Title: Design Lead

Department Code & Name: Marketing (Central) & 303

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Remote (U.S.-based) with occasional travel for site visits and business-related events

Job Level & Type: People Manager

Job Summary:

LOVB is looking for a Design Lead to help define the visual identity and creative expression of the LOVB Professional Women's Volleyball League, one of the fastest-growing and most culturally exciting brands in women's sports.

This role is for a highly creative designer with exceptional taste, strong creative instincts, and a sharp understanding of contemporary culture. We are looking for someone who can help shape visual worlds, not just execute against briefs. Someone with a point of view. Someone deeply inspired by sports, fashion, entertainment, editorial, music, internet culture, and modern storytelling.

Reporting directly to the LOVB Pro Chief Marketing Officer, this director-level designer will work closely with the LOVB Creative Studio to shape how LOVB Pro looks, feels, and moves in the world. Key areas include season creative, social expression, editorial, digital, and social campaigns, along with the visual identity of our most important tentpole events. This is a hands-on role with a small team to grow and help thrive.

We are a small but mighty team making a lot of noise, looking for someone excited to build bold, emotionally resonant, culturally relevant creative in a fast-moving startup environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and elevate the creative expression of LOVB Pro across brand, social, editorial, digital, and experiential touchpoints
• Help shape the visual language, aesthetic direction, and creative identity of the league
• Contribute conceptually to athlete storytelling, tentpole moments, seasonal creative, and league experiences
• Partner with LOVB Pro CMO on project creative, strategy, and the development of extraordinary work that pushes the brand forward
• Partner closely with the SVP of Brand within LOVB Studio to build bold, culturally relevant creative across the LOVB Pro ecosystem
• Help define the look and feel of key LOVB Pro events and experiences
• Translate creative direction into thoughtful, elevated, and culturally relevant visual work
• Maintain a high level of craft, taste, and attention to detail across all outputs
• Stay deeply connected to trends and movements across sports, fashion, entertainment, art, and internet culture
• Help inspire and elevate the overall creative culture of the team

Required & Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• Strong portfolio demonstrating creative thinking, elevated design sensibility, and strong visual storytelling
• Excellent understanding of typography, composition, image-making, art direction, and visual systems
• Strong understanding of social-first creative and how visual storytelling lives across platforms
• Ability to work quickly and collaboratively in a fast-paced startup environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Passion for women's sports, culture, and storytelling is a major plus

Education and Experience:

• 7+ years of professional design experience within sports, fashion, entertainment, media, agency, or culture-driven brands
• Experience building cohesive visual identities and creative worlds across both digital and physical spaces
• Motion design and animation experience is a strong plus

Personal Attributes

• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
• Solutions-oriented and able to identify when to escalate issues or challenges.
• Strong collaborator with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of working independently while effectively partnering with a distributed, remote team.
• Positive, proactive, organized, and creative - brings fresh ideas to problem-solving.
• Highly adaptable and eager to learn in a rapidly evolving environment.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements (Remote):

• Ability to operate a computer and use a keyboard, mouse, and video conferencing tools.
• Ability to clearly communicate via video, phone, and written channels.
• Occasional travel may be required for site visits and events.