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Job Title: AI Artist
Company: Primordial Soup
Location: New York, NY (preferred) | Remote (U.S. only)

About the Role

Primordial Soup—a creative technology company founded by visionary filmmaker Darren Aronofsky—is seeking extraordinary AI Artists to join us on our next AI film project with Google DeepMind and beyond.

You’ll be part of a small, fearless team shaping the next evolution of storytelling. Not just using GenAI tools—but bending them toward real artistic expression. You’ll be learning directly from the world class team at Google DeepMind and be working at the cutting edge of what these tools can create. From worldbuilding and visual development to experimental sequences and post-production polish, you’ll help define how this new wave of cinema gets made.

This is for artists who aren’t afraid to break things. Who are obsessed with what’s next. Who want to work with the best and be on the ground floor of a creative studio that’s rewriting the rules—and reshaping storytelling’s impact on culture. 

What You’ll Do

  • Create stunning, unexpected, emotionally resonant work using a mix of GenAI and traditional tools

  • Combine tools like Veo, Runway, Midjourney, and Sora with Blender, Unreal, Houdini, After Effects, etc.

  • Prototype bold new visual workflows—from lookdev and motion tests to narrative vignettes and final sequences

  • Collaborate with the industry’s leading directors, designers, and ML researchers to bring cutting-edge ideas to life

  • Help push the boundaries of what’s possible—visually, technically, and emotionally

  • Work across early development, R&D, and production phases of projects—including our next collaboration with Google DeepMind

  • Contribute to a new cinematic grammar being built in real time

Who You Are

  • A hands-on visual creator fluent in GenAI tools for video, image, and motion (Runway, Veo, Sora, Midjourney, etc.). Demonstrated expertise with GenAI tools is mandatory.

  • A background in film, VFX, animation, or design—and a strong sense of cinematic storytelling

  • A fast mover who thrives on iteration and knows how to push a creative brief beyond expectations

  • Confident across tools like After Effects, Premiere, Figma, Photoshop

  • (Bonus) Fluent in 3D/VFX software like Blender, Unreal, Houdini

  • (Bonus) Comfortable with creative coding or scripting (Python, Blueprint, GLSL)

  • Above all: curious, collaborative, and creatively fearless

Engagement Details

  • Start: Contract-based. Weekly or project fee depending on experience and availability. 

  • Future: Opportunity to evolve into a full-time role

About Primordial Soup

Primordial Soup is a creative technology company founded by visionary filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. We invent original stories and the tools to tell them—merging bold narrative, emotional depth, and experimental workflows. From ANCESTRA, created with Google DeepMind, to our upcoming originals, we’re building new IP, designing cinematic tools, and shaping a creative model where artists and technology evolve together.

How to Apply

If you're interested, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume, LinkedIn, portfolio or relevant work samples, and contact details to opportunities@primordialsoup.ai.

Let us know a bit about yourself and what excites you about this role.