Creative Technologist, Wharton Generative AI Labs

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The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn’s distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning. As an employer Penn has been ranked nationally on many occasions with the most recent award from Forbes who named Penn one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2023.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

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Creative Technologist, Wharton Generative AI Labs

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Founded in 1881 as the world’s first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the world. With campuses in both Philadelphia and San Francisco, Wharton has over 850 staff, a faculty population of more than 235 renowned professors, and 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students. Each year 13,000 professionals from around the world advance their careers through Wharton Executive Education’s individual, company-customized, and online programs. More than 104,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful global network of leaders who transform business every day. Wharton is home to a dynamic community of staff, bringing a wide range of skills, experiences, and perspectives. To learn more, visit www.wharton.upenn.edu.

The Wharton Generative AI Labs blends academic rigor with hands-on experience in educational technology to provide valuable insights into AI’s potential for enhancing how we teach, learn, and work. We create solutions that bring together pedagogical principles and technological innovation, and produce rigorous scientific research that advances our understanding of large language models through systematic testing and analysis. 

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The Creative Technologist designs and builds AI-enabled tools, systems, and experiences that advance GAIL's mission to catalyze responsible and innovative uses of AI. Working within a fast-moving and highly creative team, the Creative Technologist treats generative AI as a creative medium, one that calls for judgment, craft, and original thinking, and turns that approach into working resources that faculty, students, and external audiences can use, learn from, and build on. The role combines creative and intellectual ambition with strong technical ability, including fluency with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code and Codex and the design and use of agents and multi-agentic systems. It is well suited to an entrepreneurial, self-motivated builder who is excited to create with AI, who sees new opportunities and acts on them, and who sustains their creativity and relevance as generative AI tools continue to advance.
 
The ideal individual is entrepreneurial, self-directed, and thrives in a fast-moving environment. They are able to identify opportunities, define problems, establish direction, and move initiatives forward with confidence. They demonstrate creative ambition, bringing originality, sound judgment, and a high standard of quality to their work.
 
This position reports to the Executive Director of GAIL and requires a minimum of two days on campus per week.