Graphic Designer | Full-Time | Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents. 

The Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center is seeking a highly creative, organized, and experienced Graphic Designer to support the Marketing department. The Graphic Designer works closely with the marketing team to develop visually compelling content that drives ticket sales, strengthens brand awareness, promotes events, and engages diverse audiences across digital and traditional channels. This role requires a strong combination of design expertise, creative problem-solving, and marketing awareness. The ideal candidate is passionate about visual storytelling and can translate marketing objectives into impactful creative assets that capture attention and inspire action. Projects may include event branding, campaign concepts, concert and convention graphics, motion graphics, digital advertising, social media content, print collateral, signage, email marketing graphics, website assets, and other promotional materials.

This position offers the opportunity to work on a wide variety of marketing and event promotion projects while developing professional design skills in a fast-paced entertainment and convention center environment. The Graphic Designer is encouraged to bring fresh perspectives, explore innovative design approaches, and help define creative campaigns that connect with audiences across the region. This is an ideal opportunity for a designer seeking a collaborative environment where creativity, experimentation, and strategic thinking are valued.

The Graphic Designer will contribute to creative campaign development while ensuring all visual communications maintain the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center brand identity and support organizational goals. This role requires the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment while delivering high-quality creative solutions for a diverse portfolio of entertainment, convention, sporting, and community events.

This role pays an hourly rate of $21.00-$24.50

Benefits for Full-Time roles: Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, 401(k) matching, and Paid Time Off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays)

This position will remain open until November 6, 2026.

The Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center is West Virginia's premier entertainment, sports, meeting, and convention destination. Located in the heart of downtown Charleston, the facility hosts a diverse range of events, including concerts, family shows, sporting events, trade shows, conventions, conferences, banquets, and community gatherings. The complex includes a world-class arena, theater, and convention center that attract local, regional, and national events year-round. As a cornerstone of Charleston's cultural and economic life, the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center is dedicated to delivering exceptional guest experiences and serving as a gathering place for residents, visitors, businesses, and organizations throughout the region. Through innovative programming, strategic partnerships, and impactful marketing, the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center continues to strengthen its position as a leading destination for live entertainment, conventions, and special events throughout Appalachia.

• Design and produce marketing materials for concerts, conventions, sporting events, community programs, and venue initiatives.
• Create visual assets in support of annual event marketing campaigns and venue promotional initiatives.
• Create digital advertisements, social media graphics, email marketing assets, website graphics, posters, flyers, signage, and other branded materials.
• Basic video editing and simple animated graphics experience is a plus.
• Work with marketing staff to design materials that support event promotions and audience engagement that support event awareness.
• Maintain brand consistency across all marketing channels, campaigns, and promotional materials.
• Collaborate with marketing staff and event stakeholders to ensure design projects are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Source, edit, and optimize photography and promotional imagery for use across multiple platforms.
• Prepare production-ready files for print and digital distribution and coordinate deliverables with external vendors as needed.
• Maintain organized digital asset libraries, design templates, and brand resources.
• Assist with photo editing, layout design, visual content organization, and campaign asset management.
• Support rapid-turnaround creative requests for concerts, sporting events, conventions, meetings, and community events.

• 1-2 years of professional graphic design experience preferred. Recent graduates with strong portfolios are encouraged to apply.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating creative excellence across digital, print, and marketing-focused design projects.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, and familiarity with After Effects or other motion graphics software.
• Experience designing for social media, digital advertising, email marketing, and print production.
• Basic understanding of marketing and branding principles preferred.
• Strong typography, layout, and graphic design skills. Visual storytelling and creative concept development interests are desired.
• Ability to develop original creative concepts and translate marketing objectives into compelling visual campaigns as desired.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with website graphics and digital content best practices preferred.
• Experience in entertainment, performing arts, live events, sports, conventions, hospitality, tourism, or destination marketing is a plus.

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.