SUMMARY JMI

Sports is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, and vision-driven Senior Graphic Designer to join the creative team, meaningfully contributing to the creation of high-impact visual communications across our portfolio. This role requires an established creative professional with a deep understanding of sports marketing, brand strategy, and high-level design. The Senior Graphic Designer will own complex design projects from concept through final delivery, collaborating directly with sales leadership, partnership teams, and executive staff to elevate pitch collateral, sponsorship presentations, and property branding. The ideal candidate blends exceptional technical mastery with strategic thinking, serving as a key driver of JMI Sports' visual identity and revenue-generating assets in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, where priorities and requests can shift quickly. This full-time, in-person position is offered in Lexington, KY. Remote work will not be considered. Occasional travel will be required. JMI Sports is an Equal Opportunity Employer seeking diverse, qualified candidates to join our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Brand Ownership:

Safeguard, refine, and expand JMI Sports' brand guidelines and visual assets across all platforms, ensuring pitch materials consistently meet corporate standards.

Executive & Sales Collaboration:

Partner directly with senior leadership and sales teams to synthesize complex partner concepts into polished, compelling visual narratives that drive sponsorship growth.

Campaign & Property Design :

Conceptualize and produce bespoke design packages for partner properties, specialized sponsorship activations, and high-visibility corporate initiatives.

Quality Assurance:

Oversee final production files for print and digital media, ensuring pixel-perfect accuracy, precise typography, color management, and flawless brand execution.

Workflow Optimization :

Manage design asset organization, maintain comprehensive asset libraries, and optimize team templates to streamline cross-departmental workflows with tools like Monday.com, Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft365, and more.

Mentorship :

Serve as a technical resource and design mentor to junior creative staff, providing constructive feedback and contributing to quality control across team outputs.

Collaboration :

Demonstrate a consistent commitment to team success; contribute innovative and impactful thoughts or actions to boost revenues for the Property and the Company; and other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Design, Fine Arts, Marketing, or a related field. 6+ years of professional graphic design experience (sports marketing, collegiate athletics, or agency background strongly preferred). Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) and Microsoft PowerPoint. Proficiency in motion graphics (After Effects), web production, project management software, and presentation platforms is a strong plus. A robust portfolio demonstrating advanced typography, sophisticated layout design, corporate presentation expertise, and visual storytelling. Proven ability to interpret high-level business goals and sponsorship parameters into clear, persuasive visual assets. Strong project management and time-management capabilities, with a track record of handling multiple complex projects simultaneously under tight deadlines. Excellent communication skills and confidence in presenting design concepts to executive leadership and internal stakeholders. Great attention to detail and accuracy. Approaches problems with curiosity, resourcefulness, and a bias toward finding solutions. Brings energy, enthusiasm, and a sense of ownership to their work and the team around them.

ABOUT JMI SPORTS JMI

Sports is a leading media rights and venue development company that provides management of collegiate multimedia rights, sponsorship sales agency representation, and project management expertise for the development of collegiate and professional sports facilities. The company serves to maximize each client's economic potential through customized initiatives, from marketing and branding solutions to facility design strategies. JMI Sports' signature collegiate multimedia rights partnerships include the University of Kentucky, UCLA, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University, Columbia University, San Diego State University, University of California at San Diego, University of San Diego, and joint-venture properties at the University of Georgia (with Learfield) and University of Notre Dame (with Legends). JMI Sports also represents multimedia rights for several conferences, including the Ivy League, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Patriot League, and the Atlantic 10, and serves as third-party sales representation for premier sports properties, venues, and events including Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center, the Rose Bowl, the Penn Relays, and USA Volleyball. JMI Sports was founded in 2006 by CEO Erik Judson and technology entrepreneur John Moores, former owner of the San Diego Padres. To learn more, please visit www.jmisports.com.