[Hiring] Group Art Director @PrizePicks

Role Description

At PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 550 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together?

This is not a role for someone who wants to run the show. It's a role for someone who wants to make the show undeniably better.

The Creative Collective is a small, high-conviction team built around one standard: commit fully or not at all. We move fast, debate hard, and once a call is made, we stand behind it together. The ECD sets the vision. Your job is to be the closest thing to that vision in execution — the creative right hand who makes it real.

You will lead a team of four designers — two Art Directors and two specialist designers — not by controlling their creative, but by raising it. One Art Director owns brand creative and the other owns social creative. They're good at what they do and that doesn't change when you walk in. Your authority comes from your output, your ideas and your ability to make the people around you sharper.

At the same time, you are an elite executor. You design, animate, edit, create merch or even build in 3D. Whatever the project demands you have enough in your bag to be dangerous. You concept at a strategic level and then drop into the tools and make it. You are the bridge between the ECD's vision and what the team ships — and you close that gap by doing the work yourself as much as by directing others.

If you've spent your career being the best creative in every room you've been in and you're ready to be that for a team — this is it.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of creative execution experience in a high-performance in-house or agency environment
• Experience managing or mentoring creative talent — you've made other people better
• Portfolio that demonstrates genuine range: campaign-level thinking, high-end visual design, motion, and 3D
• Expert-level in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects — these are table stakes
• Blender proficiency — strongly preferred, not optional if you want to stand out
• Fluency in performance creative — you know what a winning paid social asset looks like and why it converts
• Deep understanding of sports and culture — NBA, NFL, and beyond. You know the storylines before the brief is written
• Experience in sports, gaming, or entertainment/culture — you already speak our language
• Ability to concept, pitch, write and execute at an elite level across every stage of a project

Requirements

• Be the ECD's creative right hand
• Partner directly with the ECD on ideation, concepting, and creative strategy
• Bring wild, well-reasoned ideas to the table and have the skills to execute them yourself
• Represent the ECD's creative standards across every project and every channel
• Help push the brand into cultural moments, campaigns, and big swings that feel undeniably PrizePicks
• Lead the design team through craft, not authority
• Directly manage two Art Directors (Brand and Social) and two specialist designers
• Protect and reinforce what George and Brandon own — your role is to elevate their work, not redirect it
• Coach through doing: show better work, not just describe it
• Create an environment where the team produces the best creative of their careers
• Provide direct, actionable feedback that makes the work better every single time
• Execute at an elite level across every medium
• Design campaign assets from brief to final — digital, social, OOH, CRM, product touchpoints
• Animate TV spots, social content and create motion systems from scratch
• Build 3D assets — Blender proficiency strongly preferred
• Concept and write alongside copy when the brief demands it
• Own the two-minute drill — real-time cultural moments demand sharper judgment, not lower standards
• Stay locked into culture, sports, and performance
• Be chronically online and tapped into sports, culture, and the internet before it hits the mainstream
• Bring elite ball knower energy — you understand the moments, the players, the narratives, and why real fans care
• Build creative that performs — you understand paid social, know what a winning asset looks like, and never mistake beautiful for effective
• Contribute to performance creative strategy alongside Acquisition and Product Marketing
• Push what's possible
• Bring new tools, formats and technologies into the workflow
• Experiment constantly
• Drive trends, don’t follow them

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Annual bonus
• Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
• Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings
• Lifestyle enhancement program
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
• Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development