Art Director / AI Artist

Art Director / AI Visual Artist — End-to-End Image Creation

End-to-End Image Creation

Full-time  ·  Chinatown, New York (in office 4 days/week)  ·  $65,000–$85,000/year  ·  5 days PTO

ABOUT THE STUDIO

Studio Gui Boucher is a creative studio based between New York and Paris, working in beauty and fashion. We pair traditional art direction with a new way of making images: photography and design alongside ComfyUI and RETINA, our private image-generation model. Training on both begins day one.

The studio is small by design. You’ll work directly with the Creative Director and Art Director, with real creative responsibility from the start. The current package is salary plus 5 days PTO; full benefits will come as the studio grows.

We work from a brand-new studio in Chinatown — full-time, in office four days a week. The role opens with a paid three-month trial period, after which a full-time offer follows a successful trial.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a hands-on AI Visual Artist / Art Director to help create high-end commercial imagery from concept through final retouching. You will work across photography, generative AI, compositing, image manipulation, and retouching to create images.

You’ll work with our proprietary models on campaigns for luxury beauty and fashion clients, developing expertise across hybrid photography and AI production workflows including model training. The role suits someone self-motivated who wants to seriously advance their technique.

THE WORK

• Create and produce images from start to finish across photography and the studio’s proprietary generative AI workflows
• Photograph products and objects when required for integration into generated scenes
• Blend photographed or generated products naturally into environments and scenes
• Work on lighting, perspective, scale, shadows, reflections, textures, and material integration
• Composite and manipulate images in Photoshop and other relevant tools
• Perform detailed retouching and finishing of final images
• Identify visual inconsistencies and push images toward a highly realistic, polished result
• Iterate through multiple versions based on creative direction and feedback
• Work closely with the Creative Director to translate visual references and concepts into finished imagery
• Help develop and improve our AI image-making workflows and production processes

WHAT YOU NEED

• At least 3 years of professional experience in photography, image-making, retouching, compositing, or a related discipline — this is not an entry-level role
• Strong foundation in photography, image-making, retouching, compositing, or a related discipline
• Excellent visual judgment and attention to detail
• Strong understanding of lighting, perspective, scale, materials, and photographic realism
• Experience with Photoshop and professional image retouching
• Experience with generative AI image tools and/or AI-assisted image workflows
• Ability to seamlessly integrate objects and products into photographic or generated environments
• Ability to take feedback and refine work to a high visual standard
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new AI tools, models, and workflows
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple image iterations
• A portfolio demonstrating strong image-making skills

NICE TO HAVE

• Professional photography experience
• Commercial or fashion/beauty image-making experience
• Experience with product photography
• Strong Photoshop compositing and retouching skills
• Experience with ComfyUI or similar node-based AI workflows
• Experience working with fine-tuned or custom AI models
• 3D or VFX experience
• Experience working with luxury, beauty, fashion, or advertising imagery

HOW TO APPLY

Apply through LinkedIn with your CV and a link to your portfolio.

• Show work demonstrating photography, compositing, AI-generated imagery, retouching, or any combination of these — primarily with fashion or beauty references.

Beyond finished selects, we want to see how you work. If it isn’t on your site, have it ready to send:

• A few retouching before/afters
• Development breakdowns: how you took an image from concept or first generation through to final, including the in-between steps
• If you have AI work: raw generations versus what you delivered
• The process includes two interviews and a test project.
• You must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

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