Design Director

Design Director

Department: 77-803 - Subscriptions - Creative Services

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: India - Hyderabad

Description
TAGLINE

Our DAZN Central Creative is growing! We are looking for a talent, dynamic and energetic Lead Designer to join the team with an absolute passion for sport.

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Are you interested in shaping the future of live sport? Do you want to communicate with a global audience with some of the biggest sporting rights in the world?

DAZN is looking for a multi-disciplined and talented hands-on Lead Designer to lead the newly formed team, DAZN Creative India.

DAZN is the most disruptive business to hit the sports broadcasting landscape in decades and our creative thinking, execution and team spirit reflects this. By joining the DAZN Creative India as the design leader you will be instrumental in pushing this forward.

The ideal candidate will be a proven and exciting design problem solver, experienced in broadcast and /or agency creative. You must be curious and open-minded, with a track record of creating stand out marketing and brand design work, preferably at a global level. The perfect candidate will be broadly a generalist with a talent in brand building, storytelling, design & style frame creation and creative development, a keen eye for typography and an understanding of motion.
This is truly an exciting position that covers a broad range of projects – these include; working on design solutions for the DAZN master brand, title sequence and identity for non-live content and documentaries, design and on-screen packaging for programming and social, Key art and design around live sports events.

DAZN Creative is an in-house team responsible for bringing communications / marketing briefs to life through creating and producing innovative, visually stunning, and effective creative that drive business performance across the group globally, with the largest client being DAZN. The department is a mix of Creatives, Designers and Production staff.

Key Responsibilities
HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT YOU'LL DO (NOT ALL OF IT, JUST THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF

• Create design work of the highest standard that will excite fans and announces DAZN as the global home of premium sporting rights.
• Work closely with the Central Creative Team Leadership in London and other local market centres to deliver on their campaigns, making sure the India creative team deliver's accurately all the required versions and adaptions and are QC thoroughly and read to use.
• Lead an India based design team of 14 in-house designers, a mix of static and motion.
• Present all stages of the design process directly to internal stakeholders.
• Have a thorough understanding of automation and AI techniques and look to innovate and improve our design workflows.
• Keep on top of your game, and a design world that is ever changing.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
ESSENTIALS

An in-depth knowledge and passion for sport is mandatory
7+ years working at a highly respected broadcaster and / or Creative agency

• Strong portfolio of work, showing creative invention
• In-depth experience that covers brand strategy, brand systems, animation, illustration, photography and film.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strategic thinking and approach.
• Happiest at the sharp end of production.
• Experience in managing design teams.
• A good understanding of digital products and interactive entertainment.
• Able to provide calm leadership in pressurised situations. Commitment to upholding high standards with impeccable attention to detail.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW' IN WHAT WE DO:

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen.

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact.

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One.

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you'd like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.