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Motion Designer, Sports Broadcast

About The Opportunity

Come join the ECXD Live creative team as we invent what live events look and feel like for a global audience. In this role, you will be a key contributor in building out our design language for live event graphics, directly impacting how millions of fans experience our live moments.

About The Team

We are a team that prioritizes culture just as much as the final product. You’re stepping into an environment where we lean on listening and learning equally, ensuring that every teammate feels supported both in the work and beyond it.

Culture Requirements

• Radical Selflessness: We carry ourselves with a dedication to making the work experience as good as possible for everyone involved.
• Curiosity: We value leaders and teammates who showcase constant curiosity and a "helpful yet independent" point of view.
• Nimble Collaboration: We expect our team to be nimble and helpful as our properties evolve, riding the line between high-pressure asks and sustainable solutions.
• Mentorship and Growth: Our highest priority is helping one another grow and expand our influence, acting as consistent educators to those around us.
• A "We" over "Me" Mentality: We are thoughtful teammates who working tirelessly to set each other up for success

About the Role

We are seeking a visionary Gfx Visual Designer to build, stress-test, and evolve the graphic systems that power our global live event storytelling. This role is for the "part-time daydreamer" who can imagine the future of live displays while maintaining the disciplined craft required to execute elite, air-ready broadcasts. You are someone who knows the rules of the system so well you can break them to make the normal seem extraordinary, ensuring our design DNA is threaded through every frame. As a key contributor to the ECXD Live creative team, you will be responsible for custom design work that tells singular stories and scales across enormous global productions. You will oversee the execution of high-end graphic packages—from intricate inserts to platform-wide expansions—ensuring every element is polished to perfection. You’ll carry yourself with a selflessness that makes the work experience better for our partners in Content and Production as we define a second-to-none experience for fans worldwide.

What You’ll Do

• Design and stress-test cohesive, scalable graphic systems that work across diverse live event genres, from global soccer to comedy specials.
• Thread "Brand DNA" through every creative execution, ensuring a unified visual language across all platforms and consumer touchpoints.
• Execute high-end custom design work that tells singular, impactful stories for our biggest live event priorities.
• Audit live executions in real-time to recaps how work was used and identify areas that need a higher level of polish.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to navigate tradeoffs and deliver industry defining work under high-pressure live deadlines.

About You

• You are a "daydreamer" who can imagine the extraordinary while remaining grounded in the technical discipline of a broadcast system.
• You lead with a "team-first" mentality, carrying yourself with a selflessness that improves the work experience for the entire crew.
• You are an empathetic collaborator who leans on listening and learning equally to solve complex creative problems.
• You are a "student of the game" who is curious about the "how" and "why" behind information systems and live data.
• You are comfortable in ambiguity and can simplify complex design problems into actionable, durable creative directions.

Primary Responsibilities:

Team Logo Creation and Development

• Designs and iterates on team marks/logos where needed
• Applies and adapts logos across multiple usage contexts
• Asset sheet creation and logo sheets

Team Front-End Design and Animation

• Designs and animates team-level toolkits (e.g., intros, transitions, motion graphics)
• Translates static brand elements into motion for various formats

Sales Toolkits

• Creates sales-enablement materials (decks, one-pagers, templates)
• Ensures assets are visually aligned with NFL campaign design system

The Must Haves

• 5+ years of experience in a studio or media environment, with a portfolio showcasing industry-leading live graphics.
• Expert-level craft in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects for system building and finishing work.
• Proven track record of creating and scaling design systems adopted across multiple teams.
• Strong creative judgment with the ability to articulate design decisions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• A portfolio that demonstrates an ability to blend elite aesthetic polish with functional, data-heavy graphic hierarchies.

Even Better

• Experience designing for global streaming platforms and understanding cross platform viewing contexts.
• Experience in 3D applications and an ability to navigate different render engines.
• A background in high-profile sports or entertainment rebrands that required regional and cultural sensitivity.
• Familiarity with Figma for collaborative design and system documentation.

Why This Role Matters

This role serves as a contributing architect of our visual identity, helping to define and expand the core systems that drive our storytelling. You will ensure that our design DNA remains extraordinary as it scales globally, making a foundational impact on how every live event property shows up for our fans.

Potential Deliverables

A list of potential areas of help that can showcase deliverable requirements.

• Team Logo Creation and Development (Design)
• Designs and iterates on team marks/logos where needed
• Applies and adapts logos across multiple usage contexts ? Asset sheet creation and logo sheets
• Team Front End Design and Animation (Design + Motion)
• Designs and animates team?level toolkits (e.g., intros, transitions, motion graphics)
• Translates static brand elements into motion for various formats
• Sales Toolkits (Design + Motion)
• Creates sales enablement materials (decks, one pagers, templates)
• Ensures assets are visually aligned with NFL campaign design system
• NFL Inserts & Miscellaneous Assets (Design)
• Designs additional broadcast/streaming inserts and additional ad hoc graphics
• Handles rapid turn requests tied to games and events
• Custom Layouts (Design)
• Creates bespoke layouts for special content and campaign needs
• Adapts layouts to multiple device sizes and channels as required
• Custom Front Ends and Fullscreen graphics
• Monitors, Desks, and Slates (Design)
• Designs on set and in studio graphics (monitors, desk wraps, lower thirds, slates)
• Ensures clarity and legibility in a live or recorded production environment

Pay Rate Range: $70-75/hour on W-2

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