Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Tennis Channel is seeking a hands-on Director of Graphic Design to elevate the visual identity of our growing direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming platform. In this role, you'll own the creation, adaptation, and real-time updating of graphics that power our live tennis experience across iOS, Android, smart TVs, and web. You'll collaborate closely with our app and product teams to ensure seamless design integration, drive workflow automation to accelerate delivery, and support rapid-turnaround needs tied to live events. As the platform scales, this role will expand beyond production into broader creative leadership - ideal for a designer with strong sports, entertainment, or streaming experience and the ability to bring static assets to life through motion graphics.

This is onsite and based in Santa Monica, CA.

In this role, you will:

• Define, create, produce, resize, and optimize graphics for the DTC platform, including event promotions, highlights, and editorial content in the visual tone of Tennis Channel's brand
• Adjust visuals in real time to match live schedules and updates.
• Design graphics for emails and landing pages to drive engagement and conversion.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and app teams to ensure graphics integrate smoothly as the platform evolves.
• Help automate workflows and streamline asset delivery for faster turnaround.

Key Qualifications:

• 8+ years of hands-on graphic design experience
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
• Experience designing for multiple platforms (mobile, TV, web) and email clients
• Knowledge of Figma is useful and will be needed for some aspects of collaboration
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
• Familiarity with UI/UX principles and accessibility standards (WCAG) a plus
• Knowledge of Python is a plus for workflow automation

Tennis Channel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About PickleballTV

Pickleballtv (PBTV) is the 24-hour television home of America's fastest growing sport. With coverage of tournaments throughout the year, the network offers 1,000+ hours of live matches from the game's top professionals and biggest stars. PBTV also provides viewers with first-class instruction, exclusive lifestyle programming and studio news content and more.

About Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle. The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers.

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 178 television stations in 81 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel, the premium destination for tennis enthusiasts; multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair's AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts. Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net .

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let's talk.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $100,000 to $120,000. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates' relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.

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