Senior Designer - Sounders FC

When you join Seattle Sounders FC, you join a soccer-loving, socially progressive, ambitious club rooted in the best soccer city in America. We have one of the most passionate sports fan bases in North America who are invested in the Sounders as much for our commitment to making a positive impact in our communities as they are for winning the 2019 MLS Cup, 2022 CONCACAF Champions League and 2025 Leagues Cup on home soil. We exist to create special moments like these, where we enrich lives and unify our fans and city through soccer.

The Senior Designer is a key creative contributor responsible for bringing the Seattle Sounders FC brand to life through high-quality, thoughtful execution across multiple platforms and touchpoints.

This role focuses on delivering best-in-class design work—translating creative direction into polished, impactful outputs that support marketing objectives and deepen fan engagement. The Senior Designer operates with a high level of autonomy within defined projects, owning design execution from concept through final delivery.

Working closely with the Lead Designer and broader creative team, the Senior Designer interprets established creative direction and contributes to how ideas are expressed visually. They play an active role in refining concepts, strengthening visual storytelling, and ensuring all work aligns with brand standards and campaign goals.

The Senior Designer is accountable for the quality and craft of their own work, consistently delivering at a high level while contributing to a collaborative, fast-paced team environment.

This is ideal for a designer who takes pride in the work itself—someone who wants to produce great creative, contribute to a high-performing team, and play a meaningful role in how a globally recognized club shows up to its fans.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Brand Creative Execution: Execute high-quality, brand-elevating design across digital, social, print, and environmental platforms—bringing established creative direction to life with strong craft, attention to detail, and visual consistency.
• Campaign & Content Development: Design compelling creative for integrated campaigns, social content, paid media, merchandise, and matchday moments. Contribute ideas and help refine visual storytelling to ensure work is engaging, relevant, and aligned with brand standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with teams across the organization—including Marketing, Digital & Content, Ticket Sales & Service, Corporate Partnerships, and Fan Engagement—to translate business needs into effective creative solutions and deliver impactful work.
• Creative Problem Solving: Take ownership of assigned projects, navigating feedback and evolving priorities to deliver strong creative solutions. Contribute thoughtful input on how work can be improved while maintaining alignment with established direction.
• Executional Ownership & Throughput: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, delivering high-quality work on deadline in a fast-paced environment. Maintain strong organization and follow-through to ensure work is completed efficiently and at a high standard.
• Creative Standards Contribution: Contribute to raising the overall quality of work by sharing references, ideas, and feedback that help elevate the team’s creative output.
• Trend & Craft Development: Stay current on trends in design, sport, and culture, and continuously develop your craft—bringing fresh thinking and new approaches that elevate the team’s output.
• Matchday & Event Creative: Execute and support creative needs for matchdays, events, and activations—delivering high-impact, real-time content that reflects the energy of the club and enhances the fan experience.
• Quality & Brand Consistency: Ensure all work is accurate, on-brand, and executed to a high level of quality. Uphold visual standards and contribute to maintaining consistency across all creative outputs.

• Demonstrated expertise in a professional graphic design role, preferably within sports, entertainment, or an agency setting.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Expertise in Figma.
• Proficiency in photo editing (Lightroom, CaptureOne).
• Experience with motion graphics (After Effects, Premiere Pro) is a plus.
• Knowledge of 3D design, AR/VR, or other emerging creative technologies is a bonus.
• A strong portfolio showcasing diverse and impactful design work across digital, print, and environmental mediums. Ability to demonstrate working within and building systems for brands and campaigns.
• Familiarity with project management tools (Wrike, Asana, Opal, or similar) to manage workloads effectively.
• Ability to work cross-functionally, receive feedback constructively, and contribute to a team-oriented creative environment.
• Thrives in fast-paced environments, handling multiple projects and shifting priorities with ease.
• Comfortable designing in a live, collaborative matchday environment supporting real-time content needs during matches.
• It’s an exciting time for soccer in the United States, and you’ll be someone excited to connect sporting staff and athletes with what they need to perform, and in doing so, support the game and its athletes reaching even greater heights.
• Committed to principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and to living organizational values and the to the organizational mission: Create Moments, Enrich Lives, and Unify & Uplift Through Soccer, in all interactions with colleagues, partners, vendors, and fans.

• This is a hybrid position working from home and from our Headquarters & Training Facility in Renton WA and matches at Lumen Field and events and meetings in market as needed.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Must reside within Washington state upon date of hire.
• Must be able to facilitate own local travel.
• Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where every employee is respected, valued and supported. We celebrate our diverse work environment and welcome team members of all backgrounds and perspectives. To that end, if you do not meet every job requirement listed, we still encourage you to apply. We believe your relevant experience and expertise will help us become a high-performing best-in-class workplace for all. Women, gender-nonbinary, people of color, LGBTQIA+ people and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

The physical demands reflected in the duties and work environment herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. If you’d like to request an accommodation in the application or interview process, please do so by emailing the People & Culture Team.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

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