Graphic Designer

Dallas Mavericks; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dallas Mavericks are seeking a visionary Graphic Designer to drive trendsetting visual storytelling across on-court game presentation, in-arena graphics, and off-court marketing, community, and social content.

Responsibilities include creating branded assets, building campaign look-and-feel, collaborating with social/marketing teams, and updating brand style guides to support a unified organizational story.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional graphic design experience.
• Experience with branding toolkits and style guides.
• Experience creating and managing branded or sponsored campaigns.
• Strong artistic vision and instinct.

Responsibilities

• Create trendsetting art across on-court and off-court channels, social, digital, and marketing.
• Build look and feel for branded campaigns and deliver concepts to partners.
• Collaborate with social and marketing teams for unified brand look.
• Partner with Creative team to tell the organization’s ongoing story.
• Extend and update brand style guides for social and digital spaces.
• Ideate and develop asset refreshes and new programs.
• Deliver branded and sponsored assets on deadline per posting schedule.
• Serve as artistic lead on seasonal and campaign content.
• Stay current with technology upgrades and industry advancements.

Skills

Graphic design

Branding

Art direction

Collaboration

Brand guidelines

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY
The Dallas Mavericks are looking for a visionary Graphic Designer to join our team and help drive trendsetting visual storytelling across the organization - from on-court game presentation and in-arena graphics to off-court marketing, community, and social/digital content.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Creates trendsetting art and design pieces spanning on-court game presentation and off-court social, digital, and marketing channels.
• Builds the look and feel for repeatable branded campaigns and packages concepts for delivery to partners.
• Collaborates with social and marketing teams to present a unified brand look.
• Partners closely with the Creative team to help tell the organization’s ongoing story.
• Works with creative leadership to extend and update brand style guides for the social and digital space.
• Participates in ideation and development for asset refreshes and new program creation.
• Delivers branded and sponsored assets on deadline per the posting schedule.
• Supports the Creative team with a unified artistic vision across deliverables.
• Serves as artistic lead on seasonal and campaign-based content.
• Stays current with technology upgrades and industry advancements.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 3 years of professional graphic design experience.
• Experience working with creative and social/marketing teams.
• Experience building brand toolkits and style guides.
• Experience creating and managing branded or sponsored campaigns.
• Strong artistic vision and instinct.
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Previous experience in sports, entertainment, or another fast-paced brand environment preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, with the willingness to help others and the humility to ask for help when needed.

The Dallas Mavericks provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.