Art Director - Olympic & Paralympic Games

Who We Are
On Location is a global leader in premium experiential hospitality, offering ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production and travel management across sports, entertainment, fashion and culture. The company partners with over 150 iconic rights holders, including the IOC, FIFA, NFL, NCAA, UFC, WWE, and PGA of America, and operates many of its own unique experiences. On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc., a premium sports and entertainment company with properties such as UFC, WWE and PBR.

About The Role
The LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Hospitality Program will deliver world‑class premium experiences across competition venues, hospitality houses, celebration spaces and exclusive guest environments during the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Art Director plays a key role in bringing these experiences to life through innovative environmental design, storytelling, and creative execution.

Role Overview
Working under the direction of the Group Creative Director, the Art Director partners with Creative, Production, Venue Development, Brand, Operations, and external design and fabrication partners to transform creative strategy into immersive hospitality environments. The position is responsible for delivering design solutions that are visually compelling, operationally sound, and aligned with the LA28 Hospitality creative vision across multiple venues and guest experiences.

Responsibilities
Creative Leadership

Lead the creative development of hospitality environments from concept through execution with regular coordination with the event production and creative teams.

Drive design excellence across multiple venues while maintaining consistency with the LA28 Hospitality creative vision.

Translate strategic objectives into immersive guest experiences through compelling environmental design and visual storytelling.

Provide art direction, design guidance, and creative feedback to internal teams and external partners.

Establish and maintain creative vision across hospitality venues while ensuring consistency, innovation and guest experience.

Design Development

Direct the design process from ideation through fabrication, installation, and Games‑time execution.

Develop presentations, renderings, mood boards, finish palettes, floor plans, elevations, and design intent packages.

Review fabrication drawings, mock‑ups, and prototypes to ensure creative integrity.

Balance creativity with operational requirements, budget, schedule, and constructability.

Cross‑Functional Leadership

Serve as the primary creative liaison between Creative, Production, Venue Development, Operations, and fabrication partners.

Present creative concepts and design rationale to executive leadership and stakeholders.

Coordinate with architects, scenic fabricators, exhibit partners, and graphics vendors to ensure consistent execution.

Quality & Brand Stewardship

Ensure all work reflects LA28 Hospitality brand standards and creative direction.

Maintain consistency across hospitality venues and guest touchpoints.

Review deliverables for quality, accuracy, and production readiness.

Project Leadership

Lead multiple venue design projects simultaneously through all phases of development.

Lead and direct external design partners, fabricators, and creative vendors to ensure design excellence, production quality, and successful project delivery.

Support venue installations, site reviews, punch lists, and Games‑time creative oversight.

Maintain organized project documentation and meet key project milestones.

Innovation

Identify emerging trends in experiential design, hospitality, sustainability, and materials.

Champion innovative design solutions that elevate the Olympic and Paralympic guest experience.

Success In This Role

Deliver world‑class hospitality environments that elevate the Olympic and Paralympic guest experience.

Maintain exceptional creative quality across multiple venues.

Build trusted partnerships across creative, production, and operations teams.

Champion the LA28 Hospitality creative vision from concept through Games‑time execution.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

Follow administrative procedures for timesheets, time off requests, and other HR needs.

Keep up to date with any deliverables the Project Management team needs for billing purposes.

Travel
Must be adaptable with work and travel schedule and be available to travel for work which may include extended work hours during nights, weekends, and holidays. This position may require up to 25% travel.

Qualifications
Required Education And/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design or related discipline or experience.

8+ years of experience in experiential design, hospitality, event design, entertainment, or environmental design.

Strong portfolio demonstrating environmental storytelling, spatial design, presentation graphics, and technical documentation.

Advanced proficiency in SketchUp, Layout, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, architectural drafting. Experience with 3D modeling workflow is required.

Mastery of rendering software such as Enscape, V‑Ray, Lumion, or Twinmotion.

Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills.

Preferred Education And/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Experience designing large‑scale sporting events, hospitality programs, exhibitions, or action sports.

Interior Design and Curation.

Additional craft/production skills a plus.

Additional art skills (illustrative, drawing, sketching, or other methods to convey creative ideas internally and externally).

Additional Adobe Suite or motion graphics experience a plus.

Working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.

Familiarity with sustainable practices.

Compensation
Hiring Rate Minimum: $112,500 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable State/local minimum salary thresholds)

Hiring Rate Maximum: $150,000 annually

Equal Opportunity Statement
TKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non‑discrimination in employment. TKO makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications, without considering an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under federal, state or local laws governing non‑discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. TKO also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws. For information about Privacy and Information Security for TKO employment candidates, please review our Privacy Policy. For information regarding Terms of Use for this and other TKO websites, please review our Terms of Use.

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