AI Discovery Consultant, Creative and Production Operations

7 Minutes ago • All levels • $270,400 PA - $312,000 PA
Research Development

Job Description

Onward Search is hiring an AI Discovery Consultant for a hybrid opportunity with a major leader in the beauty space. This 4-week consulting engagement focuses on conducting discovery, capturing baseline metrics, and aligning leadership and creative stakeholders on AI enablement goals within creative and production workflows. It's a part-time contract role with compensation from $130 to $150/hr.
Must Have:
  • Lead kickoff and alignment sessions with leadership and creative teams to define success criteria.
  • Conduct 6 to 8 stakeholder interviews across leadership, creative, and production to uncover workflows, pain points, and adoption barriers.
  • Facilitate workflow shadowing sessions to observe real creative deliverables end-to-end.
  • Build a retouching/creative workflow map showing step-by-step processes.
  • Establish baseline metrics (e.g., time per image, rework rate, approval rate) to measure success.
  • Perform a guardrails and data check, capturing brand-critical rules.
  • Develop a Success Metrics Sheet with baselines and target improvements.
  • Deliver a One-Page Alignment Brief summarizing goals, risks, and "what good looks like."
  • Proven background in AI operations, workflow design, or creative technology consulting.
  • Experience with creative production tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Firefly, Runway, Figma, Midjourney, etc.).
  • Strong facilitation skills for stakeholder interviews and alignment workshops.
  • Ability to translate brand guidelines into guardrails for scalable AI adoption.
  • Strong analytical and presentation skills, with experience delivering strategic briefs and workflow maps to leadership.
  • Experience with digital transformation in relation to tech stacks and AI integration.
Perks:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Program
  • Commuter Benefit
  • eLearning & Ongoing Training
  • Education Reimbursement

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You’ll join the Creative Operations & Production Strategy team to conduct discovery, capture baseline metrics, and align leadership and creative stakeholders on realistic AI enablement goals. This part-time contract role will allow you to make a strategic impact on digital transformation initiatives within creative and production workflows. Compensation ranges from $130 to $150/hr (W2), paid weekly.

AI Discovery Consultant Responsibilities:

  • Lead kickoff and alignment sessions with leadership and creative teams to define success criteria in plain language.
  • Conduct 6 to 8 stakeholder interviews (~45 minutes each) across leadership, creative, and production to uncover workflows, pain points, and adoption barriers.
  • Facilitate workflow shadowing sessions (1 to 2) to observe real creative deliverables end-to-end, identifying time-intensive steps and quality checkpoints.
  • Build a retouching/creative workflow map showing step-by-step processes with flags for automation vs. human review.
  • Establish baseline metrics (e.g., time per image, rework rate, approval rate) to measure success.
  • Perform a guardrails and data check, capturing brand-critical rules (e.g., skin tone, color accuracy) that must remain human-reviewed.
  • Develop a Success Metrics Sheet with baselines and target improvements (e.g., reduce average time per deliverable by 40 to 60% while maintaining current quality).
  • Deliver a One-Page Alignment Brief summarizing goals, risks, and "what good looks like."

AI Discovery Consultant Qualifications:

  • Proven background in AI operations, workflow design, or creative technology consulting.
  • Experience with creative production tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Firefly, Runway, Figma, Midjourney, etc.).
  • Strong facilitation skills for stakeholder interviews and alignment workshops.
  • Ability to translate brand guidelines into guardrails for scalable AI adoption.
  • Strong analytical and presentation skills, with experience delivering strategic briefs and workflow maps to leadership.
  • Experience with digital transformation in relation to tech stacks and AI integration.

Perks & Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
  • Life Insurance.
  • 401(k) Program.
  • Commuter Benefit.
  • eLearning & Ongoing Training.
  • Education Reimbursement.

*Eligibility requires working over 30 hours per week on an assignment lasting at least 10 weeks.

If you meet the qualifications and are excited about this opportunity, apply today! Our team will connect with you to discuss next steps, support you through the interview process, and advocate for your success.

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