AI Filmmaker (Remote)

We're Novakid, the next-generation early English learning environment that allows kids around the world to learn English efficiently, through play and fully remote practice with certified professional teachers.

Think cutting edge technology like AI-powered games and training apps that promote English speaking and comprehension based on the use of authentic content in English language. Think certified professionals with years and decades of expertise in children's psychology and learning methods.

“Our Vision is to change the way ESL children learn English by making it more engaging, elective, fun, and accessible. The ability to master the English language from an early age is critical to achieving a path of greater success and fulfillment, socially, emotionally, academically and professionally.” – Max Azarov, Founder

About the Role

Novakid is investing heavily in its brand, and we want films that move people. We’re looking for an AI Film Director to create brand films with a movie-level finish, using the latest generative AI tools.

You’ll take each film from brief to final master: from taking the brief to storyboard, AI generation, edit, colour and finishing. You’ll work with our sound engineer on music and sound. Our video production team covers Novakid’s day-to-day content; your focus is our hero brand films, made for families around the globe (motion graphics and 3D/compositing chops are a real plus). This is a full-time, hands-on role in the Creative team, reporting to our Head of Creative.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct and deliver cinematic brand films from brief to final master

• Turn briefs from the Head of Creative and Brand Director into emotional, story-driven concepts that stay true to Novakid’s brand voice and visual identity

• Create and own Novakid’s AI film style guide (characters, worlds, look and feel) so characters and style stay consistent from film to film

• Refine AI output by hand (retouching, compositing, redrawing, colour grading) until every frame has a movie-level finish

• Work with our sound engineer on music, sound design and voice-over, including localized versions for our key markets

• Plan each film’s schedule and budget (tools, generation credits, freelancers when needed) and deliver on time

• Keep up with AI film tools and bring in new techniques that raise quality or speed

• Follow responsible AI practices with our Legal team: clear AI labelling, consent for any real person’s likeness or voice, and commercial rights to everything we publish

• Strong design background alongside video production and AI prompting skills.

• Can build automated content-production workflows using AI agents, APIs or workflow tools.

• Own the voice acting and dubbing pipeline: work with an external casting/dubbing agency, or with per-language actor leads who source and manage further talent for their own language, to cast, record and quality-check localized voice content, attending recordings yourself to protect creative and brand quality

• Explore where AI voice generation fits for the existing video editors on lower-complexity projects, and build a lightweight workflow so they can use it without pulling in the full unit

• Integrate the AI Video Production Unit into the wider creative organization, with clean handoffs to the video editors team and the Lead Producer so both tracks reinforce each other instead of duplicating work

What you’ll have…

• A portfolio of complete AI films, not just a showreel, with consistent characters and coherent storytelling

• Proven experience directing cinematic, emotionally resonant brand or narrative films, combining traditional film craft with current, hands-on AI video experience (image-to-video, AI-assisted VFX)

• Strong visual fundamentals: composition, colour, lighting and storytelling, with a design background and the eye to judge and fix AI output

• Editing and finishing skills: Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve (including colour grading), plus Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects for fixes and compositing

• Motion graphics and 3D/compositing skills (e.g. Cinema 4D, Maya, Nuke, After Effects) are a strong plus

• Experience leading a small technical-creative team (e.g. prompt engineers, a cinematography lead, or similar hybrid creative/technical roles)

• Familiarity with voice acting and dubbing production, whether managing an external casting agency or per-language talent leads

• Able to deliver a film a month on your own: organised, reliable on deadlines, and comfortable setting up a process from scratch, since this is a new discipline at Novakid

• Collaborative: you’ll work closely with Brand, our sound engineer and the video production team

• Comfortable defining process as you go, this is a new production discipline at Novakid, not an established playbook

• English fluency; other languages are a real plus given the multi-market, multi-language scope of this role

What Success Looks Like (first 6 months)

First 3 months

• Your workflow from brief to final master is set up and documented

• Version 1 of Novakid’s AI film style guide is in place (characters, look, reference library)

• 2–3 brand films delivered and approved by the Head of Creative and Brand Director

First 6 months

• Minimum of one film every month, each with a movie-level finish (5–6 films delivered in total)

• Characters and look stay consistent from film to film

• The Head of Creative and Brand Director trusts that every film meets Novakid’s creative and brand standards without needing heavy oversight.

• Every film on time and within budget, with what we learn from each film’s performance feeding into the next

We Offer

• Make an impact: Improve the lives of children around the world.

• Grow with us: Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Thrive in a collaborative culture: Join a diverse and supportive team that values creativity and innovation.

• Flexible work environment: Enjoy the freedom to work remotely.