Job Description

Graphic Designer – Sports & Entertainment
Location: Remote (Eastern or Central Time Zone)
Job Type: Part-Time Contract (3 Months)
Start Date: November 13, 2026
End Date: Mid-January 2027 (No Extension)
Hours: 15–20 hours per week
Pay Rate: $30–$40/hour

About the Opportunity

One of our clients in the sports mediaspace is seeking a talented, creative, and detail-oriented Graphic Designer to support design initiatives for the Washington Capitals . This is a remote, part-time contract opportunity ideal for a designer with experience in sports, entertainment, live events, or consumer-facing brands.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on designer who can develop engaging visual concepts, execute high-quality creative assets, and quickly adapt designs across multiple platforms. This individual must thrive in a fast-paced environment, balance planned creative projects with time-sensitive requests, and maintain brand consistency across all deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Design compelling creative assets for Washington Capitals campaigns, promotions, game days, and ongoing marketing initiatives.

• Translate creative briefs into polished, visually engaging designs that align with established brand guidelines.

• Create and adapt artwork across multiple formats, including digital, social media, web, television, print, and in-venue displays.

• Maintain visual consistency across different sizes, dimensions, and placements.

• Support live game-day creative needs, including last-minute updates, player changes, and time-sensitive promotional materials.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders through Microsoft Teams to review creative concepts, incorporate feedback, and finalize deliverables.

• Execute hands-on production design tasks, including resizing, updating, and modifying existing creative assets.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines and maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

Required Qualifications

• Strong professional graphic design experience, preferably within sports, entertainment, live events, concerts, or direct-to-consumer brands .

• Portfolio demonstrating high-quality creative work across multiple platforms and formats.

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign .

• Excellent understanding of typography, layout, composition, color, and visual storytelling.

• Proven ability to create original concepts while working within established brand guidelines.

• Experience adapting and producing creative assets for digital, social, print, television, and large-format displays.

• Ability to execute quick, accurate design revisions in response to real-time changes or urgent requests.

• Comfortable balancing conceptual design work with day-to-day production responsibilities.

• Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills.

• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating with team members through Microsoft Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience designing for professional sports teams, entertainment organizations, or live events.

• Illustration skills and the ability to incorporate custom illustrations into creative campaigns.

• Experience supporting live sporting events or other fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.

Schedule & Availability

This position requires approximately 15–20 hours per week , with flexibility to support scheduled game days, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Candidates must be available for scheduled support on the following dates:

• November: 20 and 25

• December: 4, 18, 28, 29, and 30

These dates involve scheduled on-call availability for potential game-day creative needs. Specific working hours can be coordinated in advance with the team.

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