Senior Director of Branding & Creative Services | Acrisure Arena

Oak View Group

Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

Overview

Position Summary:

Acrisure Arena and the Berger Foundation Iceplex are seeking a Sr. Director of Branding & Creative Services whose primary responsibility is to ensure that we deliver unbelievable experiences for everyone that the Acrisure Arena and Berger Foundation Iceplex brand touches. The Sr. Director of Branding & Creative Services will oversee venue branding, front of house and back of house activations, and artist gifting. They will report to the VP of Marketing for the team for Acrisure Arena, Berger Foundation Iceplex, and the CV Firebirds.

This role pays an annual salary of $115,000 to $125,000 and is bonus eligible.

Benefits for FT roles: Benefits: Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 401(k) savings plan, 401(k) matching, and paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays).

This position will remain open until May 9, 2025.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with all departments to deliver unbelievable experiences including but not limited to event experiences through the public activations, client appreciation gifts, and backstage experiences for tour personnel.
• Direct and support marketing elements for gifts and event activations including but not limited to design, production, staffing and ordering of materials.
• Establish and maintains relationships with industry influencers and key community and strategic partners.
• Effectively lead the creative services team including managing performance, coaching and feedback, oversee goal setting, and provide ongoing support to ensure employee success and development. Directly manage the production artists and provide leadership to staff/interns.
• Prepare creative briefs, manage work orders, prioritize and assign work to the Designer and Production Artists.
• Implement quality standards and approval flow of creative assets. Traffic all approved assets to the stakeholder or third party upon completion.
• Serve as creative lead with internal staff to develop sales, marketing, and event services collateral.
• Maintain and elevate brand standards of logo and name when used by outside parties in activations within the facility as well as outside the facility walls.
• Aggressively seek new contacts and maintains working relationships with all industry organizations, corporate promotional contacts, and event and booking representatives.
• Duties as assigned
• Frequent bending, lifting 15-20 pounds, sitting, exposure to multiple external elements, extensive walking throughout the building, long periods of standing.

Qualifications

Experience & Skills:

The Sr. Director of Branding & Creative Services must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that you can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skill and abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Passion for creating unique experiences to enhance the brand of the company
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and use utmost discretion when privy to sensitive information
• Must have strong project management experience
• Must be self-directed and able to work independently, while also flourishing in a fast-paced collaborative team environment
• Excellent project management and communication skills
• Proven track record of balancing multiple projects simultaneously through successfully
• Must be adaptable with the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Must have 8 to 10 Years in Branding and Entertainment/Marketing
• Must have 5 plus Years Supervising others

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to work a flexible schedule inclusive of weekends, evenings and holidays required
• Must be able to tolerate loud noise levels & busy/crowded environments
• Frequent bending, lifting 15-20 pounds, sitting, exposure to multiple external elements, extensive walking through the building

Strengthened by our Differences. United to Make a Difference

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis ("protected class") including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.