Jobs at Primordial Soup (Now Hiring) — 4 open

Primordial Soup is a generative AI lab and story studio 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 generating new IP, building cinematic tools, and shaping a creative model where artists and technology evolve together.

Our team is small and works at the cutting edge of what generative AI can create. We are based in New York City.

The Role

You are at home crafting stylized animation and building photo-real, cinematic environments that feel like they've always existed. Someone who understands that world-building isn't just a visual exercise, it's a narrative one. You will work directly with Directors and Production to develop imaginative worlds, characters, and sequences using generative tools — while ensuring that every frame feels intentional, cinematic, and alive. You bring the taste along with a collaborative and experimental energy.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate closely with directors and producers to turn a shared vision into generated imagery

• Develop and iterate on AI-generated characters, environments, and sequences that serve a larger narrative

• Own the generative layer of our hybrid production pipeline, from concept to final output

• Maintain aesthetic consistency and world coherence across long-form features and episodic work

• Experiment with emerging tools and techniques — and know when not to use them

• Thrive across a wide range of formats — from quick-turn social content to long-form feature work and everything in between

• Move fast without losing craft — we operate on real production timelines, and speed matters as much as quality

What We're Looking For

Required

• A portfolio that demonstrates genuine storytelling — not just impressive renders, but work that has arc, emotion, and point of view

• Deep, hands-on fluency with current generative AI tools (Veo, Runway, Seedance, Kling, Luma, Comfy, Higgsfield or similar)

• The ability to hold a visual world together across many shots, scenes, or episodes — with consistent tone, character, and logic

• A restless relationship with tools, pushing existing ones to their limits and imagining what doesn't exist yet

• Collaborative instincts and comfort working with a cast of creative teammates; directors, editors, producers, and clients — each with their own language and vision

• Excellent communication and the ability to move between big-picture vision and pixel-level execution

Strongly Preferred

• A background in VFX, filmmaking, or other storytelling formats — real world production experience and pipeline fluency is a genuine advantage

• Experience with a variety of narrative styles (ie: animation, photo-realistic, 3D, etc…)

• Familiarity with cinematic grammar: lighting, framing, camera language, editorial pacing

• Experience delivering work for film festivals, broadcast, streaming, or editorial platforms

Engagement Details

We’re based in New York but work with distributed talent.

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

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

Primordial Soup provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

Primordial Soup is committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. We confirm that this advertisement is for an active, existing vacancy within our organization. Please be advised that we may use artificial intelligence-driven tools to assist our recruitment team in screening, assessing, and selecting candidates for this position.