Senior Graphic Designer

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited seeks a creative designer to craft high-quality static and animated social graphics for EuroLeague across its digital channels, including reactive content during live games and major events.

You'll collaborate with social managers, photographers and videographers to maintain EuroLeague's premium visual identity, contribute to campaigns, and push basketball storytelling to new levels in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience designing within sports.
• portfolio demonstrating social-first creative work.
• Understands basketball culture and sports storytelling.
• Can work at high speed while maintaining quality.
• Is highly creative and proactive.
• Feels comfortable working in a fast-paced live environment.
• Has excellent attention to detail.
• Can manage multiple projects and tight deadlines.
• Enjoys collaborating but can also work independently.
• Stays on top of design trends, sports culture and social media best practices.
• Is fluent in English.
• Has EU nationality or a valid Spanish work/residency permit.
• Has a genuine passion for sports.
• Has Adobe Photoshop skills.
• Has Adobe Illustrator skills.

Responsibilities

• Design high-quality static and animated social media graphics across EuroLeague socials and digital platforms.
• Create reactive content during live games, breaking news, transfers, milestones and league moments.
• Develop campaign creatives for season launches, Playoffs, Final Four and commercial partnerships.
• Collaborate with social media managers, photographers and videographers to bring creative concepts to life.
• Maintain and evolve EuroLeague's premium visual identity across all touchpoints.
• Contribute creative ideas for content series, campaigns and fan engagement.
• Help push the visual quality of basketball content beyond industry standards.

Skills

Social-first design

Basketball culture understanding

Fast-paced environment

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Team collaboration

English fluency

EU nationality or Spain permit

Creative proactive

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

After Effects

Job description

About the Role

The role focuses on designing high-quality static and animated social media graphics for EuroLeague's social and digital platforms. The designer will create reactive content during live games and league moments, develop campaign creatives for major events, and contribute to content series and fan engagement. Collaboration with social media managers, photographers and videographers is central to bringing creative concepts to life. The work also supports maintaining and evolving EuroLeague's premium visual identity across all touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities

• Design high-quality static and animated social media graphics across @euroleague socials and digital platforms.
• Create reactive content during live games, breaking news, transfers, milestones and league moments.
• Develop campaign creatives for season launches, Playoffs, Final Four and commercial partnerships.
• Collaborate with social media managers, photographers and videographers to bring creative concepts to life.
• Maintain and evolve EuroLeague's premium visual identity across all touchpoints.
• Contribute creative ideas for content series, campaigns and fan engagement.
• Help push the visual quality of basketball content beyond industry standards.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Has 3+ years of experience designing within sports.
• Has a portfolio demonstrating social-first creative work.
• Understands basketball culture and sports storytelling.
• Can work at high speed while maintaining quality.
• Is highly creative and proactive.
• Feels comfortable working in a fast-paced live environment.
• Has excellent attention to detail.
• Can manage multiple projects and tight deadlines.
• Enjoys collaborating but can also work independently.
• Stays on top of design trends, sports culture and social media best practices.
• Is fluent in English.
• Has EU nationality or a valid Spanish work/residency permit.
• Has a genuine passion for sports.
• Has Adobe Photoshop skills.
• Has Adobe Illustrator skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience designing within professional sports leagues, clubs, sports media companies or creative agencies working with sports.
• Additional European languages.
• Prior experience in a sports-related role.
• Understanding of motion graphics.
• Experience with motion design and short-form animated content.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Detail-oriented with a strong eye for visual storytelling.
• Experience with After Effects.
• CGI and animation skills.

Workplace

• Based in or willing to relocate to Barcelona.
• Willing to travel across the EU (10-15%).
• Available to work game nights on a rotating basis with the team.
• Has availability to work flexibly around the game schedule, including evenings and weekends during live games and major events like the Final Four.