Senior Concept Artist
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10157163 Emplacement Connecticut, États-Unis / À distance, États-Unis Entreprise ESPN Date de publication 19/08/2026Ce rôle est considéré comme un poste à distance, ce qui signifie que l’employé(e) travaillera à distance de manière continue et qu’il n’aura pas d’espace de travail attribué à un endroit désigné par la Société.
Résumé du poste:
ESPN is seeking a highly imaginative and versatile Senior Concept Artist to help shape the future of sports storytelling across broadcast, digital, social, experiential, and emerging platforms. This role is ideal for a strategic visual thinker who can take big ideas from early exploration through polished creative execution, translating abstract concepts into compelling visual systems, storyboards, proof-of-concept frames, motion studies, and final design solutions.
The ideal candidate is both an exceptional maker and a confident creative leader; someone who can generate industry-leading work, guide multi-disciplinary teams, and partner across ESPN, Disney, and external stakeholder groups to deliver innovative creative at the highest level. This person should be comfortable moving between concept development, art direction, motion design, animation, live-action production, and emerging technologies, while helping build creative systems designed for long-term success.
Responsibilities:
- Create industry-leading concept work that brings ambitious ideas to life, from early storyboards and visual exploration to proof-of-concept frames and refined final creative.
- Develop and oversee multi-disciplinary creative across platforms and products, including broadcast graphics, video editing, motion design, animation, live action, digital, social, and experiential work.
- Lead, guide, and collaborate with large, multi-layered creative teams with confidence, fairness, transparency, and a strong sense of creative purpose.
- Direct strategic creative systems, visual toolkits, and design frameworks engineered for consistency, scalability, and long-term success.
- Lead advanced motion design and animation builds while staying current with evolving industry tools, technology, and production workflows.
- Concept, direct, and support live-action shoots, including creative development, production planning, and post-production execution.
- Prepare and present creative briefs, concepts, and strategic recommendations to internal teams, senior leadership, external partners, and stakeholders.
- Push creative excellence and innovation in AR, VR, XR, real-time graphics, and emerging storytelling spaces.
- Partner with stakeholder groups across ESPN and Disney to ensure alignment, collaboration, and successful creative outcomes.
- Mentor, coach, and elevate emerging designers, animators, and artists across the team.
- Stay curious and knowledgeable about design trends, emerging technologies, sports media, visual storytelling, and industry best practices to help maintain ESPN’s position as a leader in sports design.
Required Qualifications:
- Strong portfolio demonstrating high-level concept development, art direction, visual storytelling, and polished design execution.
- Proven ability to translate strategic goals, brand systems, and creative briefs into compelling visual concepts.
- Experience developing creative from early exploration through final execution, including storyboards, mood boards, proof-of-concept frames, style frames, and design systems.
- Strong understanding of composition, typography, color, layout, motion principles, and visual hierarchy.
- Experience working across multiple creative disciplines, including design, animation, motion graphics, video, or 3D concept development.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with creative directors, designers, animators, editors, producers, stakeholders, and external partners.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly explain creative ideas and respond thoughtfully to feedback.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-visibility creative environment.
- Curiosity about emerging creative tools, technologies, design trends, and evolving production workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience creating high-end 3D concepts, style frames, visual systems, or proof-of-concept work for broadcast, sports, entertainment, or live-event storytelling.
- Experience contributing to large-scale tentpole events, premium broadcast packages, or high-profile brand initiatives.
- Advanced knowledge of tools such as Cinema 4D, Houdini, Unreal Engine, Redshift, After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, or related creative platforms.
- Strong motion design, animation, editing, or live-action production experience.
- Experience building creative systems, toolkits, or scalable design frameworks across platforms.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, or providing creative direction to designers, animators, or multidisciplinary creative teams.
- Passion for sports, culture, technology, innovation, and the future of visual storytelling.
Required Education:
- High School Diploma
Preferred Education:
- College degree in related fields
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The hiring range for this remote position is $112,700 to $154,800 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Sur ESPN:
Travailler à ESPN est une expérience incomparable. En effet, nous trouvons toujours de nouvelles façons d’interagir avec les fans, quelle que soit la manière et le lieu où ils se connectent avec le sport. Chaque jour, nous faisons ce que personne n’a fait auparavant, et ce dans une culture dynamique où nous prenons des risques et nous surpassons continuellement. Lorsque vous disposez des toutes dernières technologies, d’idées révolutionnaires et de talents de classe mondiale dans votre équipe, chaque jour est extraordinaire.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à ESPN Productions, Inc , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons ESPN.
ESPN Productions, Inc est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.