AI Creative Director

Overview

As AI Creative Director at ClearCourse, you will lead hands-on creative work while guiding a small team of AI-first designers. You’ll champion AI-enabled workflows to deliver high-impact campaigns, brand launches, and major projects across our portfolio. This role blends senior creative ownership with leadership, embedding AI deeply into the daily design process. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to raise creative standards and scale output in a centralised marketing function.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive base salary with uncapped commission
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Private medical cover
• Life assurance
• Access to the Calm wellbeing app
• Learning, development, and career progression across the ClearCourse Group

Responsibilities

• Personally create and deliver high-value creative for major campaigns, launches and strategic projects
• Leverage AI tools to boost quality, speed and scalability of production
• Lead and coach two UK-based AI Designers
• Decide which work fits templates/AI-enabled workflows versus where senior input is required
• Own print design expertise including print-ready artwork and production specs
• Develop templates and guardrails to improve team efficiency
• Explore and introduce new AI tools and workflows to the team
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders on significant briefs
• Maintain hands-on contribution alongside team output to uphold quality
• Operate within a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement

Key requirements

• Proven senior creative or art direction background, experience managing multiple brands and briefs
• Strong portfolio across digital, graphic, web and print design
• Solid Adobe Creative Cloud skills and AI tool experience (Adobe Firefly or equivalent)
• Demonstrated use of AI in daily creative workflow to improve speed/quality
• Strong print-production knowledge
• Ability to remain hands-on while coaching others
• Experience creating templates/systems that improve team efficiency
• Comfort working with senior stakeholders
• Curiosity about emerging creative tech and willingness to experiment

• collaboration
• mentoring/leadership
• stakeholder management
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• AI creative tools (Adobe Firefly)
• print production and color workflows

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