Art Director - Baseball

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.

Wasserman seeks a sharp, ambitious and talented Art Director to help concept and work for a major player in the Sports industry.

An Art Director on this account means more than just coming up with ideas and presenting decks, it requires a deep curiosity for the brand’s goals as well as its audience. We’re ideally looking for someone who lives and breathes sports—but not just the game. You understand the culture around it: the fashion, the music, the moments fans care about. Baseball experience is a plus. A passion for sports is a must. You should have strong opinions on typography. You should have a strong vision about what you think the brand is missing and what we should be creating. Being able to not only conceptualize visually, but also executing technically will be a big part of this role. This work will not be exclusive to social media. Instead, you should have hunger for the bigger, bolder and smarter ideas that could connect visually and emotionally on some of the biggest platforms in the world. It will be more important to understand the brand, rather than the trend. 

Your day-to-day work will include a multitude of things including: building and helping with overall deck design, communicating in meetings and concepting with other team members, sourcing and sharing reference points and things team members should be aware of, being able to clearly communicate your and the teams ideas to clients in meetings, maintaining a strong visual approach to your work, organizing briefs for photographers and directors as well as being helpful on set with production.

You should also be able to be quite fluent from a technical perspective of being on-set, photography, film and visual mediums that goes beyond a slightly basic understanding, with a hunger for more.

Requirements: 

• Must be living in NYC

• 3 days in office hybrid work schedule

• 4+ years of agency-side experience developing social media creative assets

• Strong ability to concept multiple ideas quickly

• A keen eye for what works and the communication skills to explain why

• The ability to collaborate across internal teams and clients

• A knack for picking up brands’ visual identities, understanding why they work and switching between them quickly

• A demonstrated passion for and understanding of baseball, the brand and sports.

• Familiarity + Proficiency with Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Google Slides and Keynote (BONUS for Blender, 3D experience)

• Understanding of image display standards on all social and physical platforms

• Most importantly have a distinct visual perspective and thoughts that garner relationships within the organization, client and your work overall. 

• Commitment to excellence — working nonstandard hours when necessary, anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging platforms and trends to drive innovation

• Proficiency in MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite for Mac

 

Base salary range: $75 - $95k, plus bonus potential if applicable for role.

Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Wasserman is proudly an equal opportunity employer. We are always searching for the most passionate and talented people from all backgrounds and experiences to join us.

20 years into our evolution, we continue to expand services and geographies across the exciting and extraordinary worlds of sports, music, entertainment and culture.

We are committed to making a meaningful difference and driving real change when it comes to diversity equity and inclusion — not only among our employees, but in how we serve clients and push the industry at large.

If this sounds like a place you’d like to work, let’s talk!

Wasserman is a global leader in sports, music, entertainment and culture. Founded in 2002, Wasserman represents many of the world’s most iconic sports and entertainment figures, musical artists, brands and properties, empowering them to shape culture and captivate audiences worldwide.