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ā¢ Jul 17
Hi everyone! š We're currently hiring for the following roles to join our growing team:
- Influencer Marketing Manager
- Social Media Manager
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- AI Creative Director, Visual Storytelling
If you're interested or know someone who'd be a great fit, feel free to send me a DM. Thank you! š
Interested in the AI Creative Director / Visual Storytelling role. My work focuses on fashion, culture, AI-assisted campaign visuals, product storytelling, and brand world-building. Iād love to connect and share my portfolio
I am interested to apply for the social media manager role.
I'm interested except AI creative director
Interested for the social media manager's role.
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Title & Overview
Project Title: AI-Driven Ad Creatives: Gemini vs. ChatGPT Performance Test
Role: Creative VA / Graphic Designer
Tools Used: Gemini (Imagen 3), ChatGPT (DALL-E 3), Canva
The Goal (The Challenge)
In modern e-commerce marketing, high-quality product photography is vital, but traditional studio shoots are expensive and take weeks to organize. As a Creative VA, my goal was to build a rapid, zero-cost workflow to generate high-end, scroll-stopping ad concepts using generative AI.
I set up a head-to-head split test using the exact same commercial prompt across two leading AI engines to determine which platform produces superior assets for conversion-focused Meta Ads.
š ļø The Execution & Workflow
I engineered a highly detailed marketing prompt focusing on complex luxury textures, lighting, and reflections:
"Professional studio product photography of a premium glass perfume bottle resting on a block of raw pink Himalayan salt. Surrounded by floating water droplets and wild orchids. Dramatic luxury lighting, high-end e-commerce style, hyper-realistic, square aspect ratio, 1:1 format."
My Technical Adjustments:
Forced both platforms into a 1:1 square aspect ratio to maintain symmetry for ad placement.
Analyzed how each engine managed organic elements (orchids, salt rocks) versus synthetic structures (glass perfume bottles, text typography).
š The Results & Insights
I published the side-by-side comparison to my professional network to test real-world user engagement. The outputs revealed massive differences in platform logic:
Gemini (Imagen 3): Excelled at hyper-realistic editorial lighting, sharp background contrast, and crisp text rendering on the product label. Best for clean, high-impact catalog ads.
ChatGPT (DALL-E 3): Mastered atmospheric styling, producing a warm, cinematic lifestyle glow and highly intricate glass detailing. Best for emotional, narrative-driven social feeds.
By mastering these specific AI engines, I cut down visual production timelines from days to minutes.
This allows my clients to rapidly A/B test premium ad variations on Meta without burning through their photography budgets.
great use of AI for faster ad testing. š