Head of Applied AI

Our imaginative and prescient is to construct the next-generation platform for quick and simple creation of audio and video content material. In November 2022, we took an enormous leap ahead by launching Storyboard, the video modifying basis that we’re excited to construct atop AI capabilities like Overdub, Studio Sound, and different generative AI capabilities within the close to future. We’re utilized by a few of the world’s prime podcasters and influencers in addition to companies similar to BBC, ESPN, Hubspot, Shopify and Washington Submit for speaking through video. We have raised $100M from a few of the world’s finest buyers like Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI Startup fund, Redpoint Ventures and Spark Capital.

We’re on the lookout for a strategic thinker who has a powerful product and technical acumen to steer our Utilized AI Analysis workforce and form the product and enterprise within the coming years through the leading edge developments in AI. You’ll be managing a gifted workforce of AI Researchers specialised in generative fashions and deep studying and can report on to the VP of Engineering.

A few of our analysis publications:

• SampleRNN: An Unconditional End-to-End Neural Audio Generation Model.
• Char2Wav: End-to-end Speech Synthesis.
• ObamaNet: Photo-realistic lip-sync from text.
• MelGAN: Generative Adversarial Networks for Conditional Waveform Synthesis.
• Chunked Autoregressive GAN for Conditional Waveform Synthesis
• Wav2CLIP: Learning Robust Audio Representations From CLIP

Job Obligations

The Head of Utilized AI shall be chargeable for managing and main our Utilized AI Analysis workforce in growing and implementing cutting-edge AI applied sciences for the Descript product. The obligations embrace:

• Main analysis tasks and guaranteeing their well timed completion
• Collaborating with different groups to combine AI applied sciences into real-world merchandise
• Mentoring and managing a workforce of analysis scientists and engineers
• Growing and implementing analysis methods
• Staying up-to-date with the newest developments in AI know-how and incorporating them into our analysis
• Representing the corporate in conferences and occasions

{Qualifications}

The perfect candidate can have:

• PhD or Grasp’s diploma specialised in Deep Studying or equal expertise.
• 3+ years in managing AI groups and 5+ years of expertise with constructing deep studying fashions
• A monitor file of main and delivery analysis tasks in manufacturing
• Expertise in managing and mentoring analysis scientists
• Robust information of deep studying (and ideally generative fashions)
• Wonderful communication and interpersonal abilities

The bottom salary vary for this position is $200,000- $310,000/12 months. Closing supply quantities will rigorously think about a number of components, together with prior expertise, experience, location, and should fluctuate from the quantity above.

About Descript

Descript is constructing a easy, intuitive, fully-powered modifying device for video and audio — an modifying device constructed for the age of AI. We’re a workforce of 140 — with a proven CEO and the backing of a few of the world’s best buyers (OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital). 

Descript is the particular firm that is in possession of each product market match and the uncooked supplies (passionate consumer neighborhood, nice product, massive market) for progress, however continues to be early sufficient that every new worker has a measurable affect on the path of the corporate.

Advantages embrace a beneficiant healthcare bundle, catered lunches, and versatile trip time. We at present have workplaces in San Francisco and Montreal, and are open to of us working remotely between PT and ET time zones. Whether or not you like WFH or can’t wait to get again to being in particular person, we’re excited by providing an setting that works for you.

Descript is an equal alternative office—we’re devoted to equal employment alternatives no matter race, shade, ancestry, faith, intercourse, nationwide origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital standing, incapacity, gender id, or Veteran standing. We imagine in actively constructing a workforce wealthy in numerous backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to higher enable our workers, merchandise, and neighborhood to thrive.