Christen McIntosh

Christen McIntosh is Manager of AI Creative at Lumen, where she leads creative strategy and a multidisciplinary team of designers, animators, and video editors across the brand's campaigns. She came up through every position in the media pipeline: cinematographer, editor, photographer, entrepreneur, and documentary filmmaker. That background shapes how she approaches AI. She's tested nearly everything Adobe has shipped, from Firefly and GenStudio to the CTV and Catalyst betas, and she's honest about where the tools fall short. Clear direction, good data, and a human making the final call are what turn a promising output into work worth shipping. Christen learns fast, teaches faster, and builds systems that help others grow. That's how Lumen's AI Learning Labs started, and other teams now run their own using the format she built.