Design Team Lead

Hey there, Future Design Team Lead (Graphic & Motion) @ Better Collective

Our mission is to be the world's leading digital sports media company, making sports entertainment more engaging and transparent for fans worldwide.
Better Collective is the team behind industry-leading sports and betting media brands such as The Nation Network, Action Network, Playmaker, BolaVIP, HLTV, and Yardbarker, reaching millions of users every day across digital, social, and mobile platforms.

We're looking for a Design Team Lead (Graphic & Motion) to lead and elevate our visual storytelling across brands, platforms, and formats at The Nation Network. This is a key leadership role for a creative professional who combines strong design craft with people leadership, strategic thinking, and a hands-on mindset.

You'll be responsible for shaping the visual direction of our content, supporting brand consistency, and helping a growing design team deliver high-impact creative work at scale.

This Role Is for You If…

You're a creative leader who loves both designing and leading. You're comfortable giving direction, mentoring designers, and setting standards, but you're also happy jumping into the work when needed.

You thrive in fast-paced, content-driven environments and understand how design supports storytelling, engagement, and performance across digital and social platforms. You enjoy collaborating closely with editorial, social, marketing, and product teams to bring ideas to life.

How You'll Make an Impact

Here's how you'll contribute to our mission:

• Lead and manage a team of graphic and motion designers, supporting their growth and development.

• Define and evolve visual guidelines to ensure brand consistency across multiple platforms and brands.

• Oversee the creation of graphic and motion assets for editorial, social media, marketing, and product initiatives.

• Balance hands-on design work with team leadership and project oversight.

• Partner closely with Editorial, Social, Marketing, and Growth teams to translate ideas into compelling visual executions.

• Help scale design processes and workflows to support high-volume content production.

• Ensure creative quality while meeting tight deadlines in a fast-moving media environment.
  

The Ideal Profile: Is This You?

You'll likely succeed in this role if you bring:

• Solid experience in graphic design, with a strong motion design component.

• Previous experience leading or mentoring designers (formal people management experience is a plus).

• A strong portfolio showcasing both graphic and motion work across digital platforms.

• Experience working in digital media, content, marketing, or similarly fast-paced environments.

• Strong understanding of design for social media, video, and digital storytelling.

• Ability to give clear creative direction and constructive feedback.

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

• Comfort managing multiple projects and priorities at the same time.
  

Nice to Haves

• Experience working with media, sports, or entertainment brands.

• Familiarity with performance-driven creative (social, growth, engagement metrics).

• Experience scaling design systems or workflows.

• Comfort working with distributed or remote teams.
  

Meet Your Manager & Team

You'll be part of a broader creative and content organization, working closely with cross-functional partners across Editorial, Social, Marketing, and Product.

You'll report to Amil Delic, Head of Original Content & Production Audio/Video and lead a group of designers, with the opportunity to shape how design supports our brands at scale.

What We Offer: Perks, Growth & Culture

We invest in our people and believe great work comes from supported teams.

Benefits & Perks

• Flexible working hours

• Ability to work fully remote

• Private health insurance

• A fast-paced, international environment with strong creative ambition

Your Growth & Our Culture

• Real ownership and influence over creative direction.

• High visibility and impact across well-known digital brands.

• Collaborative, low-ego culture with smart and passionate colleagues.

• Room to grow as the team, brands, and audience continue to scale.
  

Ready to Join?

We're excited to learn more about you

Our Interview Process

• Application review by our People team

• Intro interview with Talent / People

• Interview with the Hiring Manager

• Portfolio review / design exercise (for shortlisted candidates)

• Final conversation & offer

We aim to keep candidates informed at every step and move efficiently through the process.

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