Creative Director

Paterson, NJ (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expPart time

Posted 5 months ago

Job Summary

Drive the creative direction for a start-up pro women’s football franchise, shaping brand identity, storytelling, and fan experience across platforms.

  • Own brand identity, storytelling, and seasonal campaigns to boost fan engagement and ticket sales.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in creative/marketing, ideally in professional sports.
  • Standout: Opportunity to build and lead a growing creative team in a mission-driven startup.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand Identity & Storytelling: Maintain and evolve the Jersey Shore Wave visual identity, voice, and storytelling across all platforms to ensure consistency and strong emotional connection with fans
  • Creative Campaign Development: Develop seasonal campaigns for ticket sales, sponsorship promotions, community initiatives, and player storytelling
  • Digital Content & Social Media Management: Oversee content planning, creation, and publishing across social media, email marketing, and website. Collaborate with graphic designers, photographers, and media partners
  • Digital Growth & Performance Tracking: Monitor engagement metrics across social media and digital platforms, using insights to refine creative strategy and grow the team’s audience and fan engagement
  • Photo & Video Direction: Direct creative vision for photo and video content, including but not limited to pre-game hype reels, behind-the-scenes-footage, post-game highlights, and game-day graphics
  • Fan Experience & Game Day Presentation: Lead the visual and emotional tone of the in-stadium experience, including jumbotron graphics, team intros, signage, on-field visuals, and venue branding. Develop fan activations and interactive experiences that leave a lasting impression
  • Game Day Coverage: Oversee or coordinate real-time game-day content including live social media updates, highlight clips, photography, and postgame recap materials
  • Player & Community Storytelling: Develop content highlighting players, community initiatives, and the mission of women’s tackle football
  • Merchandising: Create apparel and design products that reflect the brand and appeal to the fanbase
  • Creative Growth: Grow the Creative organization by bringing in graphic designers, social media managers, copywriters, web designers, photographers, and videographers
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Jersey Shore Football

Jersey Shore Wave Women's FootballNew Jersey’s Premier Women’s Tackle Football Team & Proud Woman-Owned Franchise of the Women’s National Football Conference.#RIDETHEWAVE

Founded in 2024
Shore Region, New Jersey, USA
9 employees (5 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (44% of company)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
586
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.2%
Direct
41.7%
Referral
12.7%
Social
9.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9
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Creative Director

Jersey Shore Football · Paterson, NJ · On-site