Creative Director, Art (AI)

Location: San Francisco, United States

Salary: $287K–$318K base pay annually, plus equity and potential performance-related bonuses

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company developing and deploying general-purpose artificial intelligence with a focus on safety and human needs.

What you will do

• Lead visual concepting and creative direction for B2B campaigns, product launches, customer stories, and industry initiatives.
• Develop visual ideas connecting OpenAI products and technical capabilities to customer needs, organizational transformation, and business outcomes.
• Partner with creative directors, writers, designers, motion artists, producers, product marketers, product, sales, customer success, communications, and research teams.
• Guide photography, illustration, motion, film, digital experiences, events, and customer storytelling from strategy and concept through final execution.
• Build scalable visual systems across the B2B customer journey and evolve OpenAI’s visual language for business audiences.
• Lead multiple creative initiatives while maintaining high standards for visual craft, conceptual thinking, clarity, and creative ambition.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as an Art Director or Creative Director at a top-tier creative agency and/or in-house at a modern technology company; experience in both environments is strongly preferred.
• Strong visual design and art direction experience across integrated campaigns, digital, social, film, product storytelling, events, and customer marketing.
• Experience creating work for B2B, enterprise, developer, or other technically sophisticated audiences.
• Ability to develop big creative ideas and guide them from early strategy through execution.
• Ability to turn complex products, technical capabilities, and business challenges into clear, human, memorable visual stories.
• Experience leading integrated campaigns and large-scale brand initiatives across different stages of the customer journey.
• Ability to balance enterprise credibility with distinctive, culturally relevant work.
• Ability to work in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities, multiple stakeholders, and complex creative challenges.
• Exceptional design taste, strong visual craft, strategic thinking, clarity, precision, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience guiding work through internal teams, agencies, and external creative vendors.

Nice to have

• Experience with enterprise technology, developer platforms, AI, or emerging products.
• Experience creating campaigns for executive buyers, technical decision-makers, developers, and end users.
• Motion design or film art direction experience.
• Experience leading visual storytelling for technical product launches, customer stories, or industry events.
• Experience developing modular creative systems scalable across regions, industries, channels, and customer segments.
• Comfort giving creative direction in Figma, Google Slides, and production environments, including shoots and post-production.
• Curiosity about AI, the future of work, and how organizations adopt transformative technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, at-will employment in a collaborative creative environment that values curiosity, kindness, and clear decision-making.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer HSA contributions, plus health and dependent-care FSAs.
• 401(k) plan with employer match, paid parental and caregiver leave, paid time off, paid holidays, office closures, and paid sick or safe time.
• Mental health and wellness support, employer-paid life and disability coverage, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily office meals, eligible meal delivery credits, relocation support for eligible employees, charitable donation matching, and wellness stipends.

Hiring process

• More detailed benefits information is provided during the hiring process.
• Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.