Art Director Research Team
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop visual concepts and direction for research stories, announcements, and demos. You will translate research into clear visual storytelling, art direct and design across multiple formats, create prototypes and visual systems, guide collaborators, and carry work from concept through final delivery.
Requirements
- 5+ years of art direction and graphic design experience
- Portfolio demonstrating original concepts, visual direction, and execution
- Typography, layout, composition, color, imagery, and information design craft
- Ability to develop cohesive visual systems across formats
- Ability to turn ambiguous briefs into clear creative approaches
- Interest in AI research
- Experience collaborating with researchers, filmmakers, marketers, and creative partners
Responsibilities
- Develop concepts and visual direction for research stories, announcements, and demos
- Translate research concepts and findings into compelling visual storytelling
- Art direct and design across web, social, film, editorial, and experiences
- Guide filmmakers, designers, animators, illustrators, and creative partners
- Create prototypes and reusable visual systems
- Carry visual direction from concept through final delivery
- Manage creative requests and adapt to changing research goals and timelines
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer Health Savings Account contributions
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO or up to 15 days annually, depending on exemption status
- 13+ paid company holidays, paid office closures, and paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided
