AI Art Director | CPG Food
Our client, an agency, is seeking a GenAI Art Director to help shape the future of creative for a portfolio of nationally recognized food (CPG) brands. This role sits at the intersection of creativity, culture, social media, and AI innovation, creating compelling content that drives engagement, brand affinity, and business results.
*Must have CPG FOOD experience*
*Must have AI Design & Art Direction experience*
*AGENCY experience is HIGHLY PREFERRED*
What You'll Do
- Concept and execute social-first, culturally relevant campaigns across digital, social, retail, and experiential channels.
- Leverage GenAI tools to develop imagery, video concepts, storyboards, campaign creative, and visual assets.
- Partner with copywriters, strategists, designers, production teams, and account teams to bring ideas to life.
- Stay ahead of social trends, emerging platforms, consumer behavior, and AI innovations.
- Present creative concepts and articulate the strategic thinking behind the work.
- Help establish best practices for integrating AI into the creative process.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience as an Art Director, Senior Designer, or Creative Lead in an agency or brand environment.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating visual storytelling, social-first creative, and integrated campaign development.
- Hands-on experience with AI creative tools such as Google AI models (including Nano Banana and Veo), Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Runway, OpenAI, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of prompt engineering and AI-assisted creative workflows.
- Deep understanding of social platforms, internet culture, and trend-driven content.
- Experience working with CPG, food & beverage, dessert, snack brands highly preferred.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
Ideal Candidate
You're a creative thinker who embraces new technology and understands how to blend human creativity with AI-powered production. You're passionate about creating attention-grabbing work, thrive in fast-paced environments, and know how to turn cultural moments into engaging content that resonates with consumers.
Success Looks Like
- Innovative, social-first campaigns that drive engagement and brand relevance.
- Effective use of AI tools to accelerate ideation and creative production.
- Strong collaboration across strategy, creative, production, and client teams.
- Creative work that elevates leading consumer brands and connects with modern audiences.
The hourly range for this position is W2 $35--$40/hr DOE. Benefits available to contract/temporary professionals, include medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information
