Art Director (AI in Design)

Art Director with AI expertise for Uplab. Create site concepts, lead design projects, mentor designers, implement AI tools.

Concepts and projects: Creating concepts for websites and digital services, with and without AI. Managing projects from concept to handoff to frontend: responsible for design quality, deadlines, and budget. Reviewing designers who join projects after concept stage. Participating in pre-sales: estimating design work, preparing and defending concepts. Communicating with clients: presenting solutions, conducting meetings, arguing positions. AI in design: Finding and implementing AI tools on own and company projects. Building AI pipelines in team workflows: from concept to design system and final mockups. Teaching the team so tools are actually used, not just demonstrated. Team and resources: Mentoring designers (up to 5 people). Building collaboration with related departments: frontend, analytics, marketing, PMs. Managing external design resources: finding freelancers and studios, developing vendor pool, setting tasks, and accepting work.

Agency experience: worked with various clients and tasks in a digital agency, studio, outsourcing development, or in-house agency within a large company. Only corporate in-house experience does not fit. 5+ years of design experience. Portfolio with site and digital product concepts that reached implementation. AI as a working tool: applied for concepts, prototypes, design systems, and final interfaces, not just images. Have cases of implementing AI into team or project processes and can explain what changed. Figma, experience creating design systems, understanding frontend and development constraints. Confidently conducting client negotiations: listening, leading meetings, presenting and defending solutions. Experience mentoring or teaching designers. Experience working with freelancers and contractors.

Remote work.