Full-Time
AI Engineer
Content Generation
Posted on 9/3/2025
Viral Nation
501-1,000 employees
Influencer marketing and social media partner
No salary listed
Toronto, ON, Canada
Hybrid
 AI & Machine Learning (2) |
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- 3-5 years of experience with engineering, AI or LLM’s
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly Vertex AI (including Gemini models) and BigQuery
- Proficiency in building and deploying AI solutions using LangChain and/or the Google AI Language SDK
- Experience with agentic frameworks and platforms, specifically AgentSpace
- Strong data integration and warehousing skills using Snowflake
- Deep experience with prompt engineering and optimization techniques for models like Gemini, GPT-4, etc.
- Proficiency in a backend language, preferably Python or Node.js
- Solid experience designing, building, and consuming REST APIs
- Familiarity with workflow automation tools (e.g., n8n.io) for content pipelines
- A creative mindset with an understanding of brand voice, content strategy, and marketing goals
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to translate creative requirements into technical systems
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Strong communication skills to effectively bridge the gap between technical and creative teams
- Develop Generative Workflows: Design and build agentic workflows and LLM-powered chains to automate content generation, summarization, personalization, and editing.
- Integrate Content Systems: Architect and develop robust integrations between our generative AI models and key business platforms, including Content Management Systems (CMS), marketing automation tools (HubSpot), and social media APIs.
- Optimize Prompts & Models: Engineer, refine, and evaluate prompts and fine-tune models to ensure outputs align with our brand voice, tone, and quality standards.
- Implement Quality Guardrails: Develop and deploy automated evaluation frameworks (AI Evals) and human-in-the-loop processes to govern content quality, originality, and brand safety.
- Manage Data for Content AI: Build and manage data pipelines in BigQuery and Snowflake that feed high-quality, relevant data (brand assets, knowledge bases) into our generative models.
- Collaborate with Creative Teams: Partner closely with marketing, creative, and product teams to identify and execute high-impact use cases for generative AI.
- Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process.
Viral Nation is a social media and influencer marketing agency that combines influencer campaigns with paid performance media, owned social channels, and creative content services for brands. It uses machine learning and AI-powered technology to plan, optimize, and safely transition brands to a social-first approach, blending organic and paid efforts to boost social commerce. The company differentiates itself with proprietary tech and an end-to-end service across influencer collaborations, paid media, ownership of social ecosystems, and creative production, delivering measurable results like higher ROAS and lower CAC. Its goal is to help brands become social-first, maximize social media value, and achieve predictable revenue growth through influencer marketing and paid/social strategies.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Late Stage VC
Total Funding
$183.3M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2014
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Rocket Companies appointed Viral Nation as first social media AOR post-Super Bowl.
- Vertiqal Studios partnership enhances gaming content creation and revenue.
- Produced original series for Like Nastya with Wind Sun Sky Entertainment.
What critics are saying
- TikTok US ban eliminates 40-60% of short-form video client campaigns.
- Meta's AI generators undercut human influencers with zero-cost synthetic content.
- OpenAI Sora enables brands to bypass Viral Nation's video production services.
What makes Viral Nation unique
- Launched Culture Quotient at Brandweek to measure cultural resonance beyond impressions.
- Partners with Cannes Lions for Creator Pass and LIONS Creators programming.
- Proprietary AI translates social signals into benchmarkable business outcomes.
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↓ -1%Viral Nation launches The Culture Quotient measurement at Brandweek. Viral Nation's new measurement offering looks to replace impressions. There's big news to come out of Monday's edition of ADWEEK's Brandweek in Atlanta: Viral Nation is announcing the launch of its new proprietary measurement framework, The Culture Quotient, CQ. The framework is a first-of-its-kind offering for measuring cultural relevance and business impact, according to Viral Nation. CQ utilizes advanced AI and social intelligence to measure how a brand is represented in culture, translating social signals - such as engagement growth, conversation volume, and sentiment - to tangible results. "The Culture Quotient is the next evolution of measurement. It's benchmarkable, trackable, and tied directly to business outcomes," said Joe Gagliese, Viral Nation CEO. "It's a framework that tells brands not just how loud they are, but how deeply they resonate in culture." CQ is looking to replace traditional social metrics like earned media value (EMV) and impressions, which only measure visibility, not value. According to Viral Nation, these measurement methods show reach rather than resonance. "Culture drives business," said Richelle Batuigas, Viral Nation's executive vice president, business intelligence and data strategy. "When brands connect authentically to what people care about, we see it in the data - consideration, loyalty, sales. The Culture Quotient finally gives marketers a way to see and scale that connection." With social media as the main playground for relevance, Viral Nation notes that its data consistently shows that when people perceive a brand as culturally relevant, it drives everything from consideration to purchase intent and loyalty. According to the company, cultural connection is the new currency of trust. "We realize [EMV] is a metric that doesn't actually give us true insight into performance or cultural relevance," Batuigas told ADWEEK. "That's why we want to do away with it and introduce this new score that actually gives you true insight." For Batuigas, the value comes down to measuring the impact of all communication and going beyond quantity. "It's about thinking more deeply about the quantity and the quality, and also about how you arrived at those outcomes so you can drive better results and better connections," Batuigas said. Mark Mwachiro is a TVNewser contributor who has been writing for the blog since March 2022. Based out of New York, Mark has also contributed to ADWEEK.
Viral Nation's first work as Rocket's social AOR arrived earlier this year during the Super Bowl.
Vertiqal Studios, North America's largest gaming and lifestyle social media channel owner, has partnered with influencer marketing leader Viral Nation to enhance its content creation and revenue streams.
TORONTO - Viral Nation, a leading social media marketing and creator agency with a social-first approach powered by its proprietary technology, today announced two original series for content creator Like Nastya with studio production partner Wind Sun Sky Entertainment.
VICE Studios Group is developing a reality series Montana Boyz (working title) with Viral Nation, the social media marketing and creator representation agency.