Summary

Creative Space Beirut (CSB) is an independent design school committed to widening access to high-quality design education. CSB provides a tuition-free three-year fashion design program and supports students and alumni through hands-on learning, mentorship and pathways into the fashion and creative industries.

CSB is launching Beyond the Studio – Fashion Practice and Professional Growth Masterclasses, a continuing education program for young creatives. This program is implemented by Creative Space Beirut, in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The program aims to increase employment and income opportunities for young creatives by strengthening technical skills, career readiness, and employer engagement.

Central to this approach is a series of applied, participatory masterclasses delivered by experienced practitioners and facilitators. Each masterclass focuses on a specific, practical competency participants need in real workplace situations, built around applied exercises, real scenarios and direct feedback, so participants leave with concrete tools they can use immediately. Trainers are asked to bring both subject-matter expertise and strong facilitation skills, translating their own professional experience into structured, accessible learning for a diverse cohort of emerging designers and creatives.

Dependency / Stakeholders

CSB Program Coordination Team, participating cohort learners (~18–25), and, where relevant, a creative technologist, legal/IP specialist or practicing designer contributing a case, arranged by CSB.

Employment Type

Consultancy – specialist masterclass trainer; approximately 8–10 contact hours for the initial run. Additional runs may be commissioned depending on participant demand, program capacity and trainer availability; exact session format co-developed with CSB.

Remuneration

€550–€700 for the agreed initial scope of work, including preparation, approximately 8–10 contact hours of delivery, coordination, review and participant feedback. The final fee will reflect the confirmed course scope and contact hours agreed with CSB. Any additional run will be subject to participant demand, program capacity and trainer availability, and will be agreed and remunerated separately.

Scope

The Trainer is responsible for delivering the AI in Fashion: Creative, Technical & Ethical Practice masterclass – a specialist working-brief module under CSB’s cross-cutting digital track within the Beyond the Studio program.

The role includes helping participants use AI deliberately within fashion/creative workflows while maintaining authorship, critical judgement and awareness of technical, ethical and IP limitations, answering the core professional competency: can the participant integrate AI into a professional fashion workflow in a way that improves research, iteration or productivity while critically evaluating what the tool produces?

The position requires strong applied facilitation skills across where AI is genuinely useful, research/information synthesis, concept and visual iteration, workflow/productivity support, critical evaluation of outputs, technical feasibility limits, and bias/originality/authorship/copyright/IP, co-developing the final session structure with CSB within the agreed program framework.

This role does not include a generic “100 tools” seminar, prompt tricks without professional context, an image-generation-only class, replacement of research/design development, or coding/model-building.

Responsibilities

1. Session Design and Delivery

Design and facilitate applied sessions covering where AI is genuinely useful, research/information synthesis, concept and visual iteration, workflow/productivity support, critical evaluation of outputs, and technical feasibility limits.
Guide participants toward an AI-assisted workflow case documenting the problem, tool choice, iterations, accepted/rejected outputs, final decision and ethical/IP considerations, as session output.
Deliver the agreed contact hours for the initial run in Beirut, online or hybrid format, including international remote delivery where appropriate.
Select tools that remain accessible enough for participants to continue using after training.
Advise CSB/Program Coordination on whether a creative technologist, legal/IP specialist or practicing designer would strengthen delivery with a case, and help integrate their contribution into the session once arranged.
Work with participants who have an existing creative/professional context and basic digital confidence, without assuming prior AI expertise.

2. Proposal, Coordination and Reporting

Propose recommended contact hours and session rhythm within the working course model.
Propose participant pre-work and prerequisites.
Propose applied exercises and the final output/evidence participants will produce.
Propose a feedback/critique approach and any between-session work.
Propose required materials, software, equipment or venue conditions.
Flag accessibility/support considerations and realistic group-size limits.
Co-develop and confirm the final session structure with CSB within the agreed program framework.

Uphold Governance Principles

Transparency: make goals and methods of achieving them clear to all affected by the business
Integrity: perform duties honestly and with moral principles
Reliance: seek guidance from management, legal counsel and other trusted advisors.
Legal compliance: remains within the law – follow rules and regulations, and demonstrate social responsibility
Equity: treat all stakeholders fairly and equitably
Independence: minimize conflicts and conflicts of interest
Security: Keep non-public information secure and confidential

Minimum Requirements & Skills

Core Competencies

Creative technologist, AI educator, designer/artist/researcher or digital innovation practitioner with a strong understanding of creative authorship, critical judgement and responsible AI use.
Ability to translate professional practice into an applied, participatory masterclass format.
Skilled in structuring feedback/critique on AI-assisted workflow cases.
Clear written and verbal communication.
Comfortable facilitating groups of ~18–25 participants.
Professional conduct that reflects CSB’s values.

Technical Qualifications

Fashion experience advantageous but not mandatory.
Comfortable working with accessible, professional-context AI tools, and able to select tools appropriate for participants to continue using after training.
Available to deliver sessions in Beirut, online or hybrid format, including international remote delivery.
Able to work within an ~8–10 contact-hour initial-run commitment, with openness to additional runs depending on demand, program capacity and trainer availability.

Trainer – AI in Fashion: Creative, Technical & Ethical Practice