Waymark
Waymark is hiring: Prompt Artist - Generative Video & Multimodal in Detroit
Waymark, Detroit, MI, US, 48228
Prompt Artist - Generative Video & Multimodal
Department: Creative
Employment Type: Contract to hire
Location: Detroit [Remote]
Reporting To: Josh Rubin
Description
We ship real commercials for real brands on real media. We're looking for someone who lives at the prompt terminal-turning text into moving images, sound, and finished ad assets. You'll help us define the craft: build prompt defaults and behind-the-scenes "governors" for our live product, wire up node-based workflows, and constantly test the latest models so our creative stays sharp, fast, and on-brand.
Please include the following or your application will not be screened:
What You'll Do
Tools you may touch
Leading video models (e.g., Sora/Veo or similar), image (e.g., Midjourney/SD or similar), audio/music (e.g., Udio/Suno), VO/TTS, NLE/motion tools, node composers (e.g., ComfyUI/Houdini/Nuke-style thinking). We don't require a specific stack, results matter most.
Benefits
Remote-friendly, no travel. We ship, learn, and improve the system together. This is a contract-to-FullTime conversion (over 3-6 months). We'll agree on a day-rate and go from there. Benefits + growth path shared early in process.
Department: Creative
Employment Type: Contract to hire
Location: Detroit [Remote]
Reporting To: Josh Rubin
Description
We ship real commercials for real brands on real media. We're looking for someone who lives at the prompt terminal-turning text into moving images, sound, and finished ad assets. You'll help us define the craft: build prompt defaults and behind-the-scenes "governors" for our live product, wire up node-based workflows, and constantly test the latest models so our creative stays sharp, fast, and on-brand.
Please include the following or your application will not be screened:
- Reel (45-120s): your best AI-generated sequences or composites (link to YouTube, Frame, or similar required)
- Three prompts: paste exact prompts + key params (model, duration/AR/seed or approach) with links or stills
- One BTS artifact: a screenshot or brief description of a node graph/flow you built (can redact client names)
- 2-3 lines on a real constraint you solved (e.g., legibility, motion continuity, brand rules)
What You'll Do
- Generate at scale: Create short, cinematic sequences and ad components daily (shots, transitions, graphics, VO/music selects) for use in finished spots.
- Establish prompt systems: Build reusable prompt defaults (style, lensing, motion cues, timing), BTS governors (guardrails for tone/variance/safety), and shot-builder macros.
- Wire node-based flows: Stand up and iterate node graphs (e.g., ComfyUI/Houdini-style thinking, or similar) for repeatable pipelines-ingest → transform → QC → export.
- Survey models & update the stack: Evaluate new releases (e.g., Sora/Veo-class video, image, audio/VO) for cost/latency/quality; write short notes and example prompts; propose upgrades.
- Quality control: Stress-test outputs against brand/spec requirements (aspect, cadence, legibility, rights/safety); tune prompts to reduce artifacts and improve determinism.
- Document & share: Keep a living prompt library with "before/after" examples, parameters, and quick BTS context so others can reproduce your results.
- A reel (even short) that proves you can generate compelling moving images and/or composites using gen-AI tools-we screen reels first
- Fluency with at least two modalities (video/image/audio/VO) and comfort jumping between them
- Strong prompt craft: you think in shots, beats, tone, motion, and constraints (seed, camera, duration, typography, brand guardrails)
- Node-based problem solving (any graph tool or equivalent mindset)
- Clear written notes: you annotate your work so others can ship it
- Huge plus: shipped work in story/creative/ad contexts (agency, brand, film/TV, social, motion design, editorial).
Tools you may touch
Leading video models (e.g., Sora/Veo or similar), image (e.g., Midjourney/SD or similar), audio/music (e.g., Udio/Suno), VO/TTS, NLE/motion tools, node composers (e.g., ComfyUI/Houdini/Nuke-style thinking). We don't require a specific stack, results matter most.
Benefits
Remote-friendly, no travel. We ship, learn, and improve the system together. This is a contract-to-FullTime conversion (over 3-6 months). We'll agree on a day-rate and go from there. Benefits + growth path shared early in process.