About Skillz:

Skillz is driving the future of entertainment by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games and media for a booming mobile-first audience worldwide. The company’s platform empowers mobile game developers and players with access to fun and fair competition for real prizes, shifting the paradigm to make esports accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Skillz helps developers build multi-million dollar game franchises by turning content into competitive social gaming properties for the world’s 2.6 billion gamers. The company has already worked with 20,000 game developers, leveraging its patented technology to host billions of casual esports tournaments for 30 million players worldwide.

Last year, Skillz was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and CNBC Disruptor 50 (for the second time). In 2018, Skillz was listed as one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies. In 2017, Inc. Magazine ranked Skillz the No. 1 fastest-growing private company in America.

The company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports luminaries, ranging from Liberty Global, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, Telstra Ventures, and a founder of Great Hill Partners to the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for a proven Art Director to join our in-house creative advertising team. Your main role will be to tell compelling and effective advertising stories that meet our performance goals. As such, you should excel at using data as your north star and have an endless passion for visual storytelling.

What You’ll Do:

Storytelling: Define and develop the visual advertising language of 1+ game
Craft: Develop organized and effective storyboards and source or develop valuable assets to add to our ever-expanding brand library
Team: Work closely with a Copywriter to ideate and execute all given briefs
Science: Collaborate with key stakeholders to leverage data and consistently produce successful campaigns
Trendsetting: Stay on top of culture/trends and actively keep pace with channel best-practices across brand and performance marketing

Qualifications:

5+ years of relevant advertising experience in an agency or in-house
2+ years of performance marketing experience
Experience working with copywriters to tackle campaign concept development
A passionate storyteller who believes that great stories change hearts and minds
A deep understanding of how images impact the world
BA or advanced degree from leading institution preferred
A background in design is preferred