AI Art Director

a1mobile; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

a1mobile is seeking an AI Art Director in the San Francisco Bay Area to define the visual identity across campaigns, social, video, events, and the App Store. You will blend traditional art direction with AI image and video tools to produce high-quality work at speed.

You will build scalable AI workflows, style guides, and prompt libraries, and lead a team of content creators, designers, and freelancers to ensure on-brand outputs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of art direction or visual design experience at an agency, brand, or tech company.
• 1+ year of hands-on work with AI image and video generation tools in real projects.
• Portfolio demonstrating AI-generated work and art direction across campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Set the visual direction for the brand across campaigns, social, video, events, and website.
• Lead AI-powered creative production: concepts, prompts, image and video generation, editing, and final polish.
• Build repeatable AI workflows, style guides, and prompt libraries for on-brand output at scale.
• Direct and review work from content creators, designers, and freelancers.
• Create launch and campaign assets with product and marketing teams from concept to final files.
• Shape App Store presence, iconography, and illustration style.
• Maintain high quality, consistency, and asset licensing across publications.

Skills

Art direction

Visual design

Typography

Color theory

Storytelling

Team collaboration

Startup adaptability

Tools

Midjourney

Runway

Veo

Kling

Figma

Photoshop

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Job description

AI Art Director · Hybrid, San Francisco Bay Area

This is a hybrid role based in our San Francisco office. You should live in the San Francisco Bay Area and be able to work from the office a few days a week.

About a1mobile

a1mobile is building the AI-native carrier for businesses.

We're rebuilding the carrier layer, bringing mobile, landline, and AI phone systems together. Every business number should answer, understand, take action, and follow up.

Our first product, a1mobile One, is one business line for $99/month: unlimited calls and texts, 5G data, and an AI receptionist built into the carrier itself. It answers every call and text 24/7, takes bookings and orders, sends quotes and follows up. Our customers are small service businesses: restaurants, cafes, salons, studios, contractors, and hotels.

We recently raised an $11.5M seed round led by General Catalyst, with backing from Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, Commerce Ventures, and other leading investors.

We're looking for an AI Art Director to define how a1mobile looks everywhere people meet us: campaigns, social, video, events, and the App Store. You'll combine strong art direction with AI image and video tools to make high-quality creative, fast.

• 5+ years of art direction or visual design experience at an agency, brand, or tech company.
• 1+ year of hands-on work with AI image and video generation tools in real projects.

What you'll do

• Set the visual direction for the a1mobile brand across campaigns, social, video, events, and our website.
• Lead AI-powered creative production: concepts, prompts, image and video generation, editing, and final polish.
• Build repeatable AI workflows, style guides, and prompt libraries so the team can make on-brand work at scale.
• Direct and review work from content creators, designers, and freelancers.
• Create launch and campaign assets with the product and marketing teams, from first concept to final files.
• Shape our App Store presence, iconography, and illustration style.
• Keep a high bar for quality, consistency, and asset licensing across everything we publish.

What we're looking for

• A portfolio link that shows strong art direction and AI-generated work, with your role in each project.
• Hands-on experience with tools like Midjourney, Runway, Veo, or Kling, and the craft to make outputs consistent and on-brand.
• Strong fundamentals in composition, typography, color, and storytelling.
• Experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro).
• The ability to move fast from a rough brief to finished work.
• A strong sense of ownership and the ability to move work forward without waiting to be told.
• A team player who communicates openly, shares knowledge, and collaborates closely with others.
• The flexibility to adapt and keep pace with a fast-moving startup.

Nice to have

• Motion design or video editing skills.
• Experience building a brand identity at an early-stage company.
• Experience marketing to small businesses or B2B audiences.
• Experience at a startup or tech company.

You’ll define the visual identity of a new kind of carrier, with the freedom to use the newest AI tools and the standards of a real art director.

A portfolio link is required to apply. Share a personal website, Behance, Vimeo, YouTube, or a shared folder with examples of your art direction and AI-generated work, and briefly explain your role in each project.

a1mobile is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without discrimination on any basis protected by applicable law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.