AI Video Creator

HeyGen
Los Angeles +1 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

AI video creators with hands-on experience and a strong social media presence will find this in-office contractor role with a focus on generative video models and platform-specific formats.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a proven track record in AI video creation and active social media influence
    — “Active creator with 10k+ followers on at least one platform”
  • Professionals who can bridge AI tools with traditional editing workflows
    — “Combine AI footage with traditional editing (Premiere, After Effects, CapCut)”
  • Individuals who thrive in a collaborative environment with a focus on experimentation
    — “Experiment relentlessly: test new models and HeyGen features on release day”

Things to consider

  • In-office work is required, which may limit remote flexibility
    — “We are an in-office work environment”
  • The role offers potential for permanent conversion based on performance
    — “this is a full-time contractor role with the opportunity to convert to a permanent position based on performance”

How to stand out

  • Showcase AI video projects that include varied formats and aspect ratios
    — “Reframe and export every piece in the right format and aspect ratio”
  • Highlight your expertise with multiple generative video models in your portfolio
    — “Maintain deep, current expertise across MCPs and generative video models”
  • Demonstrate your ability to create scroll-stopping hooks and creative variations
    — “Build scroll-stopping hooks in the first 3 seconds and deliver multiple hook and creative variations”
  • Emphasize your experience with agent-driven workflows and AI tools
    — “Experience building agent-driven video workflows (HyperFrames skills, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI)”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · LowAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • Produces high-quality AI videos
  • Maintains expertise in generative video models
  • Develops advanced prompting techniques
Typical background
Experience in AI video creationPortfolio of AI video content

Skills & requirements

Required

AI Video CreationHyperframesHeygen AvatarsGenerative Video ModelsTraditional Video Editing

Preferred

Prompting TechniquesMulti-step PipelinesScroll-stopping HooksShort-form Trends

Stack & domain

PythonReactPremiereAfter EffectsCapcutLeadershipCommunicationAIVideo CreationMedia

About the role

Original posting from HeyGen via Greenhouse

About HeyGen

At HeyGen, our mission is to make visual storytelling accessible to all. Over the last decade, visual content has become the preferred method of information creation, consumption, and retention. But the ability to create such content, in particular videos, continues to be costly and challenging to scale. Our ambition is to build technology that equips more people with the power to reach, captivate, and inspire audiences.

Learn more at www.heygen.com.  Visit our Mission and Culture doc here. 

About the role

HeyGen is looking for an AI video creator who already lives on the frontier of generative video and has a portfolio to prove it. You’ll produce the videos that show the world what HeyGen can do: platform demos, campaign content, social-first videos, and internal projects, from concept to final cut. HeyGen and HyperFrames are your primary tools, but every other model in the stack is there to feed them. This is a full-time contractor role with the opportunity to convert to a permanent position based on performance.  We are an in-office work environment. 

What you’ll do

Produce high-quality AI video for campaigns, internal projects, and platform demos, from concept to final cut, with HeyGen avatars and HyperFrames at the center of the pipeline

Build HyperFrames projects that render deterministic, editable video, and pair them with HeyGen avatars, voices, and translations to deliver finished assets

Maintain deep, current expertise across MCPs and generative video models (Veo, Sora, Seedance, Runway, Kling, Hailuo, Wan, Pika) and know each model’s strengths, limits, and sweet spots, and when to route footage into a HeyGen or HyperFrames pipeline

Develop advanced prompting techniques and multi-step pipelines that consistently produce realistic results, and build prompt libraries the team can reuse

Build scroll-stopping hooks in the first 3 seconds and deliver multiple hook and creative variations so the team can test what performs

Write short concepts, shot lists, storyboards, and prompts, and plan scenes before generating so every video has a clear idea

Combine AI footage with traditional editing (Premiere, After Effects, CapCut): captions, subtitles, transitions, effects, basic color, and sound design

Reframe and export every piece in the right format and aspect ratio (9:16, 1:1, 16:9) for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

Experiment relentlessly: test new models and HeyGen features on release day, benchmark outputs, and turn findings into content ideas and team playbooks

Track short-form trends, formats, and sounds and quickly turn them into content

Who you are

Strong visual eye and storytelling instinct. Your videos communicate, not just impress

Hands-on with HeyGen and HyperFrames: you can take a brief from blank page to rendered MP4 using HeyGen avatars and HyperFrames projects, and you have work that shows it

1+ years creating AI video content (professional, freelance, or prolific personal practice) with a portfolio to prove it

Active creator with 10k+ followers on at least one platform (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X). 

Encyclopedic knowledge of current generative video models and a clear POV on when to use which

Exceptional prompting skills: you understand how language and parameters translate to visual output across architectures

Experience building agent-driven video workflows (HyperFrames skills, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI)

Experience with traditional video editing Premiere, After Effects, CapCut)

Contractor Salary Range: $5,000-10,000/month

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only.  HeyGen considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, as well as location, market and business considerations when extending an offer. 

HeyGen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Join us at HeyGen and be part of a team that's making visual storytelling accessible to all!

Source: HeyGen careers (Greenhouse)

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