Group Art Director

PrizePicks•Atlanta, GA

2d•$125,000 - $135,000•Remote

About The Position

At PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 550 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together? This is not a role for someone who wants to run the show. It's a role for someone who wants to make the show undeniably better. The Creative Collective is a small, high-conviction team built around one standard: commit fully or not at all. We move fast, debate hard, and once a call is made, we stand behind it together. The ECD sets the vision. Your job is to be the closest thing to that vision in execution — the creative right hand who makes it real. You will lead a team of four designers — two Art Directors and two specialist designers — not by controlling their creative, but by raising it. One Art Director owns brand creative and the other owns social creative. They're good at what they do and that doesn't change when you walk in. Your authority comes from your output, your ideas and your ability to make the people around you sharper. At the same time, you are an elite executor. You design, animate, edit, create merch or even build in 3D. Whatever the project demands you have enough in your bag to be dangerous. You concept at a strategic level and then drop into the tools and make it. You are the bridge between the ECD's vision and what the team ships — and you close that gap by doing the work yourself as much as by directing others. If you've spent your career being the best creative in every room you've been in and you're ready to be that for a team — this is it.

Requirements

A maker first — you'd rather build it than brief it out and your output proves it
Fast — What agencies do in weeks you can do in days if not hours.
Multi-disciplinary to a rare degree — genuinely elite across design, motion, 3D and concepting
A player-coach — you lead by doing, not by delegating and the team gets better because they watch you work
Low ego about ownership — Team wins are your wins. You protect swim lanes and make them bigger
A strategic thinker who doesn't hide behind strategy — you can go from big idea to finished asset without losing the thread
Chronically online — you live where culture lives, not where it lands after the fact
An elite ball knower — sports isn't a vertical to you, it's a language you speak fluently
Performance-aware — great creative has to do something, not just look good
A force multiplier — your presence makes everyone around you sharper without making it about you
8–12+ years of creative execution experience in a high-performance in-house or agency environment
Experience managing or mentoring creative talent — you've made other people better
Portfolio that demonstrates genuine range: campaign-level thinking, high-end visual design, motion, and 3D
Expert-level in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects — these are table stakes
Blender proficiency — strongly preferred, not optional if you want to stand out
Fluency in performance creative — you know what a winning paid social asset looks like and why it converts
Deep understanding of sports and culture — NBA, NFL, and beyond. You know the storylines before the brief is written
Experience in sports, gaming, or entertainment/culture — you already speak our language
Ability to concept, pitch, write and execute at an elite level across every stage of a project
You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI-driven creative tools and workflows
Video editing and social-first content production
Background working with talent, creators, or production teams
Experience building or evolving brand systems at scale

Responsibilities

Be the ECD's creative right hand
Partner directly with the ECD on ideation, concepting, and creative strategy — the thinking partner who helps turn vision into direction
Bring wild, well-reasoned ideas to the table and have the skills to execute them yourself
Represent the ECD's creative standards across every project and every channel
Help push the brand into cultural moments, campaigns, and big swings that feel undeniably PrizePicks
Lead the design team through craft, not authority
Directly manage two Art Directors (Brand and Social) and two specialist designers
Protect and reinforce what George and Brandon own — your role is to elevate their work, not redirect it
Coach through doing: show better work, not just describe it
Create an environment where the team produces the best creative of their careers
Provide direct, actionable feedback that makes the work better every single time
Execute at an elite level across every medium
Design campaign assets from brief to final — digital, social, OOH, CRM, product touchpoints
Animate TV spots, social content and create motion systems from scratch (Not An Option)
Build 3D assets — Blender proficiency strongly preferred
Concept and write alongside copy when the brief demands it — scripts, taglines, platforms
Own the two-minute drill — real-time cultural moments demand sharper judgment, not lower standards
Stay locked into culture, sports, and performance
Be chronically online and tapped into sports, culture, and the internet before it hits the mainstream
Bring elite ball knower energy — you understand the moments, the players, the narratives, and why real fans care
Build creative that performs — you understand paid social, know what a winning asset looks like, and never mistake beautiful for effective
Contribute to performance creative strategy alongside Acquisition and Product Marketing
Push what's possible
Bring new tools, formats and technologies into the workflow. Experiment constantly.
Drive trends, don’t follow them

Benefits

Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
401(k) plan with company match
Annual bonus
Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
Company-wide in-person events and team outings
Lifestyle enhancement program
Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development