Creative Director

Durham, NC onsite creative leadership role with the Durham Bulls. Capitol Broadcasting Company Inc is looking for a Creative Director to set the brand’s look, feel, and voice, keep creative consistent across every fan touchpoint, and lead a small in-house design and video team through a fast, high-output season.

What you’ll do

• Partner with senior leadership to define and evolve the Bulls’ brand, visual identity, and messaging.
• Own and enforce brand standards to ensure logos, colors, typography, and tone are used consistently across all touchpoints.
• Lead creative from concept through delivery for season campaigns, theme nights, promotions, in-game content, and special events.
• Stay hands-on by designing, art directing, writing concepts, and pitching in on shoots and edits when the team needs it.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback to raise quality across everything that ships.
• Manage, coach, and develop a small team of graphic designers and a video producer.
• Set priorities and goals, run regular check-ins and reviews, and keep the team aligned.
• Build a collaborative team culture capable of handling a 75-game home schedule plus special events.
• Act as the single intake point for creative requests from all departments.
• Prioritize, schedule, and assign work to protect deadlines and reduce burnout.
• Maintain a reliable request and approval process using forms, a project board, and timelines.
• Reset expectations when requests arrive late or out of scope, and keep stakeholders informed.
• Manage the creative budget, including freelancers, printers, and outside vendors as needed.
• Partner closely with ticketing, corporate partnerships, promotions, merchandise, community relations, and game day operations.
• Develop sponsor and partner activations that meet sponsor needs while staying true to the Bulls’ experience.

What you bring

• 7+ years of professional design or creative experience, including at least 2 years leading or supervising other creatives.
• A strong portfolio showing brand, campaign, and social work across print, digital, and video.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign); Premiere or After Effects is a plus.
• Proven project management skills to juggle many requests, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Clear, confident communication with both creative teams and non-creative stakeholders.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays during the season, including home games and events.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, marketing, communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Tools & technologies

• Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects
• Asana, Monday, Trello

Preferred fit

• Experience in sports, entertainment, live events, or hospitality.
• Familiarity with Asana, Monday, or Trello.
• Photography and videography skills preferred; experience with in-venue video boards, motion graphics, or photography.
• Strong concept and copywriting skills.
• Comfortable both in the design file and in meetings; organized and calm under pressure on game day.
• Low-ego, trust-building collaborator who can diplomatically say “not yet.”
• Passion for baseball, the fan experience, and the Durham community.
• Tuned into design trends and social platforms.
• Curious and coachable, with a desire to help the team grow.