Artwork Manager, 50-60% (Freelancer, 12 Month)
Department: Partnerships & Media
Employment Type: Freelance
Location: Zurich
Description
As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.
Join the team as a freelancer and support us on our mission.
THE POSITION
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. This role combines a mandatory graphic design background with exceptional artwork management, production, and project coordination skills, and reports directly to the Global Head of Brand & Creative Services.
These are your key tasks:
* 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 centralised artwork library, ensuring correct versioning, metadata, usage rights, and accessibility.
* Adapt and localise 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, artworkers, production partners, and freelancers.
* Champion best practices in artwork production, localisation, version control, and file management.
YOUR PROFILE
We work hard at FIFA.
We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.
And we respect our values. Always.
For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.
The specific competencies we require for this position are:
* Mandatory: 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, colour accuracy, and technical execution.
* Highly organised 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.
* Mandatory experience working with DAM – Digital Archive system for creative assets.
* 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.