Marketing Design Director (EWC/ENC)

Join our team as a Design Director for the Esports World Cup and Esports Nations Cup. You will lead a team of designers, manage the design production queue, and ensure the highest quality of visual output. You will also act as both Art Director and executor, overseeing the internal creative review process and defining team operating rhythms. Additionally, you will manage freelance designers and external studios, track team capacity and workload, and uphold the visual identity of the tournaments. This is a high-pressure role that requires strong project management skills, a deep understanding of design, and a passion for esports and gaming.

• Lead and manage the design team responsible for all visual assets across the Esports World Cup and Esports Nations Cup, ensuring high-quality output.
• Oversee the full design production queue, from announcement campaigns and marketing materials to live tournament output and post-event celebrations.
• Act as both Art Director and executor, reviewing, shaping, and pushing every piece of creative to be sharper, more considered, and more impactful before it leaves the team.
• Demonstrable experience working inside an established brand system, applying it consistently across many outputs and many channels without re-inventing it
• Proven track record managing design teams of 5+, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and scaling capacity with freelancers and external studios
• Experience operating in high-velocity production environments with simultaneous workstreams, tight deadlines, and seasonal capacity peaks (e.g. tournament Live phases, festival production cycles)
• Experience presenting creative work to clients or senior stakeholders and translating their feedback into stronger output, comfortable defending decisions and absorbing direction
• Strong experience running a design production queue or studio: brief intake, prioritisation, capacity planning, workload allocation, and delivery against tight deadlines across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Strong portfolio demonstrating visual craft across multiple disciplines (key art, campaign design, social, motion graphics, broadcast or environmental design), with clear examples of disciplined execution within established brand systems
• Comfort working alongside marketing strategy partners (in-house or external agency), translating their concepts, messaging, and campaign direction into disciplined visual execution
• Ability to operate as Art Director and Project Manager in one; you can set the creative direction, own the execution plan, and see a brief through to final delivery without losing either the creative or the operational thread
• Cultural sensitivity and judgement when operating across global markets (MENA, Asia, Europe, the Americas), with awareness of regional and geopolitical context
• Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication, Graphic Design, Art Direction, or a related creative field or equivalent work experience
• Deep proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud; familiarity with motion tools (After Effects, Cinema 4D), prototyping, and design ops automation
• 8+ years of experience in design or art direction roles, with at least 4 years leading design teams, preferably in esports, gaming, sports, entertainment, music, or large-scale live events
• A mindset that balances creative ambition with discipline: you know how to push boundaries, find unexpected angles, and elevate work, while staying within the guardrails of the existing brand guidelines
• Exceptional communication and feedback skills, with the ability to brief designers, give clear creative direction, defend the bar, and collaborate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional peers
• Passion for esports, gaming, and digital culture
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Demonstrable good taste: a strong creative eye and the ability to recognise and articulate the difference between work that’s good and work that’s exceptional - and the drive to get there