By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalized than ever before. Learn more at geniussports.com.
The Role: Designer
As a Designer within our DCO team (Dynamic Creative Optimization), you will play a key role in shaping and evolving programmatic and social campaign creative on behalf of our ad-creative customers. This role requires exceptional art direction skills and a strong command of design industry standard software. Particularly in shaping existing and supplied campaigns into multiple touchpoints.
You’ll develop briefs into strategic solutions that capture attention, understand how to evolve creative executions for a diverse set of placements and formats, be able to think social-first and have the ability to generate new concepts and campaigns when required.
With a strong understanding of commercial advertising and branding you will confidently present ideas and solutions to key stakeholders, pushing the bar for art direction and design systems in the DCO team’s process.
As part of our DCO team, you’ll also be positioned within Genius Sports Creative, our internal agency, meaning you may also have exposure to briefs from our Brand, Marketing and Broadcast creative teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a champion and guardian of clients’ brand identities, ensuring consistency and creative excellence.
- Develop high-level creative concepts with minimal oversight, bringing fresh, unexpected ideas to the table.
- Lead the development of concept-driven campaigns and scalable design systems.
- Define forward-thinking art direction solutions that guide image-making, and content ecosystems across multiple platforms.
- Translate strategic narratives into distinctive, ownable visual executions that flex across diverse digital placements.
- Establish clear visual territories through mood systems, reference frameworks, compositional principles, and narrative guidelines.
- Collaborate across disciplines including strategy, copywriting, motion, and technology to build complete performance based campaigns.
- Balance multiple projects and clients, delivering compelling creative solutions on tight deadlines.
- Produce inspiring and provocative work that connects and engages audiences.
- Leverage AI-powered content creation tools to concept, visualize, and prototype design solutions.
What You Bring
A portfolio that demonstrates concept-driven performance campaign creative, strong art direction thinking, and the ability to build cohesive visual systems that scale across touchpoints.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3 years of experience in an agency, in-house design studio, or related creative field.
- Deep understanding of the creative process—beyond just campaign execution and production design.
- Ability to work independently while contributing meaningfully to a collaborative team environment.
- Strong design sensibility, with an ability to craft visually stunning and strategically sound work.
- Expert proficiency in industry standard software such as Figma, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
- Proven experience developing campaign-level creative.
- Strong command of photographic language, visual storytelling, and contemporary content aesthetics.
- Demonstrated proficiency with AI-powered content, prompting and image generation.
- Outstanding organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work seamlessly with traffic/project managers, account managers, and developers.
- Experience in motion design or 3D is a plus.
The salary for this role is based on an annualized salary range of $70,000 - $80,000. This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.
We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize opportunities to collaborate, connect and learn together. Our hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location.
As well as a competitive salary and range of benefits, we’re committed to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career. Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be at Reward | Genius Sports.
One team, being brave, driving change
We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more about our values and culture at Culture | Genius Sports.
Let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.
Skills Required
- Portfolio demonstrating concept-driven performance campaign creative and scalable visual systems
- At least 3 years of experience in an agency, in-house design studio, or related creative field
- Deep understanding of the creative process beyond campaign execution and production design
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Strong design sensibility and ability to create visually compelling, strategically sound work
- Expert proficiency in Figma, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Experience developing campaign-level creative
- Strong command of photographic language, visual storytelling, and contemporary content aesthetics
- Proficiency with AI-powered content, prompting, and image generation
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience in motion design or 3D
What the Team is Saying
Genius Sports Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as broader than standard, including a company‑wide Christmas–New Year shutdown, World Mental Health Day, and a paid Volunteer Day alongside annual leave. Flexibility around local holidays is also highlighted.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive in many locations, including medical, dental, and vision options, plus access to local Employee Assistance Programs and mental‑health resources. Listings also reference life and disability insurance in some markets.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle perks are emphasized, notably a Workcation policy allowing up to 30 days working from elsewhere each year, with hybrid/remote options where role‑appropriate. Wellness programs, sports clubs, social events, and employee discounts further support day‑to‑day wellbeing.
Genius Sports Insights
What We Do
Genius Sports is the layer between what happens on the field and how the world engages with it. Our solutions across the global sports ecosystem are underpinned by our next generation big data and artificial intelligence platform, GeniusIQ. By ingesting and computing multiple real-time data feeds, GeniusIQ powers a wide range of functions and applications across sports performance and officiation, fan engagement, advertising, and sports betting. Founded in 2001, Genius Sports is now one of the world’s largest sports technology companies, working with the likes of the NFL, NBA, EPL, FIBA, ESPN, Sky Sports, Flutter, DraftKings and 100s more. We're headquartered in New York and London, with offices in Los Angeles, Medellin, Tallinn, Sofia, Singapore, Lausanne, Manchester and Melbourne.
Why Work With Us
We are one team, being brave, driving change. Our company values help create a cohesive culture, where we think, feel and act like One Genius. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference, driving our vision to be everywhere in sports, redefining experiences through technology.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
