Art Director - Olympic & Paralympic Games

TKO•Los Angeles, CA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Hospitality Program will deliver world-class premium experiences across competition venues, hospitality houses, celebration spaces, and exclusive guest environments during the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Art Director plays a key role in bringing these experiences to life through innovative environmental design, storytelling, and creative execution. The role involves working under the direction of the Group Creative Director, partnering with Creative, Production, Venue Development, Brand, Operations, and external design and fabrication partners to transform creative strategy into immersive hospitality environments. This role is responsible for delivering design solutions that are visually compelling, operationally sound, and aligned with the LA28 Hospitality creative vision across multiple venues and guest experiences. The successful candidate is a collaborative creative leader with exceptional architectural and environmental design experience, outstanding visual communication skills, and the ability to lead multiple complex projects while maintaining the highest standards of creative excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design or related discipline or experience.
8+ years of experience in experiential design, hospitality, event design, entertainment, or environmental design.
Strong portfolio demonstrating environmental storytelling, spatial design, presentation graphics, and technical documentation.
Advanced proficiency in Sketchup, Layout, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Architectural Drafting.
Experience with 3D modeling workflow.
Mastery of rendering software such as Enscape, V-Ray, Lumion, or Twinmotion.
Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing large-scale sporting events, hospitality programs, exhibitions, or action sports.
Interior Design and Curation
Additional Craft/production skills a plus
Additional art skills (illustrative, drawing, sketching, or other methods to convey creative ideas internally and externally)
Additional Adobe Suite or motion graphics experience a plus
Working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
Familiarity with sustainable practices.

Responsibilities

Lead the creative development of hospitality environments from concept through execution with regular coordination with the event production and creative teams.
Drive design excellence across multiple venues while maintaining consistency with the LA28 Hospitality creative vision.
Translate strategic objectives into immersive guest experiences through compelling environmental design and visual storytelling.
Provide art direction, design guidance, and creative feedback to internal teams and external partners.
Establish and maintain creative vision across multiple hospitality venues while ensuring consistency, innovation and guest experience.
Direct the design process from ideation through fabrication, installation, and Games-time execution.
Develop presentations, renderings, mood boards, finish palettes, floor plans, elevations, and design intent packages.
Review fabrication drawings, mock-ups, and prototypes to ensure creative integrity.
Balance creativity with operational requirements, budget, schedule, and constructability.
Serve as the primary creative liaison between Creative, Production, Venue Development, Operations, and fabrication partners.
Present creative concepts and design rationale to executive leadership and stakeholders.
Coordinate with architects, scenic fabricators, exhibit partners, and graphics vendors to ensure consistent execution.
Ensure all work reflects LA28 Hospitality brand standards and creative direction.
Maintain consistency across hospitality venues and guest touchpoints.
Review deliverables for quality, accuracy, and production readiness.
Lead multiple venue design projects simultaneously through all phases of development.
Lead and direct external design partners, fabricators, and creative vendors to ensure design excellence, production quality, and successful project delivery.
Support venue installations, site reviews, punch lists, and Games-time creative oversight.
Maintain organized project documentation and meet key project milestones.
Identify emerging trends in experiential design, hospitality, sustainability, and materials.
Champion innovative design solutions that elevate the Olympic and Paralympic guest experience.
Deliver world-class hospitality environments that elevate the Olympic and Paralympic guest experience.
Maintain exceptional creative quality across multiple venues.
Build trusted partnerships across creative, production, and operations teams.
Champion the LA28 Hospitality creative vision from concept through Games-time execution.
Follow administrative procedures for timesheets, time off requests, and other HR needs.
Keep up to date with any deliverables the Project Management team needs for billing purposes.