The NFL Media Design Group is seeking an Associate Art Director who is an expert in motion design, has an insatiable passion for NFL Football, an acute knowledge of our 32 clubs. Join our award-winning design team in Los Angeles at our new state-of-the-art facility at Hollywood Park - just a stone’s throw from the most advanced sports venue on the planet and home of the Rams and Chargers, the SoFi Stadium!
Our world-class creative department acts as an ambassador to the most valuable sports media brands in the world: the NFL, including League itself, our NFL tentpole events such as the Draft and Super Bowl, and our 32 clubs across all linear/digital platforms and products including NFL Network, NFL.com, NFL Apps, NFL social channels, partner platforms, and more. Our entire existence is dedicated to elevating the NFL fan experience through supercharged media, content, storytelling, and community campaigns.
The Associate Art Director helps maintain and grow the NFL’s brand on an ongoing basis and supports NFL media franchises 365 days/year alongside a team of Art Directors that report to the Creative Director. The Associate Art Director also contributes the project management of a diverse team of seasonal designer-animators.
In this role, the Associate Art Director is a hands-on designer and animator supporting shows, events, special programming or emerging platforms. This work is primarily focused on generating new concepts, designs and ideas – often requiring multiple rounds of iteration – and executing animation at a very high-production value, collaborating closely with Art Directors, Creative Directors and Creative Producers on the creative vision and production needs.
Responsibilities
- Be the co-ambassador of quality & integrity for all visual elements across all owned/operated and partner platforms representing brands, logos, players, key art and associated assets.
- Contribute to content strategy work with partner groups (broadcast programming, events, digital programming, original content, podcasts, sponsored content, and more), influencing consistency and quality.
- Create and maintain style guides and standards.
- Contribute hands-on to a project from design through production.
- Develop high-production value concepts, designs, animations, logos and style frames in support of motion graphics packages for the NFL Network and our digital properties such as NFL+.
- Help support work done in partnership with external partners, advocating for the highest quality creative in alignment with our brand.
- Help set and then meet timeline expectations, allowing adequate time for design, revision and execution.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years demonstrated experience working in the design-animation field.
- Current hands-on design, animation, and production a must.
- Expert knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
- Expert knowledge of C4D and Octane Render.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of design fundamentals such as typography and layout.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of animation fundamentals such as technique and timing.
- Ability to develop custom designs and animations from original concepts, style guides, existing graphics packages or references provided by art directors.
- Ability to adhere and uphold established file naming conventions and organizational guidelines.
- Able to accommodate non-standard work hours, holidays and weekends as needed.
Other Key Attributes / Characteristics
- Proactive, detail oriented, organized, and accountable with the ability to perform in a highly collaborative setting.
- Confidence in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexibility when faced with new information, needs or challenges.
- Willingness to invest in understanding the business of the NFL to better support and enhance how the League serves our clubs and engages our fans.
- An avid NFL Football fan!
Supervisory Responsibility:
- Support other creatives, such as designer-animators.
Travel
- Some potential for limited travel around tentpole events or in support of market research and education
Terms / Expected Hours of Work
- NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week
- Weekend, early morning, late night or Holiday work may also be required.
Salary / Pay Range
This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.
