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Role Purpose

As Senior Associate, Creative Services, you will bring the LA28 brand to life across everything people see, touch, and experience. Working from intake through final execution, you will translate stakeholder needs into strategic, visually compelling design — presentations, campaign assets, environmental graphics, and branded collateral. In the years leading up to the Games, you will help establish scalable design systems that keep a fast-growing brand consistent and bold. You will act as a day-to-day brand steward, elevating storytelling through typography, layout, and visual hierarchy while learning and growing alongside a world-class creative team.

Key Responsibilities

·       Lead creative service requests from intake through final execution across multiple functional areas, managing competing priorities.

·       Translate stakeholder needs into strategic, visually compelling creative that advances major organizational initiatives and campaigns.

·       Develop presentations, campaign assets, environmental graphics, event materials, and branded collateral to a consistently high standard.

·       Establish scalable, reusable design systems while maintaining quality control and production readiness across concurrent projects.

·       Serve as a day-to-day brand steward and mentor junior contributors, shaping the team's creative culture.

Required Competencies

·       4+ years of agency, in-house, sports, entertainment, experiential, or brand design experience delivering polished, on-brand work.

·       Expertise in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and presentation tools, applied fluently across the full design and production process.

·       Advanced understanding of typography, layout systems, visual storytelling, imagery, and building cohesive, scalable brand identity systems.

·       A strong portfolio demonstrating traditional layout design, conceptual design thinking, and executional excellence is required with your application.

·       Proven ability to independently lead multiple projects and influence outcomes, backed by excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.

Valued Experience

·       Passion for sport and the Olympic and Paralympic movements.

·       Experience contributing to a team culture of creativity and co-creation.

·       Flexibility and adaptability when priorities and timelines shift.

·       A collaborative approach to cross-vertical ideation and internal feedback.

What We Offer

·       The chance to shape a bold new brand for the Los Angeles 2028 Games.

·       A collaborative, co-creative studio culture grounded in inclusion and craft.

·       High-visibility, high-impact creative work seen by a global audience.

·       Real growth alongside a diverse, world-class creative team.

What This Role Means for the Games

The look and feel of LA28 is how millions of people will experience the Games — in venues, on screens, and across the city. Your design work turns the brand into something people can see and feel, helping create an unforgettable, unmistakably LA Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

·       Available to work onsite in our Downtown Los Angeles-based office.

·       The majority of work will be conducted in an office setting, requiring extended periods of time using computers, phones, and other office equipment.

·       The LA28 office is an open floorplan working environment; employees must be able to work efficiently in an open cubicle environment.

·       Hours of work may vary, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, especially during peak event periods.

·       Perform other duties as required; the role will evolve over time and may include operational responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is $73,000 - $98,000.The pay scale provided is the range that LA28 reasonably expects to pay as starting base compensation for this role. All LA28 compensation remains subject to final determination based on individual candidate qualifications, experience, or other reasonable criteria consistent with LA28's operational business needs and applicable law.

Accommodation

LA28 is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require an accommodation at any stage, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Equal Opportunity

LA28 is committed to fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin, or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. LA28 will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and all applicable laws. We strive to build a team that is inclusive and encourage qualified candidates of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities to apply. We assess applications based on relevant skills, education, and experience a candidate can add to our team.