We are looking to expand our team of expert consultants with 15 Art Directors from AAA studios for part-time, fully remote work supporting frontier AI research. Projects start at $80-130 USD per hour, with top-performing experts on our platform earning $150+ USD / hour.
This role includes stress-testing leading AI models on real art direction problems, creating and verifying complex questions and explanations in your area of expertise, and assessing whether AI-generated reasoning meets the standards of a working art director.
About Aligned
At Aligned, we partner with the world's leading AI labs to push the frontier of AI knowledge in fields like STEM, medicine, finance, and the humanities. Our platform matches subject-matter experts (like you) with paid consulting work on frontier projects at these labs.
Who We're Looking For
You have owned the visual direction of a shipped AAA title or a major discipline within one, and you can explain visual judgment to someone outside the art team.
Ideal backgrounds include
Art directors, associate art directors, and equivalent art leadership at AAA studios anywhere in the world
Art leads who established the visual identity of a title from scratch
Directors managing art across large internal teams or external partners
Art leadership balancing visual ambition against technical and schedule constraints
Art directors with published talks or visual breakdowns
Minimum Qualifications
Fluent English reading and writing skills
Art director, associate art director, or equivalent art leadership on at least one shipped AAA title
Responsibility for the visual direction of a game or a major discipline within it, not only individual assets
Currently working in the games industry