CASE STUDY | NFL × AMAZON / THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | 2024
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// CASE STUDY 001 / BROADCAST × MOTION DESIGN

NFL × AMAZON

Thursday Night Football

Executive produced broadcast graphics, motion design, and digital content packages for Amazon's Thursday Night Football. Delivered Emmy-nominated campaign work across CG illustration, animation, and broadcast design.

Client
NFL / Amazon
Role
Executive Producer (Freelance)
Scope
Broadcast / CG / Motion Design
Recognition
Emmy Nomination
NFL x Amazon Thursday Night Football broadcast graphics collage featuring CG illustrations and motion design
// 01 / CHALLENGE

Heritage meets digital-first.

Amazon's Thursday Night Football needed a distinctive broadcast visual identity that married NFL heritage with Prime Video's digital-first audience. The challenge: create a graphic language that felt rooted in football tradition while pushing into territory that resonated with a streaming-native viewership.

Every week brought a new market, a new matchup, and a new set of visual demands. The system had to be flexible enough to scale across an entire season while maintaining a cohesive creative identity from Week 1 through the playoffs.

// 02 / CONCEPT

City-specific visual narratives.

Developed illustrated city-specific visual narratives for each game market, blending team iconography with local landmarks. Each week's package told the story of the host city through a unique CG illustration style that wove together architectural details, team culture, and regional identity.

The concept gave every broadcast a distinct sense of place while maintaining the overarching TNF visual system. From skyline silhouettes to iconic local textures, each illustration package was designed to make viewers feel the city before kickoff.

// 03 / PROCESS

From style frames to broadcast.

Built a CG illustration pipeline from the ground up: style frame development, animation tests, and iterative reviews with Amazon's broadcast team. Every asset moved through a rigorous approval process before going to air.

The production pipeline was engineered for weekly delivery cadence. Style frames locked early in the week, animation builds mid-week, final delivery and QC before broadcast. Zero missed deadlines across the full season.

NFL x Amazon Thursday Night Football CG illustration hero frame
NFL x Amazon TNF style frame development — city-specific illustration
NFL x Amazon TNF animation test frame — broadcast motion graphics
CG illustration pipeline: style frames, animation tests, broadcast delivery.
"Every city got its own story. Every broadcast felt like a homecoming."
Sean Sullivan, Executive Producer
// 04 / EXECUTION

Full season. Weekly delivery.

Delivered weekly broadcast packages, motion graphics, and digital assets across the full TNF season. Each package included CG illustrations, animated opens, transition graphics, lower thirds, and digital-first social content for Amazon's streaming platforms.

Coordinated across multiple vendors and internal teams to maintain creative consistency while hitting aggressive broadcast timelines. Every asset was built to perform at broadcast resolution and optimized for Prime Video's streaming pipeline.

NFL x Amazon TNF broadcast graphics — final on-air execution
NFL x Amazon TNF motion design — broadcast package delivery
Final broadcast packages and motion graphics delivered for Thursday Night Football.
// 05 / RESULTS

Emmy Nomination. Full season delivered.

The campaign earned an Emmy Nomination for outstanding broadcast design. Every weekly package was delivered on schedule across the full TNF season, with zero missed broadcasts and consistent creative quality from opening week through the final game.

Emmy
Nomination
Full Season
Broadcast Delivery
0 Missed
Broadcast Deadlines
NFL x Amazon Thursday Night Football — final broadcast CG illustration
NFL x Amazon TNF — city-specific broadcast illustration final