Business Development Executive, Luma AI
Agency Partnerships
$140-160k
+ Equity
3D AI design platform
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3D AI design platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-160k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To enable everyone to capture and experience the world in lifelike 3D.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of agency-facing business development experience, ideally in tech, media, or creative tools
- You have a robust network across creative, production, and media agencies—and they actually take your calls
- Experience building partnerships from initial conversation through long-term strategic relationship
- You understand agency economics, timelines, and the constant pressure to deliver breakthrough creative
- Track record of closing complex deals involving multiple stakeholders and decision makers
- Strategic thinker who can see around corners and anticipate market shifts
- Entrepreneurial mindset with experience thriving in fast-paced, early-stage environments
Desirable
- You genuinely get excited about emerging technology and love being an early evangelist
- You've worked at an early-stage startup and understand the unique challenges and opportunities
- You can translate complex technical capabilities into clear business value for creative professionals
- You build relationships for the long term, not just the next deal
- You have a sense of humor and can navigate the sometimes ego-driven world of advertising
- You see AI as augmenting human creativity, not replacing it
- You're energized by the idea of shaping an entirely new category alongside creative pioneers
- Expertise in your field: You already know the agency landscape inside and out
- Urgency, velocity and execution: We move at startup speed, agencies move fast too
- Problem solving mindset: Every partnership has unique challenges to solve
- Clear communication: You can explain complex AI concepts to creative directors
- Product focus: Everything serves our mission to expand human creativity
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Business Development Executive to transform how the world's most creative agencies work
- You'll partner with everyone from scrappy independent shops to global holding company networks, helping them discover how AI can supercharge their creative process—from initial brainstorm to final deliverable
- This isn't about disrupting agencies—it's about empowering them to do what they do best, but faster, more creatively, and at unprecedented scale
- Hosting a demo for a top agency's innovation team showcasing how Dream Machine can transform their pitch process
- Negotiating enterprise licensing terms with a top-tier creative agency that wants to integrate AI across all client work
- Collaborating with our product team after a production house requests specific video editing capabilities
- Speaking at Cannes Lions about the future of AI in advertising (okay, maybe not every week!)
- Working with an independent agency to pilot a new creative workflow using our latest models
- Building relationships with agency new business teams who see AI as their competitive edge
- Structuring a partnership with a media agency exploring AI-powered content personalization
- Ome of the Cool Things We're Working On:
- Building strategic partnerships with holding companies to bring AI creativity to their global client roster
- Developing custom creative workflows for agencies pioneering AI-first campaigns
- Creating case studies that showcase how AI can 10x creative output without sacrificing quality
- Establishing Luma as the go-to creative AI platform for the world's most innovative agencies
- Working with production houses to integrate our models into existing post-production workflows
- Partnering with agencies to create entirely new service offerings powered by AI
Application process
- Our interview process is designed to understand both your strategic thinking and relationship-building approach:
- Initial conversation about your agency network and vision for AI in advertising
- Strategic case study around a real agency partnership opportunity
- Product deep-dive with our team to understand what you'd be partnering around
- Meet with key stakeholders to discuss how partnerships drive our overall strategy
- Final conversations about expectations, compensation, and cultural fit
Our take
Luma AI is an AI-based API platform that harnesses the power of NeRF (neural radiance field) technology to create 3D models of any object through its mobile application. The generated 3D models can then be used for a range of digital uses, changing how people share memories, search for products, and reimagining internet and gaming spaces.
By utilizing NeRF technology, the company can bypass traditional programming requirements such as teams of 3D artists or expensive photogrammetry setups, thus democratizing 3D creation by making it accessible to anyone with the app.
While Luma AI faces a growing number of competitors in the space, it will need to focus on advancing and refining its technology to fully compete with AI giants such as OpenAI. However, the company’s focus on its specific area of the market certainly allows it to see vast growth opportunities.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2024
$20m
LATE VC
Jan 2024
$43m
SERIES B
Total funding: $87.3m
Company benefits
- Equity grant to reflect the incredible value you will bring to Luma, with annual refreshes
- Full health, dental, and vision coverage
- Latest and greatest gear
- Stipends towards wellness, house cleaner, and phone/internet
- Unlimited paid time off with 12 days minimum
- Unlimited sick days
Company HQ
West Oakland, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Amit Jain
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at Apple as a Computer Vision, Cameras, and Systems Engineer. Founder and former Lead Developer of Cultured Pixel.
Alex Y.
(Co-Founder)Initially served as a Research Scientist at the company. Former Research Assistant at UC Berkeley. Also held Internships at Adobe and Google.
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