Art Director
Skills
Adobe PhotoshopCreative IndustriesCreativity And InnovationDecksInstagramMedia TrendsNFL
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in graphic design art direction or design direction within agency sports entertainment or media environments
- Experience working in social media preferably in sports and entertainment
- Strong portfolio showing brand campaign social media and marketing work
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop Illustrator and InDesign
- Proficiency with Google Suite especially Google Slides
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint
- Basic knowledge of Figma or similar design tools
- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Excellent time management prioritization and organizational skills
- Ability to work autonomously within project scope and budget constraints
- Managerial skills including delegating tasks and giving feedback
- Highly organized systems-oriented and proactive at problem solving
- Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally across teams
- Passion for sports and entertainment especially basketball and football
Nice to have
- creative
- innovative
- organized
- proactive
- collaborative
- systems-oriented
- culturally aware
- fan-culture savvy
Day to day
- Lead social-first art direction across campaigns, live coverage, and tentpole moments for sports and entertainment brands
- Translate briefs and social strategy into clear compelling creative that performs across Instagram TikTok X and YouTube
- Partner with social client service and video teams to refine concepts present ideas and maintain cohesive brand systems
- Mentor designers and ideators provide detailed feedback and keep deliverables polished timely and culturally relevant