Marketing Artist - Designer

Job Title: Marketing Artist
Team: Marketing & Communications
Hybrid working status: Fully remote available/Hybrid
 

Studio Overview

We are Sports Interactive

The gaming studio behind: ⚽ Football Manager.

Founded in 1994, Sports Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe in 2006. Based at the Here East technology hub in Stratford, East London, the SI team continues to expand as we bring our titles to an ever-growing audience across an increasing variety of platforms.

To support our growth, we welcome the opportunity to connect with passionate people with the drive to match our ambitions and initiative to realise your individual potential.

Position Overview

The Marketing Artist is a vital contributor to the Brand team, which operates within the broader Marketing and Communications Team. This creative role focuses on delivering visually engaging, high-quality content that supports the brand's marketing strategies and drives audience engagement.

As a key member of the team, the Marketing Artist will conceptualise, design, and adapt a wide range of visual assets (static and motion). These include creation of marketing content in line with brand guidelines, for use across the studio’s owned channels, as well as external advertising (digital and print). Their work will play an integral role in elevating the brand’s visual identity, ensuring all creative outputs resonate with the target audience while meeting marketing objectives.

The role offers a blend of creative independence and structured mentorship, with the Senior Marketing Artist providing guidance and support throughout the creative process. Additionally, the Marketing Artist will engage in brainstorming sessions, contribute to campaign planning, and have the chance to influence creative directions with fresh ideas. This role is ideal for an imaginative and detail-oriented designer looking to make a meaningful impact while growing as part of a supportive and collaborative team.

Key Responsibilities:

Creative Content Development:

• Support brand and marketing strategies by designing high-quality visual static and motion assets that capture attention, communicate effectively, and drive audience engagement. Following best practices and brand guidelines always, these assets may be used across the studio’s consumer-facing channels and touchpoints, as well as external digital and print media.

Trend Integration:

• Stay up to date with design trends, tools, and best practices, to introduce innovative ideas to the team.

Flexibility & Responsiveness:

• Adapt to changing project priorities, occasionally working outside core hours when needed, with time reclaimed under the studio’s flexible working policies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

Experience:

• 3 years of experience preferably within the football, gaming or relevant industry.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Premiere Pro).

Motion and Animation Skills:

• Experience in creating motion graphics and animations using tools such as After Effects.

Creative Expertise:

• A strong portfolio demonstrating artistic flair, originality, and versatility, with experience in football, gaming or relevant industry preferred.

Product Knowledge:

• An understanding and/or experience of the Football Manager product range.

Interest in Football and Gaming:

• Passion for or knowledge of football and/or the gaming industry is an asset, enabling the creation of designs that resonate with target audiences.

Effective Collaborator:

• Ability to work collaboratively with relevant stakeholders, while independently managing tasks with minimal supervision.

Flexibility:

• Capacity to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment, manage multiple projects, and embrace evolving priorities.

Benefits of Working at Sports Interactive:

•    A flexible working policy to best suit you and your team.  
•    Subsidised mental health, therapy and coaching sessions are available.
•    Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 7% of annual salary).  
•    Free onsite evening bar in the Sports Interactive London HQ.  
•    A well-stocked breakfast bar with cereals, fruits, teas, and coffees.  
•    Regular events in collaboration with our partnered football clubs. ️ 
•    Access to our on-site physical and massage therapist services.  
•    Multiple clubs and societies to join e.g., book club and art workshops.  
•    Free access to games released under the SEGA Europe umbrella. ️ 
•    A range of Gym Membership options through our Benefits partners. ️ 
•    Fully Subsidised Healthcare and Dental Plans.  
•    Free Travel Insurance for yourself and your family. ✈️ 
•    A personalized football shirt upon passing probation.

What is it like to work here?

We approach everything with passion, whether that is making our mark on the gaming and football industries or doing our bit for the world around us. We want to share that outlook with everyone who shows up to work here each day.

For us, talent wins games, but teamwork wins titles. Collaboration is the key to constantly topping our best. We believe everyone matters, no matter which part of the business you are in, so we encourage and support our people in driving your own growth and realising your full potential. But, more than anything else, we are a team. A team with a down-to-earth dynamic, that has a lot of fun doing what we do.

And whether that’s technical tweaks or fine-tuning our creative process, everything is geared at producing the best game possible for our players. To do that, we need to be tenacious and move quickly, and not be afraid of switching things up. It is these principles that have enabled us to produce a game that has defined year after year, and that will continue to push us for many more to come.

Our flexible working culture gives you the opportunity to optimise your workload, with in-office, hybrid, and remote working options dependent on role. So, if you want a work/life balance, we are behind you. Because while we live to create extraordinary games, we know that is not all you have got going on. You can trust that we always keep things in perspective, fostering an environment where work can be more than just a job.

We’re also a London Living Wage employer, boast one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry and are proud to have won the ‘Best Places to Work’ award by Gamesindustry.biz in large company category in 2023.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from any relevant candidate irrespective of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief.

SI is proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer, and we are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our studio has disabled access and facilities but please ensure you advise us if you require any other reasonable adjustments to be made to support you during the recruitment process.

Our Values:

Keep collaborating: Teamwork wins titles - Here, ideas belong to everyone, whatever department you’re part of. Collaboration lets us score more as a team than we could individually. 
Be flexible: We think fast and adapt faster. The football and entertainment worlds never stand still, so we keep progressing and switching things up to stay ahead. 
Stay Tenacious: We don’t overlook the details. Everything we do is about producing the best game possible, in other words, never settle. 
Show Ambition: Let your drive lead the way - Your individual outlook can give everyone the edge. Make the studio’s purpose personal and let your drive lead the way. 
Bring the Passion: Have fun doing your thing - Don’t be fooled, what we do is not a game. Making our players’ passion come to life is our passion. 
Consider the Bigger Picture: Keep things in perspective - We want our impact to be a positive one. From built-in work/life balance to initiatives covering the most important topics of today, we have what matters in focus.