AI research lab behind ChatGPT, GPT-5, DALL-E, and Sora.
ChatGPT's success was as much a design achievement as an AI one — the simple chat interface made LLMs accessible to hundreds of millions. OpenAI's design team is small relative to its impact but works on problems that define an entire industry. Every conversational UI in AI traces back to decisions made here. With Jony Ive reportedly collaborating on future hardware, design is only becoming more central.
Design Leadership
20 open design roles
San Francisco
Rare role: quantitative research on the most-used AI product in history. OpenAI's research team has visibility into usage patterns most teams only dream about, and the findings directly shape product direction. A dream seat for researchers who want scale plus signal.
San Francisco
A generalist product designer seat at OpenAI is about as high-impact as it gets — every surface ships to hundreds of millions of users. The lack of a specific team label suggests flexibility to move across ChatGPT, API, and new product bets.
San Francisco
Leading product design for OpenAI's health AI initiatives — one of the most consequential applications of AI. Designing interfaces where AI assists medical professionals demands extraordinary care, empathy, and craft. A once-in-a-career opportunity.
San Francisco
This is a rare creative leadership role at the epicenter of AI. Directing documentary films about how people actually use AI — with full creative ownership and a $266K+ comp package — is the kind of role that barely exists anywhere else. A dream gig for filmmakers and creative directors who want to shape how the world sees AI.
San Francisco
OpenAI's Creative Studio is where some of the most thoughtful and impactful design work around AI is happening — from their product interfaces to their public communications about AI's role in society. This role offers the chance to help shape not just how AI products look and feel, but how the world understands and relates to artificial intelligence.
San Francisco
A Creative Director shaping brand identity at OpenAI is about as high-stakes as design gets right now. This is the rare role where every decision becomes the public face of the most-watched AI company on the planet. A senior creative leader with a vision for how frontier AI should look and feel to the world.
San Francisco
Content Designer at OpenAI means crafting the voice of the most influential AI company on the planet. Every word shapes how billions of people understand and interact with AI — it's content design with genuine cultural and technological impact at unprecedented scale.
San Francisco
A design management seat at OpenAI is exceptionally rare. This is a chance to lead the team defining how hundreds of millions of people interact with AI daily — the kind of role that reshapes a career and an entire product category.
London, UK
A rare London-based creative leadership role at OpenAI, shaping how the world's most talked-about AI company shows up through partnerships. This is the kind of role that defines a career — brand storytelling at the frontier of technology.
San Francisco
Codex is OpenAI's autonomous coding agent — designing the interface for AI that writes software is genuinely frontier work. This is where the future of programming is being invented, and the designer shapes how millions of developers will collaborate with AI.
San Francisco
A rare chance to define the visual identity of the most talked-about AI company in the world. This is not just brand design — it's building the visual language for a company at the frontier of intelligence. Perfect for a designer who wants their identity systems work to be seen by hundreds of millions.
San Francisco
Product design on ChatGPT — the most-used AI product in history. This is the role where every design decision gets tested by hundreds of millions of people weekly. Shaping how humanity interacts with AI doesn't get more direct than this.
San Francisco
OpenAI's in-house creative studio is one of the most-watched brand teams in tech right now — every launch is a cultural moment. A copywriter here gets to shape the voice of a company defining the AI era, working shoulder to shoulder with designers and filmmakers on work that lands far beyond product. Rare access to that scale of audience and craft ambition.
San Francisco
Growth design at OpenAI means figuring out how to bring AI to the next billion users. When the product is already this viral, growth design becomes about removing friction and expanding use cases rather than traditional conversion optimization.
San Francisco
Designing how OpenAI makes money — subscription flows, pricing pages, upgrade experiences. Critical business infrastructure for the most important AI company, where good design directly impacts billions in revenue.
San Francisco
A rare creative leadership role at the company shaping how AI enters popular culture. This is about orchestrating OpenAI's most ambitious creative productions — think product launches, brand films, and experiential moments. Perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of creative vision and operational excellence.
San Francisco
Designing OpenAI's enterprise product suite — the API dashboard, Teams, and business tools that power thousands of companies building on GPT. Less glamorous than ChatGPT but arguably more technically interesting.
San Francisco, CA
An unusual OpenAI role — designing internal AI-powered tools for recruiting and workplace culture. Less consumer-facing than ChatGPT roles, but you'd be building with cutting-edge AI models for real internal users. $230K–$385K.
São Paulo
OpenAI expanding its creative team into Latin America is a significant signal — this is a rare chance to shape how one of the most influential AI companies presents itself across an entire region. A creative director role with genuine geographic autonomy at this scale doesn't come around often.
San Francisco
A creative role embedded in the revenue org, helping shape how OpenAI presents itself to enterprise customers. Less product, more storytelling and visual brand work — the kind of executive-adjacent role where the creative output ends up in front of CEOs and boards. Niche, but interesting if narrative design is your thing.
Design team · 15 people
Ian Silber
Lead · Head of Product Design
Cary Hudson
Product Designer
Maddie Simens
Product Designer
Tin Kadoic
Head of Product Design, Core Consumer
Zach Stubenvoll
Staff Product Designer
Michaela McCrink
Creative Director
David Kjelkerud
creative director
Lily Wyckoff
Creative Director
Kevin Tunc
Member of Design Staff
Jarrett Ford
Member of Design Staff
Karolis Kosas
Member of Design Staff
Angela Baek
Design Staff
Wes McCabe
Member of Design Staff
Natalie Liu
Product Designer
Patrik Goethe
Staff Product Designer