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GenAI Art DirectorOverview

We are seeking an AI-native Art Director to lead the development of innovative digital marketing campaigns and AI-generated visual experiences. This role combines creative concepting, art direction, and generative AI production, requiring both agency-level creative excellence and hands-on expertise with modern AI image generation workflows.

The ideal candidate has a strong, experimental creative identity that is culturally relevant with a portfolio demonstrating multiple fully generative campaigns, and extensive experience personally generating production-ready imagery using generative AI tools and workflows.

ResponsibilitiesConcept Development

• Create original, performance-driven campaign concepts for digital advertising initiatives.
• Develop compelling visual narratives that communicate clear value propositions and drive audience engagement.
• Ideate and execute creative solutions for B2B and digital marketing campaigns.
• Respond to specific, high-caliber marketing briefs with visually compelling photo and video assets.

Generative AI Image Creation & Process Development

• Personally generate and prompt engineer campaign imagery using generative AI platforms and workflows.
• Manage prompting strategies, reference systems, iteration, refinement, and image enhancement techniques.
• Build workflows that enable scalable and repeatable creative production across creative teams.
• Design and document AI-assisted creative workflows that can be adopted across teams and partners.
• Establish best practices for prompt systems, visual consistency, and creative scalability.
• Evaluate emerging AI tools and technologies and recommend opportunities for implementation.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of professional experience as an Art Director within an advertising agency or in-house studio environment.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience using generative AI as a primary method for creating professional, client-facing creative work.
• Portfolio featuring multiple recent campaigns where AI-generated imagery was personally created by the candidate.
• Proven experience originating creative concepts and leading campaigns from ideation through execution.
• Strong understanding of composition, typography, lighting, visual storytelling, motion pacing, and positioning.
• Experience directing creative production teams rather than solely executing production design work.
• Exceptional presentation, communication, and storytelling skills.
• Ability to articulate both creative concepts and technical workflows to clients and creative teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fashion, consumer goods, retail, marketing, or a similar industry.
• Experience launching products, services, customer experiences, or innovative marketing initiatives.
• Familiarity with trend forecasting, internet culture, and evolving digital aesthetics.
• Experience developing scalable AI-powered content creation systems.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Recent, hands-on AI image generation experience at production scale.
• Exceptional visual taste and creative judgment.
• A portfolio showcasing both original concepts and personally generated AI imagery.
• A combination of executional, directional, and prompting expertise within the creative supply chain.

This role is not a fit for someone who:

• Has only experimented with generative AI in personal workflows.
• Has not publicly launched marketing campaigns that include fully generative assets.
• Only directs, concepts, and manages creative output; or exclusively executes on provided briefs or concepts.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of San Francisco, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $90.00 - $100.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 25, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.