Senior Designer Associate [Remote]

Senior Designer Associate (External Staffing Agency) The NFL is looking for a Senior Designer to help lead the charge in shaping the creative identity of one of the most powerful brands in global sports. This role requires a multifaceted designer with a sharp eye, strong conceptual thinking, and the versatility to bring high-impact campaigns to life across print, digital, social, and experiential channels.

Responsibilities

• Concept, design, and develop the branding for major NFL initiatives, events, club rebrands, and international games.
• Develop creative for multi-platform content, including digital, social, out of home, in-stadium, print, environmental, and event decor.
• Collaborate with other designers, art directors, project managers, and outside artists/partners to concept and execute bold, cohesive creative within expected timelines.
• Translate business goals and creative briefs into effective design solutions with clear storytelling and visual impact.
• Maintain exceptional attention to detail while working across multiple projects and formats.
• Participate in concept development and brainstorming sessions for league-wide initiatives.
• Contribute to the evolution of the NFL's brand identity, toolkits, and design systems.
• Stay current on trends in sports, design, technology, and culture to help guide and inform creative work.

Required Qualifications

• 5–7 years of design experience.
• Portfolio that demonstrates a high level of design excellence across a wide range of mediums and formats.
• Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, typography, color, composition, and brand systems.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Keynote.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining brand guidelines and style guides.
• Comfortable working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders and tight timelines.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; able to articulate design decisions with clarity and confidence.

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics

• Prior experience designing for major live events or high-profile brands.
• Exposure to motion design workflows and/or ability to collaborate effectively with animators.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools, creative automation workflows, or content templating systems.

Terms / Expected Hours of Work

• Potential travel 25% of the time.
• This is a full time, in office role. Overtime and weekend work is expected some of the time, especially close to deadlines and events.
• This job posting is for a position with one of the NFL's third-party agency partners that provides services to the NFL. The individual selected for this role will be an employee of that third-party agency and not the NFL. All compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment are handled by the agency. The assignment to provide services to the NFL will be limited in duration but may be extended for an additional period by agreement between the NFL and the agency.

Salary / Pay Range This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range. Salary $45 - $55 USD

Benefits

Information To learn more about our comprehensive benefits offerings, please visit: NFL BENEFITS At the NFL, in-person work at our offices is a top priority because it allows us to collaborate more effectively, build stronger connections, and maintain the culture that drives our success. This role requires onsite presence at an NFL office or stadium location, and remote and/or hybrid working options are not offered. NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED. The NFL is committed to building an inclusive work environment that reflects our incredible fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. Note: Posting is subject to change so please refer to career site for latest availability (SBJ-G337). Apply tot his job Apply To this Job