Description
OpenAI is seeking a hands-on Art Director to partner with the Research team on creative concepts, visual direction, and design. You’ll help define how research stories look and feel, developing ideas and carrying them into compelling visual work. Working directly with researchers, you’ll keep scientific accuracy and clarity central to the creative approach, while finding distinctive ways to capture people’s attention and imagination.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with researchers and creative teams to understand priorities, develop original concepts, and define the visual direction for research stories, announcements, and demos
- Translate complex research concepts, methods, and findings into clear, compelling visual storytelling
- Art direct and design across web, social, film, editorial, and experiences
- Create prototypes and reusable visual systems that carry a creative idea across formats
- Carry visual direction from concept through delivery, reviewing work for craft, consistency, and clarity
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in both art direction and graphic design
- Portfolio demonstrating original concepts, a strong visual point of view, and high-quality execution
- Strong hands-on craft in typography, layout, composition, color, imagery, and information design
- Ability to turn an ambiguous brief into a clear creative approach and guide execution
- Experimental nature and broad range of visual references
- Interest in AI research and ability to ask thoughtful questions
Benefits:
- Competitive salary ($176K - $195K)
- Opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic and innovative company