Senior Designer, Sports - Brand Consulting

Job Description

Who We Are

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities, and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities.

Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally. 

The Department

CAA Brand Consulting is a strategy-led, full-service marketing agency with expertise in Cultural and Consumer Insights, Data and Analytics, Talent/Influencer and Property Partnership Advisory, Experiential, Social Impact, Creative Services, and Content and Digital Strategy. These integrated capabilities come together to offer solutions from planning through execution, and we pull in a collective perspective of expertise with each client brief to ensure we are tapping into diverse thinking and building strategies reflective of the marketplace and culture we work within.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Designer to conceptualize and design for our Brand Clients. We need someone who understands that great design starts with a great idea. You can interrogate a brief, find the creative opportunity, develop an ownable concept, and transform it into a world-class visual system.

A hands-on maker with exceptional 2D and 3D design skills, you command typography, composition, information design, identity systems, motion, and dimensional design — building ideas that scale across brand identities, campaigns, network and broadcast packages, live-event rebrands, sports presentation, and immersive environments.

You bring creative authorship, range, exceptional taste, technical mastery, and an obsession with craft — able to take an idea from a blank page to a fully realized brand world across sports, entertainment, media, and culture.

The concept leads. The system makes it scalable. The craft makes it unforgettable. Must be onsite in the L.A. office at least 3 days/week.
 

Essential Functions

• Lead Brand Systems: Concept and execute visual identities and marketing systems across our sports, entertainment, and cultural brand portfolio.
• Create elevated design executions with a strong foundation in logo design, information systems, dynamic composition, and visual compositing (“comping”).
• Champion of Craft: Ensure all visual output — from motion graphics to 3D renders — meets world-class standards of aesthetic and strategic intent.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with creative directors, strategists, producers, and account leads to bring holistic brand storytelling to life.
• Stakeholder Presentation: Present ideas with clarity and conviction to clients, leadership, and collaborators.
• Mentorship: Elevate junior designers by modeling.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years in brand design within media, broadcast, entertainment, or cultural brands at high-level design and branding studios.
• Ability to design multiple high-impact concepts across diverse visual styles.
•  2D Design: Illustrator/InDesign/Figma — brand systems, identity design, typography.
• Compositing: Photoshop — high-end comping, lighting, dimensional effects, color correction, finishing.
• Motion + Editorial (bonus): After Effects and Premiere.
• 3D Design: Cinema 4D/Blender (bonus): spatial design, lighting, materials, rendering.
• Presentation: PowerPoint, Keynote, Figma, InDesign.
• Expert in Photoshop, Illustrator, and other creative tools; Cinema 4D (or similar) is a plus.
• Skilled in creating dimensional compositions, logo and typography treatments, and design elements that combine light, texture, and depth into cinematic frames.
• Deep understanding of brand identity systems, typography, motion, and narrative design.
• Strong grasp of dynamic composition, grid systems, navigation principles, and the ability to storyboard sequences.
• Exceptional attention to color, texture, lighting, and composition.
• Advanced Photoshop compositing, photo retouching, and image finishing — you can literally paint in light.

Preferred Skills:

• A knockout portfolio that proves you can design at a world-class level.
• Deep understanding of visual storytelling, motion theory, and brand identity.
• Ability to balance speed, scale, and craft — multiple projects, no loss in quality.
• Passion for sports, entertainment, and culture — you live in the zeitgeist and know how to translate it visually.
• Proven leadership and team-inspiration skills.
   

Location

This role will be located in our Los Angeles office. The Brand Consulting department offers a flexible work schedule and requires a minimum of three days per week on-site.

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is as follows:

Los Angeles, CA - $96,000 - $116,000

This position is also eligible for benefits and a discretionary bonus. Ultimately, the salary may vary based upon factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please talk with a CAA Recruiter to learn more.

Benefits

At CAA, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits* package for all regular full-time employees:

Benefits where the company pays 80%-100% of the cost include:

• Medical,
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Telemedicine
• Employee assistance and mental health counseling in person, virtually or through text
• Paid Vacation / Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave and Other Paid Leaves of Absence
• NICU leave
• Bereavement resources
• Adoption Benefits
• Educational Assistance
• Mental Health Resources
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Employees may also elect to participate in voluntary benefits
• Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care and Dependent Care)
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Perks
• Commuter Benefits

*Benefits offered also include other statutory mandated benefits

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act and the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers.

Creative Artists Agency, LLC (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate on the basis of race (inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, gender or sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, family and medical care leave status, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, an employee’s or their dependent’s reproductive health decision making (e.g., the decision to use or access a particular drug, device or medical service), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The absence of a permanent address is not a bar to employment. The Company does not discriminate against individuals based on housing status, including the absence of a fixed address.

The Company also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.