Senior Designer, Entertainment Partnerships

Creative Artists Agency•Los Angeles, CA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Designer works on CAA’s Entertainment Partnerships creative team, which supports sales by creating custom presentations that communicate partnership opportunities between leading film studios, streamers, talent, creators, and brand partners. The role develops visual concepts and persuasive presentation narratives tailored to the tone, style, and intellectual property of each entertainment property. The designer collaborates with creative colleagues and sales leads, manages project schedules and competing deadlines, maintains high quality standards, and incorporates AI and emerging design tools into the workflow. The role also contributes to team templates and creative standards and supervises and mentors a Design Assistant, including training them in administrative tasks that support client-presentation preparation and delivery. The position is hybrid and based in CAA’s Los Angeles office.

Requirements

6–8+ years of professional design experience.
An exceptional design eye and proven experience designing presentations for sales and/or business development teams.
Ability to translate narratives, ideas, and strategy into clear, persuasive visual storytelling through pitch deck development and mockups.
A portfolio demonstrating sophisticated typography, layout, art direction, and craft.
Expert-level fluency in Keynote, PowerPoint, and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Strong command of emerging design and AI tools, with a clear point of view on how to use them to improve quality and speed.
High personal quality standards and the ability to self-edit work before delivery.
Strong time-management skills and ability to define and meet review checkpoints and deadlines across multiple concurrent projects.
Collaborative, adaptable working style; comfort taking feedback, pivoting quickly, and partnering with creative colleagues and sales leads.
Genuine passion for and knowledge of marketing, entertainment, and pop culture.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to articulate and workshop design decisions.
Ability to manage and mentor a direct report, identified as a Design Assistant.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an agency, studio, brand, or in-house creative environment.

Responsibilities

Create original layouts, templates, visual systems, and art direction for custom sales presentations that reflect each property’s tone, style, and intellectual property while elevating the brand partnership story.
Translate strategy, research, and creative concepts into polished, persuasive visual narratives from initial concept through final delivery.
Partner with colleagues to understand pitch objectives and shape the story visually.
Build workback schedules, set review checkpoints, and flag risks early to ensure on-time delivery.
Manage multiple projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while maintaining quality.
Integrate AI and emerging design tools into the workflow to improve efficiency, creativity, and output quality.
Maintain quality control across typography, imagery, consistency, and overall polish.
Stay current on design innovation, marketing trends, entertainment releases, and pop culture to inform and inspire the work.
Contribute to team templates, best practices, and the evolution of creative standards.
Supervise and mentor a Design Assistant, ensuring they are trained in administrative tasks that support preparation and delivery of client presentations.

Benefits

Medical coverage, with the company paying 80%–100% of the cost.
Basic Life and AD&D Insurance.
Telemedicine.
Employee assistance and mental health counseling in person, virtually, or through text.
Paid vacation and holidays.
Paid sick time.
Paid parental leave and other paid leaves of absence.
NICU leave.
Bereavement resources.
Adoption benefits.
Educational assistance.
Mental health resources.
Employee Assistance Plan.
Voluntary dental and vision insurance.
401(k) plan.
Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care.
Health Savings Account.
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance.
Eligibility for a discretionary bonus.