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The AI Artist will explore the intersection of art, design, and machine intelligence to create striking, concept-driven visual content for UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation. This role blends creative intuition with technical fluency—turning research, innovation, and storytelling themes into high-impact imagery and motion assets. The ideal candidate has a foundation in fine arts or design and is open to use of emerging AI visual tools.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conceptualize and produce AI-generated images, illustrations, and visual narratives aligned with UC Irvine’s innovation brand.
  • Develop branded image systems, style tokens, and generative prompt libraries to ensure creative consistency.
  • Collaborate with the creative director and content teams to visualize complex scientific or technological ideas.
  • Experiment with generative tools (Midjourney, Runway, Kling, Nano Banana, Firefly, etc.) to develop novel aesthetics and workflows.
  • Create AI-assisted motion loops, hero images, and visual assets for social, web, and event storytelling.
  • Participate in critiques, showings, and showcases that demonstrate innovation in AI-driven art and design.

Qualifications

  • Strong background in visual art, design, or digital media (fine arts, design, or related field of study).
  • Conceptual thinker able to translate abstract ideas into visual metaphors and narratives.
  • Skilled in composition, lighting, color, and typography.
  • Experience with AI image generation and editing tools (Midjourney, Firefly, Runway, Photoshop, etc.).
  • Familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects.
  • Interest in ethics, authorship, and innovation in generative art.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with prompt engineering, style transfer, or diffusion model fine-tuning.
  • Basic familiarity with C2PA or digital provenance frameworks.
  • 3D or motion design experience a plus.
  • Portfolio demonstrating artistic and AI-assisted creativity.

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Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

  • Background Check and Live Scan
  • Employment Misconduct*
  • Legal Right to Work in the United States
  • Vaccination Policies
  • Smoking and Tobacco Policy
  • Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

  • California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
  • E-Verify
  • Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php