Art Director - Cartographer - Contract locations Remote - United States time type Full time job requisition id Req_12681 Job Description Summary: Amplify’s creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution. Art Directors at Amplify create beautiful and meaningful experiences that delight our young learners and their teachers, inside and outside of the classroom. As a member of Amplify’s design group you will partner with a diverse cross-functional product team of designers, product owners, developers, and curriculum experts to extend and improve Amplify’s curriculum. *This is a contract role. Essential Responsibilities: - Design for teacher, student, and administrator experiences, curriculum content, and occasional marketing materials - Design both print and digital materials - Lead the concepting and design development of small and large-scale projects - Conceive, plan, and produce educational materials in a wide range of mediums - Collaborate closely with other members of the design, content, product, and operations teams - Effectively articulate concepts and creative solutions verbally and participate in design critiques by sharing and receiving constructive feedback - Work within and expand upon dynamic visual and brand systems - Direct a team of artists and production designers and manage reviews and feedback cycles with stakeholders - Efficiently manage at high volume from start to finish in a fast-paced environment - Roll up your sleeves and contribute as a designer when necessary Required Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience in design, art direction, and production - 1-2 years’ experience managing others, formally or project-based - Bachelor’s degree in design or equivalent work experience - Experience in both print and digital design - Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening) - Advanced layout, typography, iconography, color theory and composition skills - Comfortable with collaborative discussion, listening closely and providing honest, thoughtful feedback to colleagues - Expertise with Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, and Zeplin - Comfortable with short development cycles and flexible with shifting priorities - Capable of working on simultaneous projects to meet tight deadlines - Comfortable working across different design mediums - Fluent in concept development starting with hand drawing of ideas - Strong organizational and time-management skills Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with visual design in education technology or a related field - Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education - Experience in UX design Compensation: The hourly rate for this role is $100.

• Lead the creative development of marketing campaigns, product launches, and brand moments - from concept to final execution. • Develop and direct compelling visual narratives that bring OpenAI’s story and products to life. • Translate abstract ideas and complex technology into clear, inspiring, and elegant visual communication. • Collaborate with writers, designers, brand strategists, product marketing, and external creative partners. • Provide visual direction for campaign photography, illustration, and video - sometimes hands-on, sometimes through external vendors. • Establish and maintain a high visual bar across all marketing outputs, ensuring consistency with OpenAI’s evolving brand identity. • Contribute to the evolution of OpenAI’s brand system in ways that are scalable, distinctive, and expressive.

• Define and maintain a cohesive visual identity and design language that scales across topics, formats, and learner audiences • Develop and maintain content style guides tailored to specific industries (healthcare, finance, retail, tech) and learner audiences • Write clear, thorough creative briefs that capture audience, objectives, tone, format, and visual direction so production can begin without back-and-forth • Continuously refine style guides and QC criteria as the course library grows and learner feedback surfaces new opportunities • Lead creative development of new formats including video, animation, motion graphics, and interactive modules • Own the end-to-end production pipeline for multimedia content, setting standards and workflows that scale • Drive hands-on creative work — concepting, scripting, storyboarding, art direction — while directing external vendors and contractors • Actively use AI-generated media tools (e.g. Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, etc.) as genuine efficiency and quality levers, not novelties • Continuously evaluate emerging tools and trends in content production • Enforce rigorous production quality control at every stage of the content lifecycle • Own QA review of interactive course content prior to launch • Document bugs, inconsistencies, and UX issues clearly • Maintain and evolve a QA checklist and quality rubric that defines EasyLlama’s standard for production-ready content • Lead creative vision workshops with executive and senior stakeholders • Regularly review learner satisfaction scores, course ratings, and engagement data

• Own the brand creative vision and visual identity system • Lead and mentor the brand design team (currently 2 designers) • Drive major creative projects including campaigns, brand refreshes, and new product launches • Establish and maintain brand guidelines and creative standards • Partner with marketing on go-to-market creative • Present creative work and strategy to senior leadership • Manage external agencies and freelancers when needed