Director – AI Innovation

Anchour

Lead AI Innovation at creatively-driven agency Anchour, shaping AI tools and strategies for business enhancement. Collaborate with senior leaders to integrate AI into operations and client offerings.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeNew Gloucester • Maine • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $85,000 - $105,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the AI practice.
Set the vision and roadmap for AI at Anchour.
Decide what we build next, how we prioritize it, and the standards everyone works to.
Keep a sharp read on the space and bring leadership real recommendations, not headlines.
Build and deploy across the business.
Find the friction in business development, client services, creative operations, and the back office, then build the workflows and automations that remove it.
Turn AI into a client advantage.
Build AI-driven capabilities into prospecting, proposals, and client work, and develop new offerings clients will pay for.
Drive adoption across the team.
Get 40+ people confidently using these tools every day.
Own responsible use.
Set how we handle client data, protect confidential work, and decide what goes into which model.
Measure what's working.
Track where AI is improving quality, speed, and output. Keep what earns its place and cut what doesn't.
Shape what we build. Partner with our Technical Lead and dev team on the product roadmap.
Bring the agency's real needs into the build so what ships gets used.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-on AI experience: You've deployed AI tools and automations in a working business and driven measurable change across teams.
A builder's instinct: You're technical enough to prototype, build automations, and prompt with skill, and you can hold your own with a dev team.
Sharp, current point of view: You read the AI space well and move fast from insight to implementation.
Real technical foundations: You prototype fast, but you build on solid ground.
Senior presence: You're as comfortable with a CEO as you are configuring a new workflow.
Adoption and enablement: You know the tool is the easy part. You teach, document, and get people using what you build.
Judgment on risk and data: You understand the security, confidentiality, and IP questions that come with AI, and you make smart calls about client data.
Agency or marketing fluency: Experience in an agency, marketing, or creative environment is a strong plus.
Self-directed: You see the work and move it. You don't wait to be told what to prioritize.
New England-based: This is a hybrid role with regular in-office days. Maine-based applicants are preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Salary & Profit Sharing: Share in our success as we grow.
Hybrid Work Flexibility: Office-based in Maine with a weekly in-office day and flexibility for remote work.
Retirement: Savings plan with a 4% company match.
Premium Insurance: Premium health, dental, vision, and life insurance with generous coverage for our US-based team members.
Optional HSA: An optional health savings account (HSA) for employees to set aside money on a pre-tax basis for medical expenses.
Home Office Setup: Get a laptop + 50% reimbursement for home office equipment.
Paid & Flexible Holidays: 12 paid holidays throughout the year, including three flexible holidays.
Paid Time Off: Minimum three weeks of paid time off per year.
Paid Leaves: Paid parental, medical, bereavement, and other types of leave.
Flexible & Summer Fridays: Half-day Fridays throughout the summer, and a get-it-done-and-go mindset year-round.
Lifelong Learners Fund: Cash for professional development (books, conferences, courses), and team bonding fun times.
Baby Bonding Bucks: $500 bonus to cover diapers, meals, or other baby-related expenses for any employee welcoming a new child.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI Tool DeploymentWorkflow AutomationPrototypingTechnical FoundationsData SecurityClient Data ManagementMeasurable Change ImplementationAI-Driven Capabilities DevelopmentInsight to ImplementationRisk Judgment

Soft Skills

LeadershipSelf-DirectedCommunication with ExecutivesTeaching and DocumentationAdaptability