Art Director - BALBOA

Join BALBOA, DAZN/Foxtel Group’s award-winning, in-house creative agency. Built "by fans, for fans," BALBOA is a creative and production powerhouse dedicated to connecting premier entertainment and sports brands with highly engaged audiences. Offering an exclusive pass to the best seat in the house, we deliver compelling, high-impact creative work that drives brand resonance and commercial success. 

We are currently seeking an experienced Art Director to play a pivotal role in developing disruptive, highly engaging, and innovative brand and product campaigns across the Foxtel Group portfolio and DAZN. You will lead the visual development process from initial concept to cross-channel execution, ensuring the highest standards of visual storytelling. 

Reporting to the Executive Creative Director, you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the biggest names in sports and television as you join us in taking us to new heights. This role centres on developing innovative, strategically aligned creative campaigns that uphold brand values and leverage current media and sports broadcasting trends.  

Application Deadline

June 03, 2026

Department

Foxtel BU

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Australia - Artarmon

Workplace type

Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with copywriters to develop compelling creative concepts and co-manage casting for all broadcast, photographic, and voiceover talent. 
• Present creative work to internal stakeholders and clients, delivering strong insights and strategic rationale to support your ideas. 
• Brief and liaise effectively with external creative and production suppliers, including directors, producers, illustrators, and photographers. 
• Provide detailed guidance, oversight, and art direction to internal designers and finished artists throughout the production lifecycle. 
• Collaborate with account management and traffic teams to actively monitor project schedules and provide accurate time estimates for planning. 
• Work alongside media planners and buyers to tailor integrated campaigns across diverse broadcasting and digital channels. 
• Act as the primary client liaison for ongoing projects while attending concept and campaign research groups to continually refine the creative output. 

About your experience

• 5+ years of Art Direction experience within an advertising or creative agency 
• Exceptional skills across the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects), with experience in 2D/3D motion graphics, video editing, and image retouching considered a strong bonus. 
• Comprehensive understanding of fundamental design principles (colour theory, typography, perspective, and grid structures) as well as broadcast and digital production processes. 
• Proven capability to seamlessly juggle multiple campaigns at once, thoroughly quality-check work, and confidently command the respect of freelancers and junior designers to oversee their output. 
• Strong presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, ensuring you can effectively champion ideas and manage challenging situations with both internal teams and external clients. 
• A highly collaborative mindset with a solid grasp of what motivates both clients and creatives, allowing you to bridge gaps across the agency and the wider business. 
• Tertiary qualifications in Arts, Advertising, Communications Design, or Creative Writing, or graduation from an industry program such as AWARD School, are highly desirable. 
• A demonstrated professional interest in the entertainment, media, and sports broadcasting sectors. 

Please click ‘Apply now’ and include your CV and Showreel link, Website or Profile – we would love to see examples of your creative work!  

Life at Foxtel Group 

A career with us means working across one or more of our brands including Foxtel, Hubbl, Kayo Sports, BINGE, Flash, Fox Sports and Foxtel Media. When you join, the Perks at Work are taken care of:  

• You’re part of Fox Flex, our hybrid way of working with time spent at home and on campus  
• Free & discounted products including Foxtel, Hubbl, Foxtel Broadband, Kayo Sports and BINGE  
• Special days away from work for Birthday, Cultural & Volunteer Leave  
• Access to our holistic Fox Fit wellbeing program  
• Company-wide meeting-free lunch hours and Friday afternoons  

A note to recruitment agencies - we have this role covered. There is no need to get in touch, we do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

About Foxtel Group

Foxtel Group, a DAZN company, is Australia's home of sport and entertainment.

From our beginnings in 1995 as Australia’s original subscription television broadcaster, we’ve always had innovation in our DNA. Today, we’re Australia’s leading streaming and subscription television company.

Our portfolio includes Kayo Sports, a dedicated sports streaming service; BINGE, an entertainment streaming platform; Foxtel, the country’s largest pay-TV provider; Fox Sports Australia, the country’s leading sports production company; Foxtel Media, our innovative advertising sales business, and BALBOA, our powerhouse creative agency.

In 2025, we became part of the DAZN family, which allows us to benefit from DAZN’s global scale, innovation and technology.

As a team, we invest in our people and we’re committed to a culture of collaboration, performance, and recognition, guided by our company values of Customer First, Own It, Authentic, Change the Game, and Win Together.

We’re a homegrown Australian company with our headquarters at Broadcast Way Studios on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, and campuses on the Gold Coast and in Melbourne.

When you join our winning team, you can expect to be supported by your leader, encouraged by your teammates, and presented with countless opportunities to do great work that gets recognised and rewarded.

Join our team today and discover your role of a lifetime for our audience of millions.

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