Remote - Senior Graphic Design Manager

Job Description

As a key member of the Sports + Entertainment, Design & Development team you will focus on the development and delivery of high-quality branding and sales materials for our organization The team is creative, collaborative and dedicated to fueling the growth of S&E.

Our Sr. Graphic Design Manager will execute all aspects of the design, layout, and final delivery of highly complex projects. The scope of this work is inclusive of creating food and beverage point of purchase materials, complete signage packages, internal and external communications, client presentations and the creation of new brands for cutting edge innovation.

Our ideal Sr. Graphic Design Manager is a team player, cool under pressure and jumps in to add expertise. They are gifted with the ability to take a statement like, ?I have this little idea,? and convert it into a clear, impactful and winning deliverable. Day to day work includes substantial variety and complexity, requiring originality, ingenuity, organization and the ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects. Looking to thrive in a fast paced, production deadline driven environment? We?re a good fit.

• Expert Photoshop, Illustrator, and PowerPoint skills to deliver new brand development, style guide lead asset development, presentation layout, internal communications, and other graphic design projects.
• Utilize InDesign skills to produce complex sales, operations, and internal support materials: flow-in text, insert pictures, apply style guides, page numbers, formatting, spell checking, etc. for a variety of documents.
• Commitment to and consistent ability to meet project deadlines, while managing multiple client?s priorities.
• Work on creating content and proofreading to ensure proper grammar, message consistency, and brand voice for all documents.
• Gain clarification, approval, and feedback on all work.
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Continually improve and demonstrate best practices to peers, clients, and organization.
• Leads coordination and organization of shared electronic files.
• Oversee one graphic design direct report
• Must be available to work non-traditional work hours to accommodate workload and delivery of deadline-driven projects.
• Limited travel required.

• This role has one direct report
• Oversee and manage one graphic designer within the Sports and Entertainment Design and Development team

• A positive, can-do attitude with a deep desire to constantly be looking to improve, better and grow the team.
• Expert project management skills, with the ability to multi-task while still maintaining quality of work and meet deadlines.
• Assignments are broad in nature and require efficiency, speed and consistency.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills with thorough attention to detail.
• Ability to think creatively and approach a wide variety of projects from new angles.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to manage up and down the organization.
• Must be able to handle deadline pressures and multiple assignments and clients. Track record of taking a leadership role in proactively creating and maintaining timelines, updating team on progression and proactively following up on adherence to timelines, and performing work within specified response and turnaround times.
• Advanced to expert level proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office with an emphasis on PowerPoint
• Must be comfortable in a PC format.
• 7+ years of relevant professional experience.
• 3+ years people management experience
• Portfolio of relevant marketing or sales materials is required at interview stage.

• College degree in design, business, or communications, or comparable work experience.