Talo is hiring on behalf of a client

AI-Powered Graphic Designer

Full-time · 9 AM–5 PM EST (New York time)

A confidential search run by Talo for one of its clients. The full brief is shared with shortlisted candidates.

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Full nameEmailPhone — optionalLocation and time zone — optionalLinkedIn — optionalPortfolio — optionalYour CV — PDF please, up to 4 MB; it is read as part of your applicationIntro video — required · a short video of you (1 to 2 minutes), MP4, MOV or WebM up to 100 MB, or a linkor a link anyone can open (YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, or Drive shared as “Anyone with the link”):Why this role? — optional

What is your monthly salary expectation in USD?

State a single monthly gross figure in US dollars (the advertised budget is $2,000 per month plus performance bonuses). Numbers only, e.g. 2000.

What is the earliest date you could start?

The brand wants to fill this role ASAP, so please give a realistic calendar date rather than a range.

Can you reliably work 9 AM–5 PM EST (New York time), Monday to Friday?

This is a fixed shift, not flexible hours. Answer no if your time zone or commitments make this unrealistic.

Which country will you be working from, and what is your nationality or right-to-work status there?

This is a remote role, so we need to know your working location and contracting basis (e.g. "Working from Portugal, Portuguese national, can invoice as a contractor").

This is a full-time, exclusive position. Are you willing to stop working with other employers, agencies or freelance clients for the duration?

Answer honestly; candidates who intend to keep other clients are not a fit for this role.

How many years have you worked specifically as a graphic designer producing paid advertising creative (static ads, advertorials, offer creative)?

Count only paid-media creative work, not general branding, print or web design.

Which best describes your work over the last two years?

Pick the single closest description.

List the agencies, brands or companies whose paid advertising creative you have designed, with your role and dates.

One per line, e.g. "Brand X (DTC skincare) — Senior Designer, Mar 2022–Present". Include whether the work was in-house, agency or freelance.

Which markets have you produced advertising creative for?

Select all that apply, based on where the ads actually ran.

United States Canada United Kingdom Western Europe Australia / New Zealand Middle East Asia Latin America Africa

Have you personally designed static ads that ran with real paid media spend behind them for a brand other than your own?

"Personally designed" means you built the assets, not that you managed or briefed someone who did.

What is the largest monthly ad spend that ran behind creative you personally designed?

Estimate the spend on the account or campaign your assets were running in, in USD per month. Choose the honest option if you never had visibility of the figures.

Which parts of the creative process did you personally own?

Select only what you did yourself, hands-on.

Concepting angles and hooks Writing on-image copy AI image generation Photo retouching and compositing Typography, layout and hierarchy Advertorial statics Offer and promo creative Website and landing page graphics Reviewing ad performance data Briefing or directing others

Link to proof that your creative performed (dashboard screenshot, case study, results deck or written reference). — optional

Upload to Google Drive, Dropbox or Notion and paste a public link. Anonymise client names or figures if you are under NDA. Paste "none" if you genuinely have nothing shareable.

Link to 3–5 finished static ads you designed that ran with paid spend.

A direct link to the assets themselves (folder, Behance project or PDF), not your general portfolio home page. Note briefly which platform each ad ran on.

Pick one of those ads and explain why it worked commercially.

Cover the offer, the hook, the visual hierarchy decisions you made, and what the performance data showed. Write it yourself — pasted AI text is easy to spot and counts against you.

Which AI image tools have you used inside a real, paid client or employer workflow?

Select only tools you have used on work that shipped, not tools you have experimented with casually.

Midjourney Flux Stable Diffusion / ComfyUI Photoshop Generative Fill Nano Banana / Gemini image Ideogram Freepik or Krea Runway Upscaling or retouching AI None of these

Which design software do you use to a professional standard?

Select all that apply.

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Figma Canva After Effects

How many finished, paid-traffic-ready static assets can you realistically produce in an 8-hour shift?

The role expects roughly 10–20 per shift, including variations. Answer honestly about your current speed.

It's Tuesday morning. You have a brief from a creative strategist for five holiday-offer statics due Thursday. Looking at the ad account, you can see the winning creative is currently advertorial-style, while the briefed holiday concept looks close to an angle that was tested and flopped last month. What do you do, in what order, and what do you actually ship by Thursday?

A short paragraph is enough. We are testing judgment about when to follow the brief, when to propose something better, and how you protect the deadline.

Are you willing to complete a short paid practical design test (2–3 feed-format static concepts for the product) as part of the hiring process?

The test closely reflects the real work and is paid.

Link to a 1–2 minute intro video.

Record on your phone or webcam, unedited, speaking to camera. Tell us: who you are, the ad account or brand where your creative ran with the most spend, and how you use AI image tools in your daily production workflow. Upload to Loom, YouTube (unlisted) or Google Drive and check the link is viewable by anyone.

How did you hear about this role?Is there anything about your circumstances or working setup we should know, or any adjustments you would like during the hiring process? — optional

Optional. For example, notice period constraints, internet or equipment limitations, or adjustments that would help you do your best in the practical test. This will not count against you.

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