Designer, Research and Experiments (AI)

Location: US - Remote

Salary: $176K–$195K plus equity

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company developing general-purpose artificial intelligence intended to benefit humanity and deploying AI products with safety and human needs at the core.

What you will do

• Partner with researchers and creative leads to define design problems, identify essential stories, and establish visual directions.
• Translate research concepts, methods, and findings into accurate visual narratives, validating interpretations and limitations with subject-matter experts.
• Develop and iterate prototypes for experiments, demos, and experiences.
• Design coherent visual work across web, editorial, social, film, and experiential formats.
• Build reusable graphic systems, templates, and design patterns for research communications.
• Guide collaborators, provide feedback, maintain design quality, and own delivery for complex workstreams as research and production requirements evolve.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating senior-level design judgment, strong conceptual thinking, and polished work that makes complex ideas understandable.
• Experience shaping visual direction and delivering projects from early exploration through final production with substantial hands-on contribution.
• Strong graphic design fundamentals and experience creating flexible visual systems for digital or physical applications.
• Experimental practice involving prototyping, testing approaches, and learning new tools or formats as required.
• Curiosity about unfamiliar research, precise questioning, and preserving technical meaning without inaccurate simplification.
• Ability to guide collaborators, explain design decisions, synthesize feedback, and maintain momentum while a brief develops.

Nice to have

• Experience with research storytelling, creative technology, interactive or experiential work, motion systems, or AI-assisted making.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement for US-based candidates.
• Work within a creative team focused on campaigns, launches, films, brand systems, and experimental work.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diverse perspectives and experiences.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
• Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law for US-based candidates.