Senior Concept Artist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop industry-leading conceptual work, ranging from initial storyboards and visual explorations to proof-of-concept frames and polished final creative outputs.

• Oversee and manage multi-disciplinary creativity across various domains including broadcast graphics, video editing, motion design, animation, live action, digital, social media, and experiential projects.

• Lead, mentor, and collaborate with extensive, multi-layered creative teams.

• Direct strategic creative systems, visual toolkits, and design frameworks to ensure consistency, scalability, and sustained success.

• Spearhead advanced motion design and animation production.

• Conceptualize, direct, and facilitate live-action shoots, which includes creative development, production planning, and post-production execution.

• Prepare and deliver creative briefs, concepts, and strategic insights to internal teams, senior leadership, external partners, and stakeholders.

• Drive creative excellence and innovation in AR, VR, XR, real-time graphics, and emerging storytelling formats.

• Collaborate with stakeholder groups across ESPN and Disney.

• Mentor, coach, and uplift emerging designers, animators, and artists.

• Keep abreast of design trends, emerging technologies, sports media, visual storytelling, and industry best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A robust portfolio showcasing high-level concept development, art direction, visual storytelling, and refined design execution.

• Proven capability to transform strategic objectives, brand systems, and creative briefs into engaging visual concepts.

• Experience in developing creative from initial exploration to final execution, including storyboards, mood boards, proof-of-concept frames, style frames, and design systems.

• Strong grasp of composition, typography, color theory, layout, motion principles, and visual hierarchy.

• Experience in design, animation, motion graphics, video, or 3D concept development.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with creative directors, designers, animators, editors, producers, stakeholders, and external partners.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Capacity to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, high-visibility creative environment.

• A keen interest in emerging creative tools, technologies, design trends, and evolving production workflows.

• High School Diploma.

• Preferred: Experience in creating high-end 3D concepts, style frames, visual systems, or proof-of-concept work for broadcast, sports, entertainment, or live-event storytelling.

• Preferred: Background in contributing to large-scale tentpole events, premium broadcast packages, or high-profile brand initiatives.

• Preferred: Advanced proficiency in Cinema 4D, Houdini, Unreal Engine, Redshift, After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, or similar creative platforms.

• Preferred: Strong experience in motion design, animation, editing, or live-action production.

• Preferred: Experience in building creative systems, toolkits, or scalable design frameworks across various platforms.

• Preferred: Experience in mentoring, coaching, or providing creative direction to designers, animators, or multidisciplinary creative teams.

• Preferred: A passion for sports, culture, technology, innovation, and the future of visual storytelling.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be offered.

• Medical benefits.

• Financial benefits.

• Additional benefits will depend on the level and position offered.