Senior Graphic Designer (Art Direction & Creative Briefs)

About the role

We are seeking experienced Mid - Senior Designers, professionally trained with a degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Product / UI UX, BFA or similar who understands not just how to execute, but why certain creative choices resonate.

Responsibilities

• Create and refine AI prompts to test and improve model creativity.
• Evaluate AI output and provide detailed critique.
• Iterate and refine designs through multiple rounds of prompting and feedback.
• Adapt prompting techniques and evaluation approaches based on feedback.
• Vote and rank for preference data — compare outputs, pick what's better, and help train models on what "great" looks like.
• Design from scratch — brand guidelines, design systems, decks, and visual assets across styles and mediums.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional design with strong experience creating briefs (prompts).
• A strong eye across traditional design disciplines: Web, Product, Slides, Brand, Gaming and more.
• Experience giving design feedback in a professional setting - creative direction, design reviews.
• Extensive experience conducting structured high-level design briefs (e.g. flow abstract brand values into concrete visual directions, and aesthetic boundaries).
• Experience providing design feedback and direction (e.g. mentoring designers contributing to team critiques or guiding creative decisions).

Qualifications

Commensurate with experience.

Skills

• Strong understanding of design principles and user experience.
• Proficiency in various design tools and software.
• Ability to ideate and execute creative briefs in the form of prompting.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

Remote-first — work from anywhere
Creative Community — Access to TasteMakers - a global online community of fellow creative technologists and an opportunity to collaborate and network with like-minded creatives across the world.
Flexible engagement — We are seeking true consultant / freelance Designers. We offer 15-40 hrs / week for project work load and we have a revolving door of new projects coming in frequently. The idea is to continue to utilize our creative experts from one project to another. All work is async and can be done on your own time - we set deliverables - you pick your schedule.

Pay

Highly competitive rates - We determine rates marked to market. This includes project execution & deliverables, level of subject matter expertise & experience, along with location. Mid to Senior level designers typically will fall in the average of 45 - 80 /hr for candidates in the United States.

Schedule

All work is async and can be done on your own time - we set deliverables - you pick your schedule.

Specializations

• Visual Design & Illustration — SVGs, icons, diagrams, infographics, visual systems, editorial graphics, and data visualization
• Brand & Identity — logos, typography systems, visual identities, and scalable brand expression
• Design Evaluation & QA — design critique, accessibility review, structured evaluations, pixel-level UI analysis, and quality assurance

Who We Are

TasteMakers is a curated network of designers, creative technologists, frontend engineers, and AI-native makers working on projects with leading AI labs, tech companies, and brands. Our work sits at the intersection of design, human judgment, and AI research. You can learn more about us hereTaste Labs Launch Video