ABOUT ELEVATE:
Elevate is a full-service consulting firm that inspires high-performing organizations to find their limits and push past them. With expertise in brand consulting, sales strategy, data-driven insights, and talent optimization, Elevate gives its clients a competitive edge in the fight for people’s precious time and attention. Established in 2018, Elevate set out to help sports teams and leagues spark innovation and drive performance. In the years since, the world of sports has transformed, today standing at the convergence of media, entertainment, and consumer brands, with Elevate supporting some of the world’s most ambitious businesses across these sectors. Elevate’s proprietary technology, data sources, and software products combined with our thoughtful insights, and people-centric approach give clients a 360-degree view of their customers, underpinning intelligent decision-making on marketing spend, growth strategy, and more.
Our team of 400+ employees spans the globe with in 20 locations worldwide. We value recruiting diverse individuals to our team to bring new perspectives to our company and look forward to learning more about you in the recruitment process. To learn more and see what we’ve been up to, follow Elevate on
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BRAND DESIGNER: OVERVIEW
The Brand Designer will help our Brand team tell compelling stories through creative, innovative, and engaging presentation content and design, enabling brands to move faster and connect more deeply with fans across sports, entertainment, and culture. In this role, you will create persuasive and effective visual communication solutions, from individual informational slides to fully customized presentation designs and storytelling systems that express brand identity and deepen audience connection. Through sound design principles and innovative visual strategies, you will transform complex data points and text-heavy information into compelling and memorable visual presentations that create maximum impact. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders across teams to evolve ideas and translate conceptual thinking into refined, visually compelling, and interactive brand experiences.
The preference is for this candidate to be based in Charlotte, NC and work in our office on a hybrid schedule. The role will require the ability to work flexible schedules, including weekends and holidays. Please include portfolio along with resume when applying to the position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
● Maintain Elevate brand identity and ensure consistency across a variety of mediums to deliver presentations that help win business
● Manage Elevate’s external presentations and sales materials, including pre-sales pitches, teaser decks, and large brand activation decks
● Development of bespoke sales presentations that capture the style, voice and passion of our various clients
● Ability to create, edit, and annotate graphic designs, multimedia files, charts, and graphs into immersive storytelling formats
● Assist in performing quality assurance to ensure all materials are void of spelling and other grammatical errors
● Collaborate with the business development team on external-facing business development pitch decks and sales presentation materials
● Present process and final work in a clear, concise and professional manner to external stakeholders
● Handle schedule of inbound design requests and assignments from stakeholders in various locations with different priorities
● Maintain and manage a project status tracker and keep internal stakeholders informed of work progress and timelines
● Apply brand identity elements to mockups and visuals, including 3D logo integration and branded concept development, enabling clients to clearly envision themselves within creative executions
● Bring an ideation-first mindset to the team and client work, actively contributing to brainstorming, pitching, and refining ideas in pursuit of the strongest creative solutions
● Collaborate with global Elevate team members (Creative design, experiential, brand, etc..) to stay up to date with trends and innovation
The following are our target qualifications for this role. Note that reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
● Bachelor’s degree in design-related field and/or 7+ years of professional experience in a graphics/design-related field or freelance capacity
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
● Google Slides (Priority)/PowerPoint/Keynote advanced knowledge
● Adobe Creative Suite advanced knowledge
● Proficiency in Figma for collaborative design, layout, and visual systems
● Ability to express ideas graphically
● Quality-driven mindset with strong attention to detail
● Stay up to date on emerging design tools, trends, and AI-driven workflows, leveraging them to advance design principles, concept development, and final execution
● Ability to prioritize multiple stakeholders and projects in a fast-paced environment to ensure efficiency while adhering to strict deadlines
● Collaborative mindset to solving challenges, willing to learn and share knowledge with peers
WORKING CONDITIONS
Location:
● Charlotte, NC
Travel Requirements:
● No travel required
Work Environment:
● Hybrid
This position is open to all qualified candidates. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability in connection with the application process, you may contact us at [email protected] We are proud to be an equal opportunity/veterans/disabled/ LGBT employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
