Lead Brand Studio Designer

Crystal Palace FC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary match day ticket

Reward and Discount Scheme through our

Health and Wellbeing benefit scheme

20% Discount in our Retail Stores

Discounts in various gyms through GymF

Volunteering Day - 1 Workday off to

Travel Season Ticket loan

Holiday allowance: 25 Days

Job summary

Crystal Palace Football Club seeks a senior in-house design lead to manage and evolve the club’s visual identity across print and digital channels. You will direct the design studio, ensuring consistency with brand guidelines, while delivering high-profile campaigns, kit launches, and club announcements.

You will oversee two designers, manage workloads, and collaborate with marketing, content, retail, and operations.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in the Adobe suite, master across Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• At least 5 years of relevant industry experience, agency or in-house.
• Proven experience of line managing, coaching or mentoring designers.
• Strong digital experience.
• A relevant degree / appropriate qualification in design.
• Experience in designing for print.
• Knowledge of / passion for football.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines, with high output.
• Motion graphics experience (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative output of the in-house design studio, setting the standard for quality and brand consistency across print and digital channels, including club websites, social media, email marketing, matchday programmes and large-scale print
• Play a leading role in the ownership of the club’s brand, maintaining current brand guidelines and developing them for the future, ensuring they are adhered to consistently across the Club
• Line manage and develop two designers: set objectives, give regular feedback, run reviews and support their progression
• Plan and prioritise the studio's workload, managing briefs, deadlines and capacity across competing requests from every department
• Design and deliver high-profile creative launches, including global campaigns, retail designs and launches (e.g. kit), and major club announcements
• Review and approve the team's artwork, ensuring everything is visually engaging, accurate and suitable for the execution required
• Act as the studio's main contact for the Director of Marketing & Communications and senior stakeholders, turning briefs into clear creative direction
• Work collaboratively with all departments including marketing, content, retail, production, commercial partnerships, hospitality and operations, senior management and the football department when required
• Own the production of the printed matchday programme and other key matchday inventory (such as the big screen), and manage the matchday rota across the design team
• Manage relationships with external printers and suppliers
• Generate new ideas and drive design innovation, including motion graphics and emerging tools and trends, as part of a small in-house studio
• Other duties and responsibilities as required by line manager.
• Upholding and promoting the Club’s policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities policies and procedures.

Skills

5+ years experience

Line management

Digital design

Football knowledge

Print design

Deadline driven

Motion graphics

Education

Design degree

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Crystal Palace Football Club seeks a senior in-house design lead to manage and evolve the club’s visual identity across print and digital channels. You will direct the design studio, ensuring consistency with brand guidelines, while delivering high-profile campaigns, kit launches, and club announcements.

You will oversee two designers, manage workloads, and collaborate with marketing, content, retail, and operations.