Digital Content Designer

Amaze, Inspire, Unite

Job Summary:

We’re looking for a creative, proactive, and adaptable Digital Design Specialist to join our dynamic and fast-paced Creative Services team at Ilitch Sports & Entertainment. This role focuses on providing essential design support for marketing and ticketing, working with digital assets across multiple platforms, and supporting brand initiatives for Detroit Tigers. This designer will play a key role in empowering the marketing and ticketing teams by implementing and managing a digital template platform (such as Adobe Express or an equivalent), creating versatile templates, and assisting with photo and social media support.

This position requires a flexible schedule, including availability for games, nights, and weekends. Ideal candidates will have a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, a passion for sports—especially baseball —and a dedication to teamwork and brand consistency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Digital Template Platform Implementation, Management & Support
  • Lead the implementation and management of a digital template platform (e.g., Adobe Express or an equivalent) to enable efficient content creation for the marketing and ticketing teams.
  • Design and maintain user-friendly templates and assets to streamline design processes.
  • Roll out training, support, and manage ongoing updates for the selected platform to ensure effective usage by team members.
  • Provide tech support, troubleshooting, and guidance for the marketing and ticketing teams in their use of the platform.
• Digital Design & Template Creation
  • Design digital assets, including social graphics, web ads, and email content, to support ticketing, marketing, and promotional campaigns.
  • Collaborate with Art Director and designers to ensure campaign and brand consistency across all digital platforms.
• Game Day & On-Demand Support
  • Provide timely, flexible support for last-minute requests and updates, including game nights, weekends, and other events as needed.
  • Partner with the social media team to provide timely, on-brand visuals for live coverage as needed, without being required to attend games.
• Photo Assistance & Management
  • Capture photos at games, community events, and other team-related activities as needed.
  • Utilize photo editing skills to enhance images as needed and ensure optimal presentation across digital media.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with marketing and ticketing teams to understand project requirements, deliver solutions, and manage workload expectations.
  • Maintain a positive, solutions-oriented approach, embracing challenges and high-pressure situations with a can-do attitude.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media, Advertising or related field.
• 4 years of experience in digital content design; sports industry experience and knowledge of baseball preferred.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud
• Exceptional organizational skills, flexibility, and the ability to adapt to an always-changing environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a proven ability to work effectively in a team.

Characteristics for Success

• A positive, team-oriented attitude with a willingness to embrace the workload and support teammates.
• Strong passion for sports, with specific knowledge and enthusiasm of baseball
• Ability to thrive under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and maintain high standards in a fast-paced, chaotic environment.

All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive.  They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Olympia Entertainment.

Olympia Entertainment  is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.                                   

The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.

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