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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Associate Director, AI Transformation (US) - **Company:** Code and Theory - **Location:** London, UK - **Salary:** £145,000.0 - £200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe Creative Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Technology, Software Engineering, Adobe, Automation Anywhere - **Published:** September 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0deb25d591b10f34 ## About the Role * A strong track record of owning business outcomes with enterprise customers, rather than simply completing tasks and moving on * Real instinct and confidence for building and sustaining trust with executives, including a willingness to reach out boldly rather than waiting to be looped in * A self-directed style that creates momentum proactively, since this role rewards leading from the front over passive participation * Concrete examples of past work that translated into measurable business impact for a client * Hands-on experience with creative production workflows or content supply chains, ideally gained at enterprise companies or agencies * A background in creative operations, digital asset production, or content supply-chain management, specifically, is a plus * A genuine, end-to-end understanding of how the content supply chain works, from strategy and planning through production, activation, and measurement * Enough comfort with technology and product to hold credible conversations about feasibility and capability, ideally including hands-on experience in the Adobe ecosystem (Creative Cloud, Firefly, or GenStudio) or working knowledge of AI creative platforms like ComfyUI, Runway, or Claude Design * Experience working within an agile, pod-based software development lifecycle * Strong influence and facilitation skills, since this role involves coordinating specialists and cross-functional teams without direct authority over them * Good judgment for knowing when a situation calls for bringing in deeper expertise rather than trying to solve it solo * Bonus points for familiarity with specific creative workflows such as Assets at Scale, 3D, video, or product-asset production, or broader experience with AI-enabled workflow transformation in a creative or content-operations setting * Willingness to travel within the US (10-20%) ## Description * Engage with customer creative orgs to learn their brand system, production model, and the metrics leadership cares about * Communicate with executives through outcomes and insights (not status updates), and with designers, editors, and creative directors in their own language * Define and prioritize high-impact use cases with stakeholders: build the value hypothesis, hold engagements accountable to it, and measure/communicate progress toward realized outcomes * Advise on deploying and scaling AI-powered creative pipelines across the end-to-end content supply chain, helping customers grow from one proven workflow to full production volume * Recognize and mitigate risks from ill-defined use cases, insufficient scale, and customer readiness gaps * Understand what creative teams care about and give honest guidance even when it's not what they want to hear * Facilitate workshops that help creative teams map their production flow to AI workflows * Bring in creative technology, engineering, product, and program specialists as needed * Keep cross-functional teams aligned and synthesize customer feedback for product teams * Train customer teams and transition ownership cleanly so value continues after the engagement ends * Map future-state AI-powered workflows to current-state processes and roles, and build a change-management plan * Drive solution adoption through enablement sessions, demos, and partnership with Customer Success and Enablement teams ## Related Videos - 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