Design Manager

Chicago Blackhawks

A successful candidate must be an organized, inspired individual who demonstrates a high level of technical ability, a strong sense of design principles, attention to detail, and experience supervising design staff. We are looking for a smart, skilled, passionate person who understands how to align design decisions to business goals.

How You’ll Contribute:    

• Work with Director, Creative to define and establish creative strategy and transform high-level client needs into engaging creative, including evolving the organization’s brand identity and visual standards
• Assist Director, Creative with  unifying the brand look and feel across digital and in stadium production departments
• Create and maintain design standards and guidelines to ensure consistency in all visual materials
• Develop seasonal style guidelines and campaign “look books” ensuring a strong and distinguishable visual identity to be implemented across all touchpoints.
• Lead and manage a team of designers to ensure surgical execution and consistent delivery of high-quality visual content across all platforms and materials
• Collaborate with internal teams, such as marketing and digital, to conceptualize and execute projects that engage fans and promote the Blackhawks brand
• Stay current with design trends and technology, and bring new ideas and techniques to the team
• Oversee and approve all design projects from concept to completion
• Serve as a design lead in asset creation for Blackhawks  channels, including Blackhawks.com, social media, in-venue and e-mail/digital marketing
• Assist production team(s) on location and in-studio during photo shoots and special events.
• Responsible for daily logo usages approvals by internal and external partners
• Participate and lead brainstorming sessions with creative and production staffs