Creative Director, Sports

3 Months ago • 9 Years + • $127,000 PA - $188,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Creative Director will be responsible for innovating and evolving brand identities, concepts, and strategies for sports games based on cultural triggers and business needs. They will work with a cross-functional creative team on campaigns, social posts, and cover designs, and oversee visual development to ensure innovative and consistent artistic style. The role requires partnering with various teams to create world-class creative and participating in marketing strategies while ensuring on-budget and on-time delivery. They will elevate 2K’s creative culture in every aspect.
Must have:
  • Work in fast-paced business culture
  • Hands-on creative projects experience
  • Experience with large brand campaigns
  • Excellent Photoshop & Adobe Creative Suite skills
  • Strong art and graphic design skills
  • Strategic thinking and planning skills
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • 9+ years of creative field experience
  • 3-5 years creative team leadership skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication
  • Communicate complex concepts to stakeholders
Good to have:
  • Passion for sports or sports gaming!

Job Details

Who We Are:

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K,  renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role.  If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need:

We’re seeking a talented and passionate Creative Director (Art Director background) to join our in-house Creative Services team, focusing on 2K’s Sports titles, such as NBA 2K, WWE 2K, PGATour 2K, and TopSpin.

Reporting into the Global Creative Director of NBA 2K and Sports, you would work on all things related to these franchises, ranging from announce and launch campaigns, social posts, cover designs, brand toolkits, and everything in between.

We’re looking for someone who’s passionate about sports, games, and gaming culture, with a strong knowledge of 2K’s sports titles and a deep understanding of current gaming culture and sports fandom.

What You Will Do:

  • You’re responsible for innovating and evolving the brand identities, concepts and strategies for our games based on cultural triggers, audience insights and business needs.

  • You will be working with a cross-functional creative team, including, but not limited to: Associate Creative Directors, Designers, Writers, Game Capture Artists, Editors, etc.

  • You will work with the Senior Creative Director of Sports to craft a compelling, cohesive and coherent campaign work for our title launches.

  • You will oversee the visual development of the project, encouraging input from team members but making final decisions on the visual quality, style, and mood of assets.

  • You will communicate the visual design and development of the project to the art team and production through art specifications, style guides and discussions as well as set and approve the visual design and content for the project, ensuring that the artistic style and content are innovative, appropriate, and consistent.

  • You will partner with the creative, marketing production, global marketing strategy, go-to-market, partnership, and analytic teams to create world-class creative. You will be a connector and problem solver.

  • You will innovate and create ideas with the creative teams across 2K’s sports portfolio.

  • You are participating and adding value to marketing strategies and planning while working together with producers to ensure on-budget and on-time creative delivery.

  • Guard, elevate and embody 2K’s creative culture in every possible situation.

What Will Make You a Great Fit: 

  • First things first: You’re able to work in a fast-paced business culture with the ability to pivot quickly.

  • You are not afraid to engage in hands-on creative projects. You enjoy concepting and have an eye for details.

  • Work on large brand campaigns is a must.

  • Excellent skills with Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, and Google Slides.

  • Broad traditional art skills in the areas of color theory, composition, form and graphic design.

  • Ability to elevate strategic thinking and planning.

  • Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience and training.

  • 9+ years of professional experience in the creative field. At least 3-5 years of experience leading creative teams.

  • Experienced managerial skills coupled with the ability to optimize people, processes,
    and craft.

  • Excellent oral and written communications skills in global market language, including meeting facilitation and presentations across multiple locations and time zones.

  • Ability to efficiently communicate complex concepts and topics to stakeholders, wider organization and partners.
     

Bonus Points 

  • Passion for and/or experience working in sports or sports gaming!

 

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

 

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

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