AI Art Director — Lead AI-Driven Visuals & Campaigns

Elevado Studio; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Generous vacation

Job summary

Elevado Studio, a hybrid AI production studio in Los Angeles, seeks an AI Art Director to concept, design, and direct AI-driven visuals across campaigns, short-form content, and R&D. You’ll collaborate with creative directors, producers, and AI artists to shape look and feel, balancing ideation with hands-on image creation and video development.

You will lead visual development using AI tools, build prompts and pipelines, and translate capabilities into polished visuals for client work, with a

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in commercial production.
• Strong visual aesthetic with taste, craft and intention.
• Commercial experience in art direction, design, motion design, creative direction, animation, or VFX.
• Familiarity with editing and motion basics.
• Active awareness of culture, art, film, fashion, and media.
• Proactive creative energy and a desire to experiment, iterate, and make things constantly.
• Social media savvy and ability to think in short-form visual formats.
• Curious, flexible, problem-solving mindset.
• Comfortable working collaboratively in a growing team.
• Friendly, personable, and easygoing.
• Based in Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

• Lead visual development using AI tools for stills, motion, and mixed media.
• Create styleframes, look development, and visual concepts across commercial projects.
• Build and iterate prompts, pipelines, and workflows using leading AI tools.
• Provide creative direction to internal teams and contribute to pitches, treatments, and social projects.
• Edit and assemble short-form video for tests, mood pieces, and client-facing pieces.
• Stay on the forefront of emerging visual tools, platforms, and creative techniques.
• Collaborate closely with a small team, adapting to varied tasks and shifting client needs.
• Comfort presenting visual ideas internally and helping refine work for client review.
• Translate AI capabilities into polished, client-ready visuals with strong taste and commercial intent.

Skills

AI art direction

visual development

prompt engineering

team collaboration

Tools

Midjourney

ComfyUI

Flux

WAN

Nano Banana

Seedance

Kling

Veo

Runway

Photoshop

Premiere

After Effects

Illustrator

Job description

Elevado Studio, a hybrid AI production studio in Los Angeles, seeks an AI Art Director to concept, design, and direct AI-driven visuals across campaigns, short-form content, and R&D. You’ll collaborate with creative directors, producers, and AI artists to shape look and feel, balancing ideation with hands-on image creation and video development.

You will lead visual development using AI tools, build prompts and pipelines, and translate capabilities into polished visuals for client work, with a