Adobe
Creative Strategist, Motion/3D
$109K–$200K
San Jose · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in motion, VFX, or 3D production.
About the job
Translates customer briefs into creative direction and feasibility decisions for motion, VFX, and 3D work using Adobe Firefly Creative Production, while identifying platform gaps for product and engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Turn rough briefs into clear creative direction and defined use cases; assess feasibility and output quality across motion, VFX, and 3D.
- Work with Forward Deployed Engineering to specify requests beyond current capabilities and set scope and timeline expectations with customers.
- Share product and engineering gaps based on customer requests and track evolving creative tools to inform direction.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in After Effects, Cinema4D or Maya, Substance 3D, and generative AI tools.
- Experience setting creative direction and turning vague requests into clear direction.
- Comfort pushing back on scope and timeline with customers.
- Experience translating creative intent into technical specs with engineering or production teams.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with node-based workflows or generative AI pipelines at scale.
Pay
$109,400 - $199,600 annually USD (base salary); $137,800 - $199,600 USD (base salary)
Tools
Firefly, After Effects, Cinema4D, Maya, Substance 3D, Runway, Veo
AI focus
Uses and evaluates generative AI tools and workflows, tracks evolving tools, and assesses their creative feasibility and output quality; also identifies platform capability gaps.
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