Art Director, CBS Sports

Paramount•New York, NY

1d•$110,400 - $140,000

About The Position

The ideal candidate for this position will be an initiative-taking, highly creative proactive individual who possesses robust people skills and has 5+ years’ experience in sports graphics creation and execution environment. The Art Director will be a part of a robust, multi-faceted network sports on-air graphics department that supports both remote events and live studio programming.

Requirements

4–5+ years of professional experience in a media, sports, broadcast, entertainment, or agency environment, with a solid knowledge of the dynamic nature of live sports production
Solid communication skills
Clear in sharing creative ideas and helpful feedback
Collaborative with designers, producers, management, and partners from other teams
Hands-on creative ability — someone who is comfortable jumping into the work, designing, developing concepts, and problem-solving alongside the team rather than solely managing from a distance
Ability to take creative direction from senior leadership, particularly the VP of Graphics/Creative, and translate high-level vision into compelling, executable creative solutions
Proven ability to provide creative direction to designers and artists, helping establish visual direction, elevate concepts, and maintain a consistent creative standard across projects
Collaborative team player who thrives in a highly collaborative environment and can work closely with producers, directors, editors, animators, technologists, and other creative teams
A solid insight of sports storytelling and visual communication is required
Ability to create engaging visuals from complex sports stories, statistics, personalities, and moments
Ability to work proficiently under tension and within tight deadlines, particularly in a live sports environment where priorities can shift quickly and decisions need to be made in real time
Deep conceptual and visual design skills, with a sophisticated knowledge of typography, composition, motion, branding, visual systems, and contemporary design trends
Adjustable and focused on finding solutions
Curious about new technologies and creative tools
Open to exploring new workflows and storytelling methods, with the goal of helping CBS Sports improve sports graphics and visual design

Responsibilities

Oversee day to day creative output of the graphics department
Develop concepts and ideas for a variety of on-air productions
Direct, guide and mentor junior artists and animators
Expert design skills utilizing the Adobe Creative Suite
3D design skills, including modeling, lighting and animating
Ability to communicate concepts and design expectations to third party design houses
Ability to integrate graphics and animations into complex production environments
Creative leader for both CBS Network, Sports Network Cable and Digital
Work with the department head in improving efficiency of the team and the overall department through technological improvements
Collaborate with outside graphics to unify our graphics look and the CBS Sports brand
Consult on the design direction of our expanded brand CBS sports.com, CBS Sports HQ and create a unified voice for the CBS Sports brand
Collaborate with CBS interactive on shared properties
Oversee the content creation of sets across cable and broadcast shows
Work with outside agencies and freelancers to build out show packages
Ability to communicate concepts and design expectations to third party design houses
Ability to integrate graphics and animations into complex production environments