Senior Graphic Designer

Role Overview

Senior Graphic Designer at Ninjas in Pyjamas, based in Abu Dhabi with hybrid remote flexibility. Full-time position within the Brand & Creative team.

Company Overview

Ninjas in Pyjamas is an esports organization managing a portfolio of competitive gaming brands and ventures, including Ninjas in Pyjamas, eStar Gaming, Ninjas in Mining, and related group initiatives.

Role Purpose

Shape and evolve the visual identity of NIP's esports brands and wider group portfolio by delivering high-impact design across competitive gaming titles, social channels, campaigns, events, partnerships, fan engagement, and internal communications. Take ownership of complex creative projects, develop visual systems, and maintain strong creative standards across multiple brands.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Development & Execution

• Support creative development and execution of visual assets across key esports titles, including Counter-Strike, Rocket League, Rainbow Six, and future competitive gaming initiatives.
• Design high-impact social media content, campaign creative, promotional graphics, and platform-specific assets that engage gaming and esports audiences.
• Create YouTube thumbnails, video packaging assets, end slates, intro sequences, lower thirds, and other content-supporting graphics to enhance digital storytelling and audience engagement.

Motion Graphics & Video

• Develop motion graphics and animated creative for social media, tournaments, live broadcasts, commercial partnerships, and branded content initiatives.
• Create YouTube thumbnails, video packaging assets, end slates, intro sequences, lower thirds, and other content-supporting graphics to enhance digital storytelling and audience engagement.
• Partner with video production teams on content shoots, helping shape creative concepts, set design, lighting direction, and overall visual presentation.

Broadcast & Live Production

• Design and maintain broadcast graphics packages, including overlays, transitions, scoreboards, lower thirds, stingers, countdown screens, and other live production assets.

Brand & Visual Identity

• Support the visual identity development of esports properties, campaigns, and special projects, ensuring consistency across all audience touchpoints.
• Contribute creative direction and design expertise to new brand initiatives, including projects related to Ninjas in Mining and other ventures within the wider business portfolio.
• Maintain and evolve design templates, asset libraries, and creative guidelines to ensure efficiency and consistency across teams.
• Translate campaign concepts into scalable creative systems that can be adapted across social platforms, broadcast environments, events, and commercial deliverables.

Photography & Talent Content

• Support player, talent, and lifestyle photoshoots by providing creative input on composition, branding integration, environments, and visual storytelling.

Marketing & Collateral

• Create key art, event branding, tournament creative, partnership assets, merchandise concepts, and marketing materials for both digital and physical activations.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Project Management

• Collaborate closely with content creators, editors, producers, and social teams to deliver visually compelling content across multiple channels.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders across marketing, partnerships, content, esports operations, and production to deliver high-quality creative solutions.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail, creative quality, and brand consistency.

Industry Leadership

• Stay at the forefront of esports, gaming culture, digital content trends, and emerging creative techniques to continually elevate the visual standard of our brands.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong graphic design craft with advanced motion graphics capabilities.
• Deep understanding of esports and digital audiences.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into compelling visual experiences authentic to gaming culture and the NIP brand.

Additional Information

Employment Type: Full-time

Execution Location: Abu Dhabi / Remote-Hybrid