OpenAI

Designer, Brand Experiences

OpenAI

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $240,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Lead design for high-profile brand experiences and campaigns including OOH, merch, interactive, traditional and digital media.
  • Own projects end-to-end - from early concept and creative direction through final execution and production.
  • Translate complex AI concepts into clear, emotionally resonant visual systems and storytelling moments across physical and digital environments.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across Marketing, Research, Comms, Product, Events, and Production to shape cohesive brand experiences.
  • Contribute to the development and evolution of OpenAI’s brand system, ensuring consistency while also pushing creative boundaries.
  • Balance strategic thinking with detailed execution - from mood boarding and concept creation, to pixel-perfect final files.
  • Provide creative leadership within projects, offering guidance, feedback, and direction to designers and partners when needed.
  • Maintain exceptionally high standards of craft, clarity, and attention to detail across all deliverables.

Requirements

  • Have 6+ years of experience in brand, experiential, campaign, or multidisciplinary design, ideally in-house or at a top creative studio.
  • Have a proven ability to independently lead and run complex design projects with multiple stakeholders.
  • Have strong conceptual thinking paired with refined visual craft and technical execution.
  • Have experience working across physical and digital outputs (campaigns, environmental, merchandise, toolkits, systems).
  • Have a portfolio demonstrating sophisticated taste, strong storytelling, and brand-building expertise.
  • Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving creative direction in a fast-moving environment.
  • Have a deep attention to detail and pride in high-quality execution.
  • Have strong communication and collaboration skills, with confidence presenting and defending creative work.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
brand designexperiential designcampaign designmultidisciplinary designconceptual thinkingvisual crafttechnical executionstorytellingmood boardingpixel-perfect execution
Soft skills
creative leadershipattention to detailstrategic thinkingcommunication skillscollaboration skillsability to navigate ambiguityconfidence in presentingfeedback and directionhigh standards of craftpride in execution