Long-term Freelance Creative AI Designer

M+C Saatchi UK; Dubai; On-site; AED 276,000 - 551,000; Part time

Job summary

M+C Saatchi UK is seeking a Freelance AI Designer with a strong creative eye to blend design excellence with AI-powered tools. You''ll partner with Creative Directors, Art Directors, and Copywriters to develop visual concepts and deliver presentation-ready assets.

The role emphasizes design fundamentals, storytelling, and collaboration in a fast-paced environment. You’ll explore AI-driven routes, refine imagery, and ensure brand consistency across campaigns, with production-ready deliverables

Qualifications

• Strong experience in brand design and art direction within an agency or in-house team.
• Proficiency with AI image-generation tools (Midjourney, Firefly, Flux, Stable Diffusion or equivalents).
• Excellent retouching and image manipulation skills using Photoshop and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI-generated visual concepts for campaigns and client presentations.
• Create high-quality Key Visuals (KVs) using AI tools.

Skills

AI design

Brand design

Art direction

Storytelling

Collaboration

Tools

Midjourney

Adobe Firefly

Stable Diffusion

Photoshop

Job description

We're looking for a Freelance AI Designer with a strong creative eye and a passion for combining design excellence with the latest AI-powered creative tools. This role is ideal for someone who understands that AI is a creative enabler—not a replacement for great design. You'll work alongside Creative Directors, Art Directors, and Copywriters to develop compelling visual concepts, create high-quality key visuals, and bring campaign ideas to life. You'll use AI to rapidly explore creative routes, refine imagery, and produce presentation-ready assets that meet a consistently high creative standard.

Success in this role requires more than technical AI skills. We're looking for someone with strong design fundamentals, a keen understanding of composition, storytelling, and art direction, and the ability to translate ideas into visually impactful work. If you're naturally curious, enjoy experimenting with emerging creative technologies, and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

About The Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop AI-generated visual concepts for campaigns, pitches, and client presentations.
• Create high-quality Key Visuals (KVs) using AI image-generation tools.
• Upscale, retouch, expand, and refine imagery using AI-powered creative tools.
• Generate multiple creative routes quickly to support concept development and client presentations.
• Ensure visual consistency across campaign assets and brand touchpoints.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, and wider creative teams to bring ideas to life.
• Prepare AI-generated assets for production teams and external vendors.
• Build, organise, and maintain prompt libraries and reusable AI workflows.
• Research, test, and implement emerging AI creative tools, techniques, and best practices.
• Apply strong design fundamentals, including composition, colour, typography, and visual storytelling, to every piece of work.
• Use creative judgement and art direction skills to produce presentation-ready visuals that meet a high creative standard.

ABOUT YOU

You'll Ideally Have

• Strong experience in brand design, visual design, or art direction within an agency or in-house creative team.
• Expertise in AI image-generation tools such as Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Flux, Stable Diffusion, or similar platforms.
• Excellent retouching and image manipulation skills using Photoshop and other creative tools.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional creative thinking, high-quality visual execution, and AI-assisted campaign work.
• An understanding of production-ready asset preparation and workflows.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a passion for staying ahead of emerging AI creative technologies.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

About Our Local Office

We were born out of the need for strategic and brutally effective creativity in the region. With every successful campaign, we have grown, and cherry-picked the best professionals to work with us from all over the region and the world. In 2012, we opened our Abu Dhabi office and expanded our team with our Dubai office in 2016 and then our Riyadh office in 2023. From these offices we manage a number of local and global brands across the Middle East and Europe. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is the creative philosophy of M+C Saatchi. It defines the way we work and the work we produce. We believe: It’s easier to complicate than simplify. Simple ideas enter the brain quicker and stay there longer. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is therefore a painful necessity.

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI GROUP

M+C Saatchi Group is a creative federation of companies who navigate, create, and lead meaningful change for clients across five specialist divisions connected through people, culture, data, technology and creativity, M+C Saatchi Group aims to unlock new value for clients and leave a positive impact on the world.

M+C Saatchi Group’s work is informed by two core principles - Brutal Simplicity of Thought and Diversity of Thought. Together they guide how problems are solved and integrated specialist teams are built. Headquartered in London, M+C Saatchi Group have circa 2,500 employees globally. Our global operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia.

OUR AMBITION

At M+C Saatchi Group, our ambition is to create and curate Cultural Power for our clients. We do this by connecting specialist expertise, powered by creativity, data and technology, to help build famous brands and solve the most complex business and societal challenges.