Senior Art Director

Gondola; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Senior Art Director where your creativity will shine in developing compelling brand campaigns across various media. This role is perfect for an experienced designer eager to lead a talented team and drive innovative projects that engage fans and elevate the brand's presence. You'll have the opportunity to mentor emerging designers while collaborating with marketing and content specialists to deliver outstanding fan experiences. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about design, this is the perfect chance to make a significant impact in the sports and entertainment industry.

Benefits

Health and welfare benefits

Flexible hours

Team collaboration opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years of design experience with a strong portfolio.
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite and experience leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of seasonal Team creative and support designers.
• Collaborate with marketing teams to meet business objectives.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Design Leadership

Creative Concept Presentation

CMS Systems

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Wix

Squarespace

Job description

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Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates seven major and minor sports teams: 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s 2019 Championship Washington Mystics, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go, 2021 & 2020 NBA 2K League Champion Wizards District Gaming and Caps Gaming, an esports sub-brand of the Capitals. Additionally, it holds a significant investment in a seventh professional team, Team Liquid, an endemic esports team owned and operated by aXiomatic, in which MSE is an investor.

In September 2022, MSE acquired the regional sports network, then-called NBC Sports Washington and newly rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. Monumental Sports Network now holds the exclusive local television media rights to Capitals’, Wizards’, and Mystics’ games. The network is both a linear channel and a digital operation. Prior to acquiring the linear platform, the digital platform was launched by MSE in 2016, as the first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile, and streaming platforms. Those linear and digital platforms are now combined and join Caps Radio, Wizards Radio, MSE Outdoor and Monumental Productions for a full suite of six media enterprises.

In addition to Capital One Arena – a venue which hosts 3M+ visitors across over 250 events annually, MSE also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex (training facility for the Capitals), MedStar Health Performance Center (training facility for the Wizards, Mystics, and Go-Go) and EagleBank Arena (a 12,000+ live event venue on George Mason University’s campus).

In July 2020, MSE partnered with William Hill (subsequently acquired by Caesars Entertainment) to open the first ever in-arena sportsbook in North America, now called Caesars Sportsbook.

MSE opened “District E powered by Ticketmaster” in the spring of 2023, a flagship esports and entertainment venue. This 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offers a 365-day-a-year series of immersive experiences in esports, music, culinary excellence, event programming, and community events.

MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:

1. You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.
2. You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies, and gives back to the community we serve.
3. You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.
4. You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.
5. You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.
6. You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.
7. You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.

Position Overview: The Senior Art Director is responsible for planning, creating, and delivering Team brand and seasonal campaigns as well as their corresponding executions across print, digital, linear, and in-arena. This position offers mentorship to a team of designers and is responsible for results and timely performance of assigned projects. This role focuses on both long-term creative design & planning projects as well as short-term, last-minute creative needs.

Are you an experienced designer who is deadline driven and is enthusiastic about being part of a creative team to accomplish business objectives? We would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

1. Build and maintain both short and long-term creative project calendars for Teams and Enterprises.
2. Collaborate closely with marketing team leads to understand specific business objectives and creative needs.
3. Lead the development of seasonal Team creative while supporting the team of designers to build compelling campaigns and then finalizing selected campaigns into Toolkits to be used throughout the company.
4. Take ideas from concept to implementation, working with project managers, design colleagues, team specific marketing departments, and content specialists to deliver an outstanding fan experience.
5. Collaborate with designers across the company, including Video Productions, Animations, Digital Departments, Broadcast Network and Partnership Activation teams.
6. Lead the ongoing Team brand creative, creating executions that support the Team master brand.
7. Present creative concepts to internal marketing and business leaders.
8. Supervise department content in order to mentor, encourage, and provide feedback for growth.
9. Recruit, mentor, and train members of the design team specializing in a variety of disciplines within creative design.
10. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 10+ years of professional design experience.
2. Experience leading and supporting a creative team.
3. Mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects.
4. Experience with CMS systems and website creation platforms including Wix and Square-space is a plus.
5. Ability to clearly present design concepts and ideas.
6. A portfolio of previous design work to showcase experience and creativity.
7. Strong work ethic and a desire to meet client expectations.
8. Positive, results driven, and an excellent teammate.
9. Flexibility to work extended hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Pay Range: $100-115k USD.

Benefit Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in health and welfare benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.