Junior AI Art Director (Part-Time)

As a Junior AI Art Director, you will sit on the cutting edge of art and technology, directly shaping the visual engine driving Pattern’s ecommerce content! This is a part-time position (20 hours per week) where you will work closely with creative, engineering, and studio teams to vet and elevate AI-generated creative outputs spanning photography, copy, and video for hundreds of global brands.

Responsibilities

Vetting Creative Outputs: Reviewing and auditing automated AI image generations, copy, and video content for visual quality and brand alignment; Testing and Prompting: Experimenting with various image generation models and tools (such as Nanobanana ChatGpt Image, Qwen, Weavey, and local generative workflows) to test content creation across diverse product categories; Building Auditing Rules: Spot-checking a wide range of generated imagery against quality benchmarks to ensure that data source assets perform in model training and generation environments; Studio & Portal Collaboration: Working on site with the studio team to understand capture setups and ensuring studio photography is tuned to produce high-fidelity content; Feedback Loops: Communicating structured, actionable aesthetic feedback to engineering and technical teams to tune and improve the generative engine

Requirements

Aesthetic Sensibility: A strong sense of taste and visual judgement (from a background in graphic design, photography, marketing, or fine arts) to evaluate brand compliance and imagery quality; Curiosity for Technology: An eager, open-minded approach toward AI and generative image tools including technical systems for creative production and node-based workflows; Interdisciplinary Communication: Ability to translate abstract visual and brand concepts into precise feedback that organizations can action; Adaptability & Drive: High energy and comfort with rapidly evolving systems, changing parameters, and pioneering uncharted creative territory; In-Person Availability: Ability to work on-site in the office (ideally Mondays, Wednesdays, and/or Thursdays) with periodic visits to the studio

Nice to have

A strong visual portfolio showcasing fine art, photography, graphic design, or commercial advertising work; Prior exposure to node-based workflow tools (such as Weave/Figma Weave) or basic prompting experience with generative tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney); A background or educational training in Graphic Design, Photography, or Commercial Marketing

Benefits

Accrued PTO; Paid Holidays; Onsite Fitness Center; Company Paid Life Insurance; Casual Dress Code; Competitive Pay; Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance; 401(k) match: Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred