As the Art Director, you will lead the World Surf League’s efforts in creating groundbreaking creative design concepts and directions to push the boundaries of creativity, innovation, impact and engagement in surf. Your work will involve driving a collaborators’ visions while aligning with brand objectives. Your experience in brand design coupled with an appetite for creativity will be the driving force to create impactful work across a range of mediums within a fast-paced, dynamic and live sport environment.

This is a full-time position, within a hybrid team based in El Segundo, reporting to the SVP, Marketing and Talent.

Who are we looking for?

• We are seeking a visionary and passionate creative who loves Surfing. 
• You have strong graphic skills combined with forward-thinking creativity and proactivity to develop engaging perspectives for brands, design, content and events.
• You have a collaborative spirit with cross-functional teams both internally and externally and the flexibility to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively. 
• You enjoy creative thinking and design time for one, while also working within cross-functional teams both globally and regionally. You embrace the opportunity to work with collaborators externally, partnering with both freelance/contractors and agencies, depending on the task at hand.

RESPONSIBILITIES (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

• Actively conceptualize and design ideas to build into fully integrated campaigns
• Actively create brand marketing content through design, graphics and motion (in partnership with additional creatives internally and externally)
• Demonstrate fresh thinking, trends, and insights
• Be a team player! Contributing to team meetings and ideations against any/all initiatives both within the department and cross-functionally
• Continue to build and execute the WSL brand creative vision 
• Additional tasks or projects as assigned including merch design, digital design, event design and fan concepts and experiences

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• 4-6+ years of creative agency or creative brand experience
• Fluent with design best practices
• Emphasis on surfing, action sports and/or live sports or relevant examples
• Must have strong design aesthetic: typography, photo-retouching and layout
• Current with design, fashion, social and online culture trends
• Understands consumer insights and finds ways to leverage them
• BA, BFA in design, arts, or communications
• Exceptional work ethic, self starter, team player and good vibes no egos
• Expert with Adobe Creative Suite, Google

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES: 

• Happy to work in a team of 1, to 11, to 101!
• Entrepreneurial; willingness to work independently with the best business practices in mind
• No day is the same, eager and open to being nimble and challenged
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and autonomously
• Can effectively prioritize and provide timely business-oriented solutions 
• Creative problem-solving skills including ability to proactively anticipate requirements and identify/mitigate risks
• Strong communication, organizational and project management skills to effectively drive workflow
• An open and collaborative nature
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning

Please apply with your portfolio and contact information.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

Salary Range: $100,000.00- $110,000 based on relevant experience

The World Surf League is seeking a narrative-driven, passionate and innovative Associate Social Video Producer to join our Content team. This position will report directly into the Social Media Manager.This position will be responsible mainly supporting the creation, editing and social publishing of our visual assets across our social channels. The candidate will have the incredible chance to shape the WSL's presence in the global surfing community by producing, scheduling and publishing content mainly focused on Instagram and TikTok as well as Facebook and X.

In a global sport, this team member will need to possess versatility, adaptability, extreme organization, and knowledge of both current social and surfing landscapes. The position will be local (Los Angeles) with the potential for event travel in alignment with our yearly competition calendar. 

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

• Identify, create and publish engaging social-first content that champion’s the WSL’s values in supporting our global audiences and viewership on our social channels [FB, IG, X, TikTok, YT]
• Proactively build consistent content for our key narratives; inclusive of surfer-first and personality driven, from planning through execution
• Supports team in live event coverage with graphics, video editing, community management, and live publishing

• Cultivate and develop relations by staying connected to surf communities, engage with followers, creators, and influencers through comments, and direct messages 
• Collaborate with other surf content creators, brainstorm and find ways to create and produce compelling stories
• Identifies community voices and creators that our platform can help amplify the passion for surfing and competitive global surfing
• Assist in content creation for various elements of the organization, including WSL One Ocean and Partnerships 
• Monitors for and keeps a consistent league’s persona across all channels and ensuring that all copy/assets are grammatically correct and factually accurate

Collaborate and seeks latest trends, conversation, comment sentiment and audience interests with the team; both challenging the status quo and being open minded to test new concepts

• Highly organized in maintaining and updating departmental documentation, content calendars, and global best practices documents

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1-3+ years of experience in social media and content creation
• Must have strong working proficiency of Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator 
• Must haveproficiency and understanding of social-first editing processes, formats [Vertical first], sequencing and best practices
• Ability to work with phone, camera and audio equipment comfortably 
• Attention to detail and composition with a strong passion for storytelling
• Willingness to learn and work collaboratively
• Passion and deep knowledge of the professional surfing world is critical
• Motion design experience, a plus
• Capcut experience, a plus
• Able and willing to travel up to 30% of the time both domestically and internationally (*travel not guaranteed as part of the position*)  
• Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including late nights and weekends depending on the WSL’s event schedule 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Above all, integrity and honesty
• Entrepreneurial; willingness to work independently with the best business practices in mind
• An exceptional work ethic
• Exceptional attention to detail 
• Optimism and energy for the brand and its future
• An open and collaborative nature
• A high degree of self-awareness of one’s own personal style, strengths and weaknesses, and motivational triggers.
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.
• Action-Oriented—enjoys working hard and looks for challenges

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

Salary Range: $67,000.00- $68,000 based on relevant experience