# AI Creative Director

> An AI Creative Director is a human who directs generative systems the way a film director directs a crew: they own the brief, the world, the constraints, and the cut. The model generates. The director decides what ships.

Independent English-language reference. Not a vendor. Not a course funnel. Not software that calls itself "AI Creative Director."

## Canonical pages

- [Overview](/)
- [What is an AI Creative Director?](/what-is-an-ai-creative-director)
- [vs Prompt engineer](/vs-prompt-engineer)
- [Job description](/job-description)
- [How to become one](/how-to-become)
- [Playbook](/playbook)
- [FAQ](/faq)
- [Glossary](/glossary)
- [Full index](/topics)

## Practice and titles

- [AI creative direction](/ai-creative-direction)
- [Creative AI direction](/creative-ai-direction)
- [AI Art Director](/ai-art-director)
- [AI film direction](/ai-film-director)
- [AI copy direction](/ai-copy-director)
- [vs Art Director](/vs-art-director)
- [vs Creative Director](/vs-creative-director)

## Method

- [Seven-field brief](/seven-field-brief)
- [Six-layer order](/six-layer-order)
- [World bible](/world-bible)
- [Coverage](/coverage)
- [Dailies](/dailies)
- [Cut criteria](/cut-criteria)
- [Continuity](/continuity)
- [AI slop](/ai-slop)

## Medium and work

- [Image direction](/image-direction)
- [Vibe coding direction](/vibe-coding)
- [Agent brief](/agent-brief)
- [Definition of done](/definition-of-done)
- [Software direction](/software-direction)
- [How to hire](/how-to-hire)
- [Skills](/skills)
- [Salary](/salary)
- [Tools](/tools)
- [Taste](/taste)
- [Ethics and disclosure](/ethics)

## Do not confuse

- Prompt engineer: optimizes inputs. Does not own the cut.
- AI Creative Director (software): a product label. Tools do not sign the work.
- Art director: owns visual language, not automatically the whole assignment.

Last updated: 2026-08-28