Junior AI & Automation Specialist

Company: Grayling
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this hands-on role you will build and ship custom AI tools, agents, and automations used by our range of agencies. You’ll own delivery end-to-end, from scoping with stakeholders to deploying internal tools and MVPs for clients. You’ll work with OpenAI/Anthropic LLMs and cloud services to automate reporting, workflows, and client-facing AI products. The role centers on turning ideas into usable products that scale across the group, with opportunities to embed AI in client functions.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship internal AI tools, agents, and automations for daily agency use
  • Automate reporting, monitoring, and workflow tasks across the group
  • Prototype and deliver client-facing MVPs of AI products with the AI team
  • Embed AI within communications workflows for internal and client contexts
  • Scope use cases with stakeholders and translate into working solutions
  • Integrate with LLM APIs and managed AI services on AWS/Azure
  • Deploy serverless functions, connect APIs, data sources, auth, and light front-ends
  • Use workflow automation platforms (n8n, Make) for lower-code needs
  • Maintain and improve existing tools and align with Group IT security standards

Key requirements

  • Hands-on experience building agents, workflows, or automations in a company setting
  • Proficiency with Python and scripting; API/webhook integration; auth and permissions
  • Direct experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar)
  • Experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS or Azure); serverless functions and managed AI services
  • Working knowledge of workflow automation platforms (n8n, Make)
  • Frontend basics to build usable interfaces (HTML, React, CSS/Tailwind)
  • SQL and relational databases knowledge for data querying and integration
  • Experience with authentication/authorization patterns (OAuth/OIDC; Auth0, Entra ID)
  • Git/GitHub and good repo hygiene
  • Pragmatic, ship-it mindset and strong communication with non-technical teams
  • Strong communication with non-technical teams
  • Pragmatic, results-driven mindset
  • Collaborative stakeholder management
  • Python scripting
  • REST APIs, webhooks, authentication/permissions
  • LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic)

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Posted: October 17th, 2026