Creative Director, Art

About the Team

OpenAI didn’t begin as a traditional company. It began as an idea: that artificial intelligence could be developed in a way that benefits everyone. As a creative team, our role is to help make sure the work behind that idea is understood, as it leaves the lab and meets the world.

This company works at the frontier of intelligence. Like any frontier, it’s unfinished, constantly shifting, and still being explored. Our job is to stay close to that uncertainty and help shape how this story gets told, in a way that feels grounded and human. We do this through campaigns, launches, films, brand systems, and work that doesn’t fit neatly into any of those categories yet. This team is for people who want to help shape something from the beginning.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Creative Director, Art to join our in-house creative team. In this role, you’ll lead the visual direction and creative expression of OpenAI’s brand across campaigns, product launches, and cultural moments. You’ll shape and direct high-impact creative work that communicates the capabilities, possibilities, and responsibilities of our technology.

This role sits at the intersection of conceptual thinking and visual craft. You’ll partner closely with writers, designers, marketers, product leaders, and external collaborators to develop big ideas and bring them to life across formats—from key visuals and digital experiences to films, product storytelling, and live brand moments.

To us, creativity is a team sport. Ideas get better when you talk them through and build on each other’s thinking. We value curiosity over certainty, kindness over ego, and the ability to balance craft with decisiveness.

This role is based in San Francisco. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role you will:

• Lead the visual concepting and creative direction for brand campaigns, product launches, and key storytelling initiatives

• Develop and direct compelling visual ideas that translate OpenAI’s products and technology into clear, inspiring, and culturally resonant creative work

• Partner closely with Creative Directors, writers, designers, motion artists, and producers to shape integrated campaign ideas

• Provide creative leadership from early concept through final execution across multiple channels and formats

• Guide the visual direction of campaign photography, illustration, motion, film, and digital experiences—sometimes hands-on, often through external collaborators

• Collaborate closely with Product, Research, Marketing, and Comms to translate complex technology into compelling visual storytelling

• Help evolve OpenAI’s visual language and brand system in ways that are distinctive, scalable, and expressive

• Maintain a high bar for visual craft, conceptual thinking, and creative ambition across all work

• Lead multiple creative initiatives simultaneously with clarity, strong decision-making, and creative conviction

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have 10+ years of experience as an Art Director or Creative Director at a top-tier creative agency and/or in-house at a modern technology company, with experience in both strongly preferred

• Bring a strong background in visual design and art direction across channels—including digital, social, film, product storytelling, and experiential work

• Are a conceptual thinker who can develop big creative ideas and guide them from early strategy through execution

• Have experience leading integrated campaigns and large-scale brand initiatives

• Are comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities and complex creative challenges

• Have exceptional design taste and a deep commitment to visual craft and storytelling

• Are a strong cross-functional collaborator who works effectively with marketing, product, design, and production partners

• Have experience guiding work through internal teams, agencies, and external creative vendors

• Balance creative ambition with clarity, precision, and strategic thinking

Nice to have:

• Experience working on technology, innovation, or emerging products

• Motion design or film art direction experience

• Experience leading visual storytelling for product launches or technical products

• Comfort giving creative direction in Figma, Google Slides, and production environments (shoots, post-production, etc.)

• Curiosity about AI, creativity, and the future of human expression