What You'll Do

- Translate scripts, briefs, and creative direction into shot-ready visual sequences using AI generation tools
- Apply real filmmaking principles — composition, blocking, lighting, continuity, pacing — to AI-generated footage, not just prompt and accept
- Own the full visual workflow: reference and direction → AI generation → upscale/refine → final grade
- Maintain consistent characters, tone, and visual identity across a client's campaign, sometimes months apart
- Collaborate with the founder/creative director on concept development and storyboarding before production begins
- Evaluate and integrate new AI tools (image, video, voice, and lip-sync generation) as the space evolves, without losing sight of craft
- Contribute to Thirai's original character and entertainment slate,



not just client commercial work

What We're Looking For

- 3+ years of experience in filmmaking, video production, animation, or a closely related visual storytelling field
- Strong understanding of direction and storytelling fundamentals — shot composition, pacing, performance, visual continuity — not just software proficiency
- Hands-on experience with AI visual generation tools (e.g. Runway, Midjourney, Sync.so, ElevenLabs, Magnific, Weavy, or comparable) — or a quick, demonstrated ability to pick up new ones
- A portfolio or reel that shows visual and narrative judgment, whether from traditional production, motion design, animation, or AI-assisted work
- Comfort working independently in a remote, fast-moving small studio — this role has real creative ownership, not just execution
- Bonus: experience with color grading, sound design, or multilingual/voice localization workflows

What We Offer

- A genuine creative role — you're shaping how films get made here, not just operating tools
- Fully remote, flexible working arrangement
- Direct collaboration with the founder on both client work and original studio projects
- Early-team equity/growth potential as Thirai's original entertainment slate develops
- Compensation based on experience and confirmed during the interview process

How to Apply

Send your portfolio or reel (traditional, animated, or AI-assisted — we care about storytelling and visual judgment more than the tool used), a short note on your filmmaking background, and your salary expectations to [email protected] with the subject line “AI flimmaker — Visual Art Application.”

📌 AI Filmmaker (India)
🏢 THIRAI AI
📍 India