Creative Director (AI-Empowered) | Fully Remote (Worldwide) | Immediate Start - Contract to Hire
We are hiring a Creative Director who already works natively with AI and understands how creative leadership changes when intelligence becomes infrastructure.
This role sits at the intersection of vision, execution, and speed. It requires taste, judgment, and the confidence to make decisions early and stand behind them. The work moves fast. The expectations stay high.
This is a role for someone who knows what credible looks like, knows when something falls short, and knows how to raise the standard without over-explaining.
ABOUT US
FINAL UPGRADE AI's Creative Agency is called CREATIVE UPGRADE and is an AI-first firm by design, not by marketing.
AI underpins our strategy, our execution, and our creative output. Our marketing arm builds brands, content, and campaigns that move quickly, look real, and perform under scrutiny. We think systemically and execute creatively.
Our teams operate across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Americas. We work globally by default.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
+ Set and lead creative direction for AI-powered visual and video work
+ Shape visual systems that scale across brands, campaigns, and platforms
+ Translate strategy into clear, compelling creative output
+ Develop high-quality AI-generated imagery and motion content
+ Define tone, pacing, and storytelling across static and video
+ Push AI tools beyond default use through experimentation and workflow design
+ Maintain strong standards for realism, coherence, and visual credibility
+ Partner closely with strategists, writers, engineers, and clients
+ Move quickly without sacrificing judgment
+ Own creative outcomes from concept through delivery
VIDEO & MOTION
Video is a core part of our work. This role requires fluency with AI-powered video tools and the judgment to use them well. Platforms regularly in play include Runway, Veo, Pika, Sora, CapCut, Midjourney, ElevenLabs, alongside emerging tools as they appear.
WHO THIS ROLE FITS
This role suits a Creative Director who already creates with AI and understands how it changes the creative process.
That usually means:
+ Strong visual taste and a clear point of view
+ Hands-on experience with AI image and video generation
+ Sensitivity to realism, detail, and credibility
+ Comfort making decisions and being accountable for them
+ Strategic thinking that connects creative work to outcomes
+ Ability to work autonomously inside a distributed, global team
+ Readiness to start immediately
COMPENSATION & STRUCTURE
+ Project-based first, then full-time if we all jive!
+ Project fees can be $1,500 - $2,500 depending on skill level and test brief results, monthly retainer once agreed on can be up to $1,000 to $3,000 USD per month, depending on experience and level of ownership
+ Fully remote, globally distributed team
+ High trust, high expectation environment
ALSO HIRING
We are also hiring an AI-Empowered Art Director for hands-on execution across image and video work. So if you are more junior, or don't have CD experience, I'd recommend applying for that role for better chances.
Apply Now
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This role sits at the intersection of vision, execution, and speed. It requires taste, judgment, and the confidence to make decisions early and stand behind them. The work moves fast. The expectations stay high.
This is a role for someone who knows what credible looks like, knows when something falls short, and knows how to raise the standard without over-explaining.
ABOUT US
FINAL UPGRADE AI's Creative Agency is called CREATIVE UPGRADE and is an AI-first firm by design, not by marketing.
AI underpins our strategy, our execution, and our creative output. Our marketing arm builds brands, content, and campaigns that move quickly, look real, and perform under scrutiny. We think systemically and execute creatively.
Our teams operate across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Americas. We work globally by default.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
+ Set and lead creative direction for AI-powered visual and video work
+ Shape visual systems that scale across brands, campaigns, and platforms
+ Translate strategy into clear, compelling creative output
+ Develop high-quality AI-generated imagery and motion content
+ Define tone, pacing, and storytelling across static and video
+ Push AI tools beyond default use through experimentation and workflow design
+ Maintain strong standards for realism, coherence, and visual credibility
+ Partner closely with strategists, writers, engineers, and clients
+ Move quickly without sacrificing judgment
+ Own creative outcomes from concept through delivery
VIDEO & MOTION
Video is a core part of our work. This role requires fluency with AI-powered video tools and the judgment to use them well. Platforms regularly in play include Runway, Veo, Pika, Sora, CapCut, Midjourney, ElevenLabs, alongside emerging tools as they appear.
WHO THIS ROLE FITS
This role suits a Creative Director who already creates with AI and understands how it changes the creative process.
That usually means:
+ Strong visual taste and a clear point of view
+ Hands-on experience with AI image and video generation
+ Sensitivity to realism, detail, and credibility
+ Comfort making decisions and being accountable for them
+ Strategic thinking that connects creative work to outcomes
+ Ability to work autonomously inside a distributed, global team
+ Readiness to start immediately
COMPENSATION & STRUCTURE
+ Project-based first, then full-time if we all jive!
+ Project fees can be $1,500 - $2,500 depending on skill level and test brief results, monthly retainer once agreed on can be up to $1,000 to $3,000 USD per month, depending on experience and level of ownership
+ Fully remote, globally distributed team
+ High trust, high expectation environment
ALSO HIRING
We are also hiring an AI-Empowered Art Director for hands-on execution across image and video work. So if you are more junior, or don't have CD experience, I'd recommend applying for that role for better chances.
Apply Now
Apply Now