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Our teams blend creative ingenuity with cutting-edge technology to deliver high-end visual effects, immersive storytelling, and premium content for global clients, brands, and broadcasters.\nFramestore combines talent and technology to bring life to everything we create. Driven by creativity and inspired by the future, we set out every day to reframe the possible.\nAbout the role\nThis is an existing role within our team. As an AI Lead, you'll act as a key creative and technical force within our studio, actively leveraging Generative AI tools, real-time 3D, and other emerging technologies alongside traditional VFX techniques to accelerate high-impact Advertising projects.\nBy working closely with Creative Directors, VFX Supervisors, Executive Producers, and clients, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping visually compelling solutions - particularly for projects with ambitious creative goals and constrained budgets. 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