Art Director – Game Shows
Sony Pictures Entertainment · Culver City, CA · 4 wk ago
HybridArt & Creative$118k–$153k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Create compelling visual concepts for integrated campaigns across broadcast, streaming, digital, social, and brand initiatives.
- Translate creative strategy into strong visual narratives, mood boards, style frames, and design systems.
- Partner closely with writers, producers, editors, and designers to shape cohesive creative ideas from pitch to final execution.
- Support the Executive Creative Director in defining and maintaining the brand expression and visual standards of both franchises.
- Create high-impact design assets including key art, promo graphics, digital/social layouts, typography systems, thumbnails, presentations, and animation briefs.
- Provide hands-on design work using Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.) and/or Cinema 4D to bring concepts to life.
- Guide designers (static and motion) by delivering clear visual direction, templates, and design toolkits.
- Ensure all art delivered aligns with franchise identity, tone, and platform-specific requirements.
- Cross-functionally collaborate with Marketing, Social & Digital, and Production to ensure creative alignment across all touchpoints.
- Collaborate with show-side partners and internal stakeholders to incorporate episodic elements, contestant imagery, set visuals, and talent photography into marketing materials.
- Provide creative support for franchise initiatives, partnership campaigns, special episodes, and development projects.
Qualifications
- 6–8+ years of experience in creative marketing, design, or art direction within entertainment, broadcast, streaming, or digital media.
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) and experience guiding motion/animation workflows.
- Solid understanding of and/or technical proficiency in Cinema 4D with strong grasp of 3D systems and compositing.
- Strong conceptual thinker with the ability to translate ideas into polished, on-brand visual systems.
- Experience developing creative for iconic brands, entertainment IP, or character-driven storytelling is highly preferred.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills; able to articulate ideas clearly to cross-functional partners.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable balancing multiple creative projects simultaneously.