AI-Powered Product Development

Role: AI-Powered Product Development & Creative Operations Coordinator

Location: 100% Remote

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm PST

Overview

About the client

A vibrant lifestyle brand known for its bold, nostalgic aesthetic and playful character-led designs. The company offers a wide array of accessories, tech gear, beauty items, and collaborative product lines with other creative brands.

Its offerings often feature signature whimsical characters, holographic finishes, and a strong pop-culture vibe. The brand maintains a high level of community engagement and frequently launches limited-edition drops and themed collections, appealing both to long-time fans and new generations who love creative, expressive style.

About the role

We are seeking a visionary, tech-savvy, and highly organized individual to join our team as an AI-Powered Product Development & Creative Operations Coordinator. This unique role is central to revolutionizing our product development lifecycle by integrating artificial intelligence into our creative processes. The ideal candidate will leverage AI as a core partner to accelerate creative exploration, refine design concepts with data-driven insights, and optimize our entire creative operations workflow.

This role requires a blend of creative thinking and meticulous organization, with a passion for utilizing AI tools to generate concepts, streamline timelines, and unlock new possibilities in product design.

Responsibilities

AI-Driven Creative Development & Design Exploration

• AI Concept Generation: Operate AI concept generation tools (e.g., Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 3) to rapidly produce diverse product designs, themes, and visual concepts.
• Prompt Engineering & AI Concept Artistry: Utilize prompt engineering to guide AI in creating targeted, brand-aligned design variations, effectively acting as an "AI Concept Artist" to visualize new ideas.
• Data-Driven Design Selection: Employ AI analysis tools to refine design options based on predefined criteria, historical performance data, and market trends.
• Innovation Facilitation: Present AI-generated concepts to creative and product teams during brainstorming sessions, using them as catalysts for innovation and iteration.
• Asset Management: Build and maintain a comprehensive library of AI-generated assets, prompts, and styles to support continuous creative development.

Creative Operations & Project Management

• Central Project Hub: Serve as the central point of contact for all creative project timelines, from initial concept through to final delivery.
• Workflow Management: Implement and manage project management software (e.g., Asana, Jira, Trello) to meticulously track tasks, deadlines, and deliverables for the product development and design teams.
• Efficiency Enhancement: Proactively identify bottlenecks in the creative workflow and propose AI-powered or process-based solutions to enhance efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate and communicate effectively across departments—including design, marketing, engineering, and external vendors—to ensure seamless project execution and alignment.
• Request Prioritization: Manage the intake of new creative requests and prioritize them based on strategic goals and available resources.

AI-Powered Process Optimization

• Tool Integration: Research and integrate new AI tools that assist with mood board creation, trend forecasting, and competitive analysis.
• Task Automation: Explore and implement AI solutions for automating repetitive tasks within the creative workflow (e.g., file organization, basic resizing, version control).
• Performance Tracking: Track and report on key performance indicators for the creative process, such as concept-to-final time, number of iterations, and project throughput, leveraging data to drive continuous improvements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience: 2+ years in a creative operations, project coordination, or junior product design role.
• AI Portfolio: A strong portfolio or case studies demonstrating hands-on experience with AI image generation tools (Midjourney, DALL-E, etc.) for conceptual design work.
• Organizational Skills: Exceptional organizational and project management skills, with proficiency in tools like Asana, Jira, or Trello.
• Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively bridge the gap between creative vision and operational execution.
• Creative Eye: A keen creative eye with the ability to articulate feedback and guide AI output toward a desired aesthetic.

Preferred:

• Educational Background: Background or education in Design, Fine Arts, Project Management, or a related field.
• Product Development Knowledge: Understanding of fundamental product development lifecycle stages.
• Prompt Engineering Expertise: Experience with prompt engineering techniques to achieve specific and consistent AI-generated results.
• Data Analysis: Basic knowledge of data analysis to interpret trends and inform design decisions.
• Additional AI Tools: Familiarity with other AI tools for video, 3D modeling, or copywriting is a plus.

Personal Attributes

• Innovative & Curious: A relentless experimenter excited by the potential of AI to transform creativity.
• Efficiency-Obsessed: Naturally seeks out ways to automate and improve processes.
• Bridge Builder: Thrives on connecting people, ideas, and technology.
• Adaptable & Agile: Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where tools and best practices evolve rapidly.
• Detail-Oriented: Meticulous in managing timelines, assets, and communication.

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