Art Director - Broadcast CBS Sports

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Overview:

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.

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

Basic Qualifications:

• 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

• Experience designing a show package using motion design/3d graphics from start to finish
  • Concept design to execution
• Advanced 3D graphics skills, including c4d, Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, and Adobe AFX

• 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

CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the Big Ten ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR. 

In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, UEFA Champions League and Europa League action, Italy's Serie A matches, Concacaf national team competitions, as well as a full slate of original programming and studio coverage. 

CBS Sports also delivers an extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including every UEFA club competition match, all Serie A matches as well as Concacaf national team competitions, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for Paramount+. CBS Sports Digital's multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $110,400.00 - 140,000.00. 

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.  The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable,  as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.  This position is eligible to earn sales incentive compensation. 

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