Midweight Designer, Digital

IMG is seeking a proactive graphic designer to join its digital team and work across a range of prestigious sports clients. This is a hands-on design role with day-to-day responsibility for guiding and managing two Graphic Designers while delivering original, creative and polished campaigns and content for client brands. The role combines creative development, design production and people leadership, translating client and account briefs into effective visual solutions, allocating and prioritising work across the design team, and maintaining high creative and production standards.

• Lead the day-to-day management of a team of two, providing clear direction, support and feedback.
• Plan, allocate and monitor design workloads across the team, balancing priorities, capacity, quality and delivery timelines.
• Remain hands-on in the development and delivery of rights-holder creative, including hygiene graphics, digital campaigns, social media assets, presentations, branding and other client-facing materials.
• Interpret briefs and develop strong creative concepts in collaboration with account managers, project leads, clients and the wider Design team.
• Present and explain creative thinking clearly, both visually and verbally, to internal and external stakeholders.
• Review work produced by the two Graphic Designers, ensuring accuracy, consistency, attention to detail and alignment with the brief, brand guidelines and agreed standards.
• Provide clear, constructive and timely feedback, helping designers resolve creative and production challenges and improve the quality of their work.
• Maintain and improve templates, toolkits and working processes to support efficient, scalable and high-quality output.
• Build effective relationships with Account Managers, project leads and other stakeholders, ensuring briefs are clear, concise and aligned before work begins.
• Set realistic timelines with Account Managers and project leads, communicate risks early and ensure agreed deliverables are completed on time.
• Keep up to date with current design, digital, social media and sports industry trends, bringing relevant inspiration and new ideas to the team.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative and inclusive team culture, encouraging open communication and shared accountability.

• Proven experience in a similar graphic design role.
• Experience of managing, mentoring or providing day-to-day guidance to junior or mid-level designers.
• A degree in graphic design or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating practical experience across presentations, layout, branding, typography, logo design, infographics and digital content.
• Advanced working knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
• Strong working knowledge of PowerPoint.
• Experience working with templates, brand guidelines and design systems to deliver consistent, high-quality creative.
• Experience managing multiple briefs and stakeholders while working to conflicting deadlines.
• An understanding of, and genuine interest in, the sports industry and the digital channels used to engage sports audiences.
• Evidence of experimentation, creative development and the ability to resolve briefs into authentic, effective visual outputs.
• Strong design sensibility.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Practical, solutions-focused approach.
• Confidence working across digital and social media content.

• Experience within a fast-paced agency, sports, entertainment, media or brand environment.
• Experience with motion design, After Effects or other motion design tools.

• Permanent full-time position.
• Hours of work: Monday to Friday 9:00 – 17:00.
• Based at the office in Chiswick Park, London.
• May be required to attend and travel to locations, including other IMG buildings and meetings.
• Unsocial hours may be required, as dictated by the demands of the business schedule.

• Some flexibility on remote working as appropriate.

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specialising in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company that owns UFC, WWE and PBR.