PBA Lead Designer

Lucky Strike Entertainment, formerly Bowlero Corp, is one of the world’s premier location-based entertainment platforms. With over 360 locations across North America, Lucky Strike Entertainment provides experiential offerings in bowling, amusements, water parks, and family entertainment centers. The company also owns the Professional Bowlers Association, the major league of bowling and a growing media property that boasts millions of fans around the globe. For more information on Lucky Strike Entertainment, please visit ir.luckystrikeent.com.

Remote, ideally based on East Coast

Overview

The Lead Designer is responsible for elevating the visual identity of the Professional Bowlers Association across social media, broadcast, and commercial materials. This role drives the development of creative still designs, motion graphics, and presentation materials that support national broadcasts, tournament storytelling, sponsorship sales, and brand growth initiatives.

The Lead Designer provides visual leadership across digital and broadcast platforms while collaborating closely with internal marketing, social, and production teams. This role also partners with the Lucky Strike Entertainment design team to ensure brand cohesion and alignment across properties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop high-impact static and animated creative for social platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and X.
• Design broadcast-ready graphic elements including lower thirds, transitions, wipes, stat boards, and promotional assets.
• Create motion graphics packages for tournament weeks and digital campaigns.
• Design premium sales decks, sponsorship presentations, and executive materials.
• Develop key art and visual identity systems for major events and championships.
• Establish repeatable design templates and scalable graphic systems.
• Ensure brand consistency across digital, broadcast, and presentation materials.
• Collaborate with marketing, social, production, and executive stakeholders.
• Partner with the Lucky Strike Entertainment design team on cross-property initiatives.
• Support live-event workflows with fast-turn creative execution.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio demonstrating social-first creative, motion graphics, and presentation design.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects.
• Experience designing vertical and horizontal formats.
• Strong typography, layout, and visual systems expertise.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Sports, media, or entertainment experience preferred.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or related field preferred.

Minimum three to five years of professional design experience required, preferably in sports, broadcast, entertainment, or media environments.

The salary range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000.

Lucky Strike Entertainment offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package which includes healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.  Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position.  More details regarding benefits are available here: www.bowlerocorp.com/careers/benefits