Assistant Director of Creative Design

Posted Date: Jul 18, 2025

QUALIFICATION

  • Salary Expectation
    Unknown
  • Years of Experience
    1+ Years
  • Work Type
    Part-time

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Athletic Director
Conference
SEC (DI)
About the Job
Job Description

Position Function:

The principal purpose of this position is to provide assistance in creative direction, graphic design, illustration, and print production for design projects produced by the Department of Athletics. The major objective of this position is to assist in successfully meeting the design needs of the Department by creating professional, high-quality graphics, within the requested deadline.

Salary Grade : 13

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Assist the Director of Creative Design in the production of design and implementation of the brand and creative direction on assigned projects for the Athletic Department.
  2. Create digital content for assigned sports. Season graphics package, stat graphics, marketing material, posters, wallpapers, animations, media guide covers etc.
  3. Assist in the organization and implementation of all phases of the design production process. Such tasks include creating production schedules, art direction and design, photography coordination and styling, print coordination, pre-press production, four-color proofing, and on-press supervision or press checks.
  4. Assist in digital design production for the Athletic Department’s website (hailstate.com), social media channels for assigned sports, and digital marketing emails and web ads.
  5. Foster an innovative and creative environment that is responsive to our Department and University needs while ensuring that brand identity standards and brand personality are reflected in all Department external communications.
  6. Design and produce high-quality marketing pieces that communicate a strategic department and university message to a broad audience in many different media formats (such as logos, stationary, brochures, print ads, posters, newsletters, mailers,
    e-mail campaigns).
  7. Collaborate with the creative video team on design for video board assets, animation assets, and design assets used in video.
  8. Collaborate with communication team members to achieve consistency in creative direction and design of external publications for departments. This also includes working effectively with different sports to translate their vision or need into an appropriate design that meets their marketing goal.
Department History

Mississippi State University Communications 2024–2025

Person Role

Brandon Langlois

Senior Associate A.D./Communications and Creative (Department Spokesperson, Primary FB)

Kyle Apat

Associate A.D./Broadcast Services

Matt Dunaway

Director/Communications (MBB)

Reed Collins

Departing
Director/Creative Video

Brian Ogden

Associate Director/Communications (SB, SOC, M Golf)

Kelly Shipp

Associate Director/Communications (Secondary FB, M/W Tennis Oversight)

Nate Jarrett

Associate Director/Communications (WBK)

Logan Lowery

Assistant Director/Communications (Baseball)

Mississippi State University Marketing 2024–2025

Person Role

Spencer McAnally

Assistant A.D./Fan Experience

Connor Whelan

Departing
Associate A.D./Marketing & Sales

Mitch Phillips

Assistant A.D./Creative Strategy

Tom Greene

Deputy A.D./External Engagement

Natalia Coveney

Director/Fan Experience

Lexi Turner

Assistant Director/Creative Design

Andrew Stevens

Assistant Director/Fan Experience

Abbey Brown

Assistant Director/Fan Experience

Mississippi State University Communications 2023–2024

Person Role

Brandon Langlois

Senior Associate A.D./Communications and Content (Department Spokesperson, Primary FB)

Matt Dunaway

Director/Communications

Travis Rae

Associate Director/Communications (BSB)

Brian Ogden

Associate Director/Communications

Kelly Shipp

Associate Director/Communications

Nate Jarrett

Associate Director/Communications (WBK)

Logan Lowery

Assistant Director/Communications (M Tennis)

Mississippi State University Marketing 2023–2024

Person Role

Spencer McAnally

Assistant A.D. / Fan Experience

Connor Whelan

Associate A.D./Fan Experience and Sales

Mitch Phillips

Assistant A.D./Creative Strategy

Natalia Coveney

Director/Fan Experience

Lexi Turner

Assistant Director/Creative Design

Sophia Hernandez

Assistant Director/Creative Video

Andrew Stevens

Assistant Director/Fan Experience

Abbey Brown

Assistant Director/Fan Experience

Mississippi State University Communications 2022–2023

Person Role

Brandon Langlois

Senior Associate A.D./Communications and Content (Department Spokesperson, Primary FB)

Spencer Rubin

Senior Director of Creative Video

Matt Dunaway

Director/Communications

Travis Rae

Associate Director/Communications (BSB)

Brian Ogden

Associate Director/Communications

Anna Claire Thomas

Associate Director/Communications (FB)

Kelly Shipp

Assistant Director/Communications (WBB, W Golf Oversight)

Logan Lowery

Assistant Director/Communications (M Tennis)

Mississippi State University Marketing 2022–2023

Person Role

Spencer McAnally

Assistant A.D. / Fan Experience

Connor Whelan

Associate A.D./Fan Experience and Sales

Mitch Phillips

Assistant A.D./Creative Strategy

Natalia Coveney

Director of Marketing & Fan Engagement

Tyler Cole

Director of Creative Video

Sean Cross

Director of Marketing/Digital Stategy

Stephanie Mason

Assistant Director/Fan Experience

Ty Conner

Assistant Director of Spirit and Fan Engagement

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