AI Technical Designer - Shark Home

AI Technical Designer
- Shark Home

Location:

Needham, MA 3x a week Department:
Creative & Technology

Reports to:

Associate Creative Director

At Shark Ninja, our purpose is to positively impact people's lives in homes around the world. We create 5 star products that solve real problems and bring them to market with the same level of ambition. Our creative team operates at the intersection of product, brand, and performance. We are consumer centric, digging for insights and iterating until we find what truly resonates.

We are product led, where innovation is the story. We are increasingly AI enabled, using new tools to move faster, explore more, and raise the bar. This is a team that values speed, ownership, and craft, and expects people to operate as both thinkers and builders.

The AI and Technical Designer is a hybrid role designed to bridge creative ideation, AI driven production, and cross functional execution. This role acts as connective tissue across Design, Marketing, Product Development, and Studio Production, ensuring brand consistency while accelerating delivery and embedding AI into the creative workflow. You will combine technical design precision with strong AI fluency to help teams move faster, reduce friction, and produce higher quality outputs across NPD, CORE, and international SKUs.

What You'll Do

• Translate concept stage creative into production ready artwork across print and digital
• Ensure design consistency and brand standards across all deliverables
• Act as liaison between Product Development, Marketing, Design, and Production
• Oversee artwork delivery and maintain quality across all outputs
• Design, test, and refine prompts for AI generated creative outputs
• Continuously improve AI outputs for accuracy, tone, and visual quality
• Build and maintain a prompt library and AI playbook for the team
• Help integrate AI tools into creative and production workflows
• Educate and upskill teams on AI tools and best practices
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and implement scalable solutions

What We're Looking For - 3 to 5 years experience in technical design, production, or creative operations
- Strong understanding of print and digital production workflows
- Experience working across design, marketing, and product teams
- Proven ability to maintain brand systems across complex environments
- Hands on experience with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, Firefly or similar
- Strong writing and communication skills for prompt development
- Ability to think both creatively and systemically
- Familiarity with scripting or structured data formats is a plus
- Experience in consumer goods or high volume SKU environments preferred

You'll Thrive Here If You
- Are excited by the intersection of creativity and technology
- Like solving problems and building systems that scale
- Move fast and are comfortable iterating
- Enjoy working across teams and connecting dots
- Care about both efficiency and quality

Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution, 401(k) retirement plan with matching, employee stock purchase program, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, generous paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, identity theft protection, pet insurance, pre-paid legal insurance, back-up child and eldercare days, product discounts, referral bonus program, and more.

Pay Range

$85,800 - $100,000 USD

At Shark Ninja, we don't just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you'll be right at home.

We offer competitive health insurance,…