Art Director - Production & Hospitality

Who We Are:

On Location is a premium experience provider, offering world class hospitality, ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production, and travel management across sports, entertainment, and fashion. From unrivaled access for corporate clients to guests looking for fully immersive experiences at marquee events, On Location is the premier and official service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (Paris 2024, Milano Cortina 2026, LA 2028), NFL, NCAA, UFC and PGA of America, and numerous musical artists and festivals. The company also owns and operates a number of unique and exclusive experiences, transforming the most dynamic live events into a lifetime of memories. On Location is a subsidiary of Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company.

Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through IMG ARENA and OpenBet. Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.

The Role and What You’ll Do:

On Location is looking for an Art Director responsible for concepting and producing creative ideas on large scale events with multiple venues, dates, and shareholders involved.  Working alongside project managers, production partners, and the leadership team, the Art Director will be skilled in visualizing the team’s business objectives and communicating those goals through strategically executed creative ideas.  Strong SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, and AutoCAD skills are a must.  High level of creativity and outside the figurative box thinking highly encouraged, with a foundation in sound event production principles. High value will be placed on individuals who are self-motivated and take full ownership of their tasks. They should be flexible, hardworking and have extreme attention to detail even when working on tight deadlines. 

• Work with Event Production and Product Development teams to concept, communicate and develop impactful environments that capture the design intent for events & activations

• Design and develop environments with accompanying 2/3D assets

• Utilize design and storytelling tools including SketchUp, Vectorworks, Keyshot, (or related 3D software) Photoshop/Illustrator, Powerpoint/Keynote and other programs as needed.

• Create floorplans, technical drawings, and internal/external presentations

• Adapt designs within physical and budgetary constraints 

• Demonstrate solid experience of working with and adhering to brand guidelines

• Proficiency with on-site art direction and overall project design execution

• Pushes innovation, positive work ethic, approachable, collaborative, good under pressure, results-oriented, a problem-solver who can both provide and take direction

• Demonstrate a high level of communication, self-motivation, initiative, and ownership of their tasks.

• Time-management skills: meets project deliverables and timelines

• Follow administrative procedures for timesheets, time off requests, and other HR needs

• Keep up to date with any deliverables the Project Management team needs for billing purposes  

 

You Have These

• Bachelor's Degree in Design or a related field, or equivalent experience required

• 5+ Years Experience in fields such as Architectural Design / Event Design / Experiential Marketing / Event Production

• Mastery of SketchUp, Adobe Design Suite, AutoCAD (Ideally VWX), Keyshot (or similar rendering software) and MS Office Suite

• Has worked in a team environment with internal & external partners. Understands the bigger picture of projects as it pertains to a larger team.

• Great visual eye for style and branding control

• Excellent communication skills

• Must be able to work autonomously – taking ownership of your workload and able to juggle several projects at one time

• Approachable, collaborative, results-oriented, problem-solver who can both provide and take direction well

• Attention to detail, carefully following instructions, and checking work for accuracy

• Good timekeeping and work ethic that is characterized by commitment, motivation, and energy 

 

We’d Love If You Also Have These: 

• Artistic, sketching or additional 3D, rendering or Adobe Suite skills a plus

• Experience working on large scale events a plus

• Working knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office programs

 

Travel: Must be adaptable with work and travel schedule and be available to travel for work which may include extended work hours during nights, weekends, and holidays.  This position may require up to  20% travel.

 How we work: 

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week/in a remote capacity. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

 

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world’s diverse voices.  

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.  Endeavor strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:

$90,383 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:

$120,510 annually