Vancouver Whitecaps FC is seeking a creative and collaborative Graphic Designer to help bring our brand to life through innovative visual storytelling.
Reporting to the Manager, Graphic Design, you will be responsible for developing creative concepts and designs that elevate and differentiate the Whitecaps FC brand. This role is about more than creating visually compelling graphics - it's about creating meaningful experiences and strengthening the connection between our Club and our fans through impactful storytelling across digital and print platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Interpret creative briefs and transform ideas into compelling, on-brand creative from concept through final production with minimal supervision.
- Design print and digital assets that support marketing campaigns, ticket sales, sponsorship, events, and soccer operations.
- Create engaging visual experiences across brand, marketing, experiential, and digital touchpoints.
- Design and maintain graphics and visual assets for Club websites and digital platforms.
- Collaborate closely with the Marketing team and cross-functional departments to produce innovative and engaging creative content.
- Stay current with emerging design trends, techniques, and best practices, particularly within the sports and entertainment industry.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while consistently meeting tight deadlines.
- Provide creative support for matchday content and other Club initiatives as required.
Qualifications & Experience
The ideal candidate is a creative thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is passionate about delivering exceptional design.
You will bring:
- A bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Animation, Art, Film Production, Digital Media, Marketing, or a related field is preferred.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating the ability to develop creative concepts and produce high-quality, production-ready design assets across a variety of mediums.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
- Experience using Adobe Creative Suite and other industry-standard creative tools.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and matchdays as required.
Why Join Us?
At Vancouver Whitecaps FC, you'll have the opportunity to help shape one of Canada's most recognizable sports brands while working alongside passionate and talented professionals. Your creativity will play an important role in engaging supporters, enhancing the fan experience, and bringing the Club's vision to life every day.
The Club
Vancouver Whitecaps FC is the longest-running professional soccer club in Canada and the United States. Since its inaugural season in 1974, the club has united generations of loyal fans in British Columbia and beyond. With academies in eight out of ten provinces, a network of partner clubs, and hundreds of camps and clinics every year, Whitecaps FC provide a foundation for Canada’s soccer future.
We are also strongly committed to providing opportunities to Canadian athletes, both male and female, with the largest soccer development structure in Canada. This includes academy programs in eight of ten provinces across the country.
In addition to building a winning team on and off the pitch, the Club places great importance in giving back to our community, harnessing the power of sport to create a stronger, more equitable & inclusive society through three key community goals: helping meet critical needs, using soccer to build life skills and creating soccer participation opportunities in Indigenous communities.
Inclusion Statement
Vancouver Whitecaps FC believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. This includes but is not limited to people of colour, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. Should you require any accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact our People & Culture department.
"Within these walls, you are welcomed, accepted, and respected. Here, no matter who you are or where you come from, you are home. And you’re part of the team regardless of your age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, marital or family status, disability, or religious belief or non-belief. All we ask is that you be ethical and inclusive in all that you do. Be respectful of all players, fans, and staff, and remember to cheer loudest for the ones wearing the blue and white. Go ‘Caps!"
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
