Who We Are:
IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 250 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euroleague Basketball, CONMEBOL, World Rugby, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and PBR. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.

TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.


Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Own the design development of commercial partnership proposals, RFPs, sales presentations, category decks, case studies, post-event reports, templates and other partnership marketing materials.
- Translate complex commercial strategies, audience insights, rights packages, data and activation ideas into clear, persuasive visual narratives with strong hierarchy and editorial quality.
- Develop creative routes, cover options, visual territories, page layouts and design systems that give each proposal a distinctive point of view while remaining practical to deliver.
- Work through the full Marketing Solutions process: interpret the brief, support content development, lead creative development, review and refine drafts, and deliver final editable and presentation-ready files.
- Collaborate with Brand Partnerships, sales, strategy, project management, research, rights-holder and client teams to understand the brief, identify the commercial story and guide the visual direction.
- Set and maintain high standards for grid, typography, spacing, image selection, colour, lock-ups, logo visibility, data visualisation, motion and overall information density across every deliverable.
- Protect the clarity and consistency of the deck or campaign while responding constructively to feedback, distinguishing between essential content changes and design decisions that affect hierarchy, flow and legibility.
- Use PowerPoint, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant tools to create polished, flexible and easy-to-edit outputs; support motion, video and interactive elements where they strengthen the story.
- Help evolve team templates, toolkits, workflows and ways of working so that the team can deliver consistent, high-quality work efficiently across regions and categories.
- Share design knowledge, give thoughtful feedback and support the development of other designers and project teams without losing ownership of your own work.
- Use AI and emerging creative technologies responsibly to accelerate exploration, improve storytelling and increase efficiency while retaining human judgement and craft.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities across a global team, remaining organised, calm and detail-focused while working to tight pitch, client and submission deadlines.
- Present and explain creative thinking confidently, internally and externally, using design rationale to help stakeholders make informed decisions.
Knowledge and Experience
- 6+ years’ experience in presentation design, graphic design, brand design or creative communications, ideally within sport, entertainment, agency, sponsorship, media or commercial marketing environments.
- A strong portfolio showing high-quality commercial presentations, pitch design, editorial storytelling, brand systems, data-led communications and/or partnership marketing work.
- Experience turning business or marketing strategy into visual narratives that are clear, engaging and designed to support a commercial outcome.
- Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and/or Canva, alongside strong Adobe Creative Suite skills, particularly InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.
- Strong typography, layout, visual hierarchy, image curation and information-design skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience working with brand guidelines, rights-holder and partner IP, logo lock-ups, image permissions and design systems across multiple deliverables.
- Comfortable designing for presentations and digital formats, with motion, video, Figma or interactive-design experience advantageous.
- Experience using AI or emerging creative tools as part of a thoughtful, quality-led design process.
- A confident communicator who can interpret a brief, ask the right questions, articulate design decisions and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders.
- Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, ideally with exposure to international or cross-regional teams.
- Familiarity with workflow and project management tools, such as Asana, and an understanding of structured task-tracking processes.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and guide other creatives, build effective relationships across the business, and develop towards future people-management responsibilities.
Skills and Abilities
- You are a designer first: creatively ambitious, commercially aware and motivated by making complex ideas simple, compelling and memorable.
- You are a natural visual storyteller who understands how composition, typography, imagery, data and motion work together to create a persuasive partnership narrative.
- You have exceptional craft and a sharp eye for detail, but you never lose sight of the audience, the brief or the commercial objective.
- You are confident developing a point of view, presenting your work and constructively challenging feedback when it compromises clarity, consistency or quality.
- You are highly organised and able to move between strategic thinking, hands-on design, stakeholder collaboration and final production without losing momentum.
- You are calm and solutions-focused under pressure, with the judgement to prioritise what matters when deadlines are tight.
- You are collaborative, generous with your knowledge and comfortable working as part of a distributed global team.
- You are curious about sport, culture, brands, technology and emerging creative practices, and you actively look for better ways to tell stories.
In addition, success at IMG is driven by four core competencies that apply to all employees:
- Business Acumen – Understanding financial drivers, interpreting business data, aligning decisions to strategic outcomes
- Operational Excellence – Driving efficiency, governance, and continuous improvement in delivery & operations
- Innovation Mindset – Cultivating curiosity, experimentation, and forward-looking capability development
- Leadership & Collaboration – Inspiring others, building trust, and enabling collaboration across teams
Working Conditions
- This is a permanent position
- This role will be based at Chiswick Park, with some flexibility on remote working as appropriate
- Working hours are 9:00 – 17:00, Monday to Friday
- May be required to attend and travel to other IMG buildings, meetings, industry events or on-site productions as necessary.
- Unsocial hours may be required, as dictated by the demands of the business schedule, including when working to a pitch or proposal deadline.



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