Midweight AI Creative
Job Summary
VCCP is the global challenger network for challenger brands. With more than 1500 people across 13 offices in North America EMEA and APAC we challenge convention to deliver value for the worlds most ambitious organisations.
We believe transformation happens when everything works together. Thats why we bring specialists from every discipline - strategy AI data media digital experience branding creativity production PR CX CRM employee engagement and beyond - into one fully integrated network.
We were founded on the principles of simplicity collaboration and un-preciousness and weve grown by staying true to them. Today our clients include some of the worlds most recognisable and progressive brands such as Virgin Media O2 Barclays Cadbury Compare the Market Dominos White Claw easyJet Primark and Co-op.
VCCP has topped the AARs annual new business ranking in 13 of the last 14 years and holds multiple Agency of the Year titles. Across every company and every capability we share the same ambition: to challenge ourselves challenge our clients and challenge the industry for the better.
THE ROLE
Faith is VCCPs AI Creative Agency a focused fast-moving team of talent from around thewider agency building campaigns experiences and tools that put Gen-AI to genuinelycreative use for clients including Virgin Media O2 British Gas Cadbury and easyJet.
Were looking for a Creative who treats AI as a way to challenge conventions and unlocknew interesting experiences that make their work better; more than pumping out stuffquicker and cheaper.
Youll have a regular flow of briefs from one of the most enviable client lists in the UK to workfrom but the best candidates wont stop there. We want someone whos constantly trackingwhats new in AI: new models new tools new behaviours; and asking what could we dowith this for our clients
Being proactive is key to this role. VCCP is full of people ready to help support and sellgreat ideas but initially youll need to be comfortable working independently developing yourwork to sell-in to your two managing Creative Directors other teams across the agency and to clients.
If youre already building passion projects with AI in your own time because you just canthelp yourself lets talk.
Key Responsibilities
- Learning Mindset: Demonstrate a passion for the Gen-AI space and the ability to stay updated with the latest in AI from video and image models to agent frameworks.
- Creatively Independent: Generating ideas proactively and from briefs focussed on Gen-AI and innovation.
- Constantly Curious: Staying across the latest AI developments and constantly askingwhat they could unlock creatively for our clients.
- Think it build it: Building rapid proof-of-concept work at pace.
- Good enough tocommunicate the idea not precious about polish at this stage
- Confident Communicator: Presenting concepts confidently to Creative Directorsinternal teams other agency verticals and clients.
- Model Proficiency: Prompt engineering across LLMs and applied use ofimage/video/music models and agentic platforms; willingness to develop deeperexpertise in ComfyUI and model training where relevant.
- Collaborating: Work alongside our engineering team to integrate and refine AImodels aligning them with the agencys creative standards tools and clientrequisites. Also helping traditional Creative Teams validate their AI ideas.
- Upskilling the wider agency: Contribute to delivering training for different audiencesacross VCCP.
What Were Looking For
The balance that matters here is roughly 60/40 creative-to-technical. We care more aboutideas and the confidence to push them than your GitHub.
Essential
- Strong creative instincts with a demonstrable ability to generate original AI-native ideas
- Strong Art Direction background to inform quality image and video generations.
- Confidence presenting and selling concepts verbally in decks and in rooms
- Solid working knowledge of LLMs image generation models and prompt engineering
- Self-motivation and entrepreneurial energy you make things happen without beingtold to
- Fast prototyping ability you can mock something up well enough to communicate theidea
- Comfort with ambiguity and a lean independent way of working in this very fastmoving AI tech space
Useful but not required
- Experience with ComfyUI Antigravity/Claude Code OpenClaw/Hermes and custommodel training experience e.g. training LoRAs
- Python API and MCP development experience
- A background in design advertising digital or a related creative field
- A degree in a relevant subject is fine but wed take a strong portfolio of self-initiated
- AI work over a Computer Science certificate any day.
VCCP DE&I STATEMENT
We believe that DE&I is about creating a strong culture of inclusion within our agency where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self. VCCP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender age disability religion belief sexual orientation marital status or ethnicity. If you require any adjustments during the application or interview process please let us know via.
CRIMINAL RECORDS INFORMATION
As part of our onboarding process you will be required to complete a Criminal Records Declaration regarding any unspent convictions. For roles in finance HR Legal IT or senior management we may be required to verify your declaration with a basic DBS check as well as an Adverse Finance and ID check.
**Please note we try to respond to as many applications as possible but if you do not hear from us within two weeks of submitting your application please assume we are unable to proceed with your application for this specific role. Thank you for your interest in VCCP**