Artwork Manager; Freelancer

Artwork Manager (50-60% – Freelancer, 12 Month)

Join the team as a freelancer and support us on our mission.

As Artwork Manager at FIFA, you will be responsible for supporting the development, and management of FIFA’s artwork library across all brand assets. You will play a critical role in ensuring that all artwork produced is accurate, consistent, on‑brand, and production‑ready, supporting FIFA’s global brand and creative ambitions. The role sits within the Brand & Creative Services team and focuses on building, maintaining, and evolving FIFA’s artwork library, ensuring seamless reuse, adaptation, and version control.

• Own and manage the end‑to‑end artwork lifecycle, from creative handover through final production files, delivery, and archiving.
• Build, maintain, and govern FIFA’s centralized artwork library, ensuring correct versioning, metadata, usage rights, and accessibility.
• Adapt and localize master artwork across formats, languages, and markets while maintaining brand integrity.
• Ensure all artwork files are production‑ready, technically accurate, and compliant with output requirements across print, digital, motion, broadcast, and environmental applications.
• Act as the final quality gate, reviewing artwork for accuracy, consistency, legal compliance, and brand alignment before release.
• Enforce strict adherence to FIFA’s brand guidelines, visual identity systems, and artwork standards across all touchpoints.
• Manage rights, usage permissions, and protection of FIFA brand assets and design IP.
• Quality‑check work produced by external agencies, art workers, production partners, and freelancers.
• Champion best practices in artwork production, localization, version control, and file management.

• Solid hands‑on experience in Graphic Design within a brand development context, with deep understanding of artwork production, and experience working with DAM (Digital Archive system for creative assets).
• Strong knowledge of artwork creation, adaptation, and delivery across static, digital, motion, and environmental formats.
• High attention to detail with a sharp eye for layout, typography, color accuracy, and technical execution.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage complex artwork systems and multiple parallel projects.
• Strong understanding of rights management, licensing, and brand asset protection.
• Degree or diploma in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related creative discipline.
• Proven hands‑on expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; After Effects and Premiere Pro are an advantage).
• Strong experience preparing artwork for large‑scale brand programs, live events, and multi‑channel campaigns.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in artwork management, senior graphic design, or production roles within agency, sports, entertainment, FMCG, or global brand environments.
• Fluent in spoken and written English is mandatory.
• Proficiency in French, Spanish, German or Arabic is an asset.
• We work hard  are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

We respect our values. Always.

Our vision is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. The last FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 attracted more than 5 billion viewers and the last FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 was the greatest‑ever FIFA Women’s World Cup that inspired millions of girls and women around the globe.

The opportunities for growth are exciting. We are a modern organization with over 800 passionate employees who are Living Football every day. Our headquarters are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we have offices in Miami, Paris and Rabat, plus eleven regional offices from New Zealand to India, South Africa, Panama and Paraguay.