Art Director (External Agency)

Overview /Objective
The NFL Brand Experience team works their magic at the important meeting point between the NFL Brand, and wherever and however our fans connect with it. The Freelance Art Director is responsible for creating high quality, on brand creative that aligns to and directly support their Creative Director’s vision. They will establish a high level of trust and credibility with her/his team and our clients within the NFL by bringing fresh, edgy, industry-leading ideas to the table. The Freelance Art Director is responsible for the design and brand strategy of the NFL’s major national and global tentpole events, the brand, identity and uniform design of our 32 Clubs, creative support for all NFL internal business partners and departments, the NFL’s cause platforms, and growth and development of their designers.
Responsibilities

• Brand strategy, logo development and uniform design for our 32 Clubs
• Oversight and execution of event décor programs
• Development, socialization and implementation of style guides across all internal and external NFL touchpoints and partner platforms
• Communicate consistently and effectively with Project Managers, Production, other Art Directors, Creative Director, and clients to keep projects on track for on-time delivery
• Manage his/her own schedule as projects will unexpectedly change order of priority
• Brief writing and brand research
• Oversee design and implementation of NFL internal business partners
• Directly manage two freelance senior designers
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders on design of branding work and key presentations
• Present work to internal clients

Required Qualifications

• Must be well organized and punctual
• Ability to bring a range of creative thinking and ideas to the different brand challenges
• Effective management skills of his/her design team
• Strong presentation and personal skills
• Experience designing for brands and events
• An understanding of the NFL brand
• Strong conceptual design and art direction skills
• Bachelor of Fine Arts or equivalent in Graphic Design
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong copywriting skill
• Familiarity with design and design direction for motion graphics
• 6-8 years professional experience

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics
A fundamental team-first leadership philosophy focused on the growth and well-being of the team they serve. Collaborative, empathetic, sharing of power and opportunity, helping those on the team develop and perform at their best.
Time, schedule and detail management. The most critical ingredient in the scope and impact of the Brand Experience team’s work is time. Delivering massive creative output and sharing it early, and efficiently, is the key to sharing the true value of what we do.
Physical Demands
On-site responsibilities around major events requires a significant amount of time walking, and on your feet.
Travel
Travel can be up to 30-35%, and involves planning trips around all major national and international tentpole events, in-person presentations to our Clubs around the country, and collaborative trips between our NFL offices.
Salary / Pay Range
This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.
Terms / Expected Hours of Work

• The NFL maintains a Flexible Workplace Policy that provides members of our workforce with opportunities to periodically work from a location of their choice, while maintaining a priority on in-person work at an NFL office, which enables us to more effectively collaborate, connect and build a workplace culture that will drive our continued success.
• The NFL is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment that reflects our incredibly diverse fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
• This job posting is for a position with one of the NFL’s third-party agency partners that provides services to the NFL. The individual selected for this role will be an employee of that third-party agency and not the NFL. All compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment are handled by the agency. The assignment to provide services to the NFL will be limited in duration but may be extended for an additional period by agreement between the NFL and the agency.
• FLSA non-exempt