AI Creative Designer
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R37,000 – R55,500 ZAR. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
AI Creative Designer
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly creative and technically skilledAI Creative Designerto join our marketing and creative team. This unique role sits at the intersection of design, marketing, photography, cinematography, and artificial intelligence. You will be responsible for producing AI-generated visual content that supports product launches, retail marketing, social media, digital advertising, web experiences, packaging, sales enablement, and in-store promotional campaigns.
The ideal candidate understands that AI is a powerful creative production tool, not a replacement for fundamental design thinking. You must possess a strong foundation in branding, marketing strategy, visual storytelling, and consumer behavior to create compelling content that drives business results.
Crucial Requirement:Your work must NOT look like it was generated by AI. If your outputs "scream AI," this is not the role for you. We are looking for someone with extreme prompt engineering skills and a deep technical stack knowledge that results in media and imagery that looks authentically real, cinematic, and professional.
Key Responsibilities
AI Creative Production & Art Direction
* Asset Generation:Create high-quality, AI-generated lifestyle photography, product renders, illustrations, videos, motion graphics, and advertising assets.
Asset Generation:Create high-quality, AI-generated lifestyle photography, product renders, illustrations, videos, motion graphics, and advertising assets.
* Social & UGC Content:Produce AI-powered UGC-style content optimized for paid and organic social media channels.
Social & UGC Content:Produce AI-powered UGC-style content optimized for paid and organic social media channels.
* Concepting & Storyboarding:Develop storyboards, mood boards, and creative concepts using AI-assisted workflows to rapidly explore multiple creative directions.
Concepting & Storyboarding:Develop storyboards, mood boards, and creative concepts using AI-assisted workflows to rapidly explore multiple creative directions.
* Brief Translation:Transform marketing and creative briefs into production-ready, premium brand assets.
Brief Translation:Transform marketing and creative briefs into production-ready, premium brand assets.
* Hybrid Collaboration:Refine and enhance AI outputs through multiple iterations and collaborate with photographers, videographers, and graphic designers to blend AI assets with traditional media.
Hybrid Collaboration:Refine and enhance AI outputs through multiple iterations and collaborate with photographers, videographers, and graphic designers to blend AI assets with traditional media.
Prompt Engineering & Workflow Development
* Advanced Prompting:Develop advanced prompt engineering techniques to ensure consistent, production-quality creative outputs.
Advanced Prompting:Develop advanced prompt engineering techniques to ensure consistent, production-quality creative outputs.
* Scalable Libraries:Build and maintain prompt libraries, reusable templates, and standardized workflows for repeatable asset generation.
Scalable Libraries:Build and maintain prompt libraries, reusable templates, and standardized workflows for repeatable asset generation.
* Model Training:Train and maintain custom AI models, LoRAs, style references, and fine-tuned workflows to improve consistency across products, campaigns, and characters.
Model Training:Train and maintain custom AI models, LoRAs, style references, and fine-tuned workflows to improve consistency across products, campaigns, and characters.
* Pipeline Innovation:Continuously evaluate, test, and integrate emerging AI tools and technologies into the creative production pipeline.
Pipeline Innovation:Continuously evaluate, test, and integrate emerging AI tools and technologies into the creative production pipeline.
Marketing, Retail & Omnichannel Design
* Digital Marketing Asset Creation:Design conversion-focused assets for social media, paid advertising, website banners, landing pages, email marketing, and Product Detail Pages (PDP).
Digital Marketing Asset Creation:Design conversion-focused assets for social media, paid advertising, website banners, landing pages, email marketing, and Product Detail Pages (PDP).
* Physical Retail & Print:Generate retail-ready creative for in-store marketing, Point-of-Purchase (POP) displays, digital signage, trade shows, window displays, and packaging concepts.
Physical Retail & Print:Generate retail-ready creative for in-store marketing, Point-of-Purchase (POP) displays, digital signage, trade shows, window displays, and packaging concepts.
* Funnel Optimization:Apply consumer psychology to develop creative assets that support every stage of the marketing funnel—from awareness to conversion and retention.
Funnel Optimization:Apply consumer psychology to develop creative assets that support every stage of the marketing funnel—from awareness to conversion and retention.
UX/UI & Digital Experience
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R37,000/month, this role is competitive with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($2,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 748 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →