Sphere Game Art & Design Summer 2025 Student Associate (Burbank, CA)

Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) is a premier live entertainment and media company. The Company includes Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium powered by cutting-edge technologies to redefine the future of entertainment. The first Sphere venue in Las Vegas opened in September 2023. In addition, the Company includes MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a direct-to-consumer and authenticated streaming product, MSG+, delivering a wide range of live sports content and other programming. More information is available at sphereentertainmentco.com.

Who We Are Hiring

As Art Student Associate, you will assist in creating art for various projects undertaken by the Interactive Concept Group, principally focusing on creating and modifying UI/UX (Logos, buttons, mockups, etc.) for MSG Ventures’ Mass Interactive Concept Group software, always maintaining continuity with the brand guidelines and the team’s creative vision. This role is for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual eager to work within an Agile software development framework to assure timely review of all assets, implement revisions, and to deliver completed assets to the Technical Artist and/or engineering team in production-ready formats.

What You Will Do

• Create or edit logos and UX/UI assets
• Help implement graphic interface elements in game engines
• Modify and optimize existing assets for implementation both quick-and-dirty tests and polished production work
• Assure that all completed assets for both test and polished software releases are consistent with the team’s creative vision as well as the overall brand guidelines
• Attend and report in daily scrums and bi-weekly sprint planning sessions, reviews, and retrospectives in accordance with Agile best practices
  
  

Required

What you need to succeed:

• Solid understanding of Photoshop, Illustrator or similar software
• Solid knowledge of Typography, Graphic Design, UI/UX, and Color Theory
• Excellent communications and team relations skills
• High level of professionalism
  
  

Preferred

• Experience with Maya or Unity
• Experience working in an Agile team or familiarity with Agile methodology
• 2D or 3D animation skills
  
  

Student Associate Requirements

• Undergraduate candidates with a class status of junior or above or graduate candidates
• GPA of 3.2 or above
• Provide a letter from your school verifying enrollment
• Available to work a minimum 21-hour work week and a maximum 35-hour work week (35 hours required for the summer semester)
  
  

Hourly Pay Range

$22.50—$28.50 USD

At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here.

We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.