AI Artist freelance to permanent role

About Us

Industrial Color is a leader in creative production, partnering with major global brands to deliver exceptional visual content. We combine world-class production expertise with cutting-edge AI image and video generation technologies to create work that meets the highest commercial standards. As the role of AI expands within the industry, we are growing our team with experienced artists who can deliver professional-level work across demanding client campaigns.

Job Description

We are seeking Mid to Senior AI Image & Video Artists for a freelance-to-hire position. Photorealism is of primary importance for this role. Candidates must be able to produce refined, believable, production-ready imagery and video.

While photorealism is critical, candidates should also have the ability to shift into other visual styles when projects call for it; conceptual, stylized, graphic, illustrative.

This role requires hands-on experience working in production or post-production environments and the ability to deliver under real client timelines. For video-specific candidates, strong storytelling, narrative instincts, and experience creating advertising and social media video content are essential. Experience directing or creatively leading AI-driven campaigns is a major plus.

This role is ideal for artists who have delivered or can clearly demonstrate the ability to deliver client-ready, photorealistic AI content. We value candidates with strong visual taste, technical mastery, narrative ability (for video), and a commitment to elevating AI outputs with professional finishing.

We welcome applicants with a mix of commercial experience and high-quality personal work. What matters most is your ability to produce polished, production-ready results that meet top-tier brand standards.

Freelancers who excel will be considered for a full-time position.

Responsibilities

• Generate high-quality, photorealistic AI images and videos that meet commercial production standards.
• Produce additional styles (conceptual, stylized, illustrative, etc.) as needed by the brief.
• Translate creative direction into polished visual concepts and deliverables. For video: craft strong visual storytelling, narrative structure, pacing, and camera-driven sequences suitable for advertising and social-first formats.
• Apply post-production polish (retouching, compositing, cleanup, enhancement, color work, motion finishing) to elevate AI outputs to full delivery standards.
• Manage iterative generation pipelines efficiently and respond quickly to feedback.
• Stay current on emerging AI tools and techniques in both image and video generation.

Requirements

• 3–7+ years of professional experience in production, post-production, VFX, CGI, photography, animation, or related creative fields.
• Professional experience creating photorealistic AI image and/or video content for commercial clients.
• Ability to produce AI work that both integrates seamlessly into broader campaigns and stands alone as a final-quality asset.
• Strong understanding of realism: lighting, materials, anatomy, lenses, motion, environments.
• For video: excellent storytelling abilities, narrative sense, timing, pacing, and experience creating advertising and social media content.
• Proficiency in post-production techniques (retouching, compositing, cleanup, color, finishing).
• Ability to execute high-quality work under tight timelines.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills. Preferred/Bonus Qualifications
• Experience directing or creatively leading AI-driven commercial video campaigns.
• Background in cinematography, photography, editing, motion design, CGI, or VFX

Benefits

The anticipated salary range for this role is $110,000 - $135,000 annually. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience, and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

This is a hybrid role requiring flexibility to work in-office and remotely. Evening or weekend work may occasionally be required during major projects.

We offer a competitive benefits package including major medical, dental and vision insurance, FSA, HSA, and employee discounts.

Industrial Color is a division of CoCreativ, a family of integrated creative production companies. Industrial Color partners with top brands, agencies, and creative professionals providing a full range of essential production services. For over 30 years, we've led the industry through a culture of innovation, bringing state-of-the-art digital production and post-production solutions to our clients.

Our headquarters is based in Tribeca, NY, with offices in Los Angeles and studios in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Our clients include: L'Oreal, Publicis, Procter & Gamble, Tommy Hilfiger, Absolut Vodka, Nike, Estee Lauder, Amazon...