AI Production Designer

Description

The company is a global leader in licensed sports merchandise. It runs a vertically integrated platform that designs, manufactures, and delivers officially licensed apparel, jerseys, headwear, and collectibles for leagues, teams, and events around the world.

The company operates more than 900 e-commerce sites and sells across digital, in-venue, and retail channels, reaching fans in over 180 countries.

This role turns approved concepts and licensed brand assets into accurate, ready-to-produce artwork at volume. The work covers physical and digital products, ecommerce, marketing, and other fan-facing channels. You combine strong Photoshop skills with disciplined production habits and everyday use of AI tools to work faster and keep quality consistent.

Responsibilities

• Work with in-house design, merchandising, product development, marketing, licensing, and production teams to keep creative direction aligned with business and brand needs.
• Share ideas and production recommendations clearly with creative and cross-functional partners. Work with vendors and internal stakeholders to keep execution consistent across products, formats, and licensed properties.
• Document templates, production standards, prompting methods, automation steps, and repeatable workflows so the team can scale its output.
• Turn fan insights, sports culture, licensed identities, and campaign direction into relevant visuals.
• Protect the brand standards of teams, leagues, partners, and the company on every asset.
• Adapt designs across products, channels, sizes, colorways, localizations, and platform specifications without losing visual quality.
• Carry out detailed quality reviews so fans receive accurate, polished, consistent creative.
• Use generative image, video, and language models to explore concepts, build assets, solve production problems, and speed up delivery.
• Find repetitive production tasks that can be automated with Photoshop actions, scripts, plugins, or templates. Test new tools and methods carefully before the team adopts them.
• Build scalable templates, component libraries, production callouts, and asset systems for high-volume work.
• Own production work from brief intake to final delivery while managing several projects and tight deadlines. Use Photoshop and Illustrator to composite, retouch, color-correct, manipulate artwork, refine typography, and prepare final files.
• Use non-destructive methods such as Smart Objects, masks, paths, adjustment layers, linked assets, and reusable actions. Keep files organized, follow naming conventions, track version histories, and maintain asset libraries.
• Write clear production specifications covering dimensions, placement, typography, colors, materials, and other details needed for accurate execution.
• Find and fix visual, technical, brand, accessibility, and licensing problems before assets are released.
• Apply AI and technology to improve efficiency, quality, and results. Use data and digital tools to inform decisions. Stay curious and adapt to new technologies and ways of working, and help build a culture of continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Advanced skill with generative image tools and processes, including prompt design, batch generation, image refinement, and node-based workflows such as ComfyUI.
• At least 4 years of professional experience in production design, production art, graphic design, or creative production.
• Advanced skill in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, including compositing, retouching, color correction, masking, paths, actions, Smart Objects, and non-destructive editing.
• Working knowledge of InDesign and Figma (preferred).
• Experience preparing production-ready files for digital, print, apparel, or product uses. You understand file formats, resolution, color spaces, print requirements, digital specifications, and platform delivery standards.
• Strong grasp of typography, layout, composition, visual hierarchy, color theory, and color matching. Experience working within licensed brand standards or across several partner identities is valued.
• Experience building and managing templates, large asset libraries, and multiple versions or colorways. You are well organized and communicate clearly, with solid project management and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently and with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced production setting.
• Experience with licensed sports, apparel graphics, ecommerce, or consumer products (preferred).
• A bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communication, fine arts, or a related field, or an equivalent mix of education, training, and professional experience.

Conditions

Hybrid role based at the company's office in Irvine, CA or Seattle, WA, subject to the company's current hybrid work policy.

The role currently requires in-office presence on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.