Associate Design Director, Brand Design
Job Description
Shape and evolve the Crocs brand visual expression across campaigns, product storytelling, packaging, retail, digital, and experiential touchpoints.
Responsibilities
- Lead and contribute to premium brand design for campaigns, product launches, packaging, retail, digital, and experiential channels
- Evolve and maintain scalable visual systems to support consistency across the Crocs brand ecosystem
- Drive brand storytelling through typography, composition, color, motion, imagery, and design systems
- Collaborate with Creative Directors, Designers, Brand, Marketing, and Product teams to deliver integrated creative concepts
- Elevate quality and consistency of brand expression across all consumer touchpoints
- Contribute to packaging design and product storytelling initiatives connecting brand, culture, and consumer experience
- Guide and mentor designers while championing high standards of creative craft and execution
- Work with external agencies, artists, photographers, and production partners to produce innovative, culturally relevant creative
- Explore new creative tools, workflows, and emerging technologies to support efficiency, experimentation, and modern content creation
- Stay current on industry trends, innovation, and emerging platforms that influence brand storytelling and creative development
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communication Design, Visual Communication, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in brand design, creative direction, visual systems, packaging, or integrated marketing design
- 3+ years of leadership experience
- Strong portfolio showing elevated brand expression, campaign development, framework building, product presentation, and storytelling across multiple channels
- Exceptional design craft with strong typography, layout, composition, color, and visual storytelling
- Experience creating scalable creative frameworks and cohesive brand identities for physical and digital environments
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, plus modern creative production workflows
- Understanding of evolving creative technologies, digital platforms, and AI-assisted tools in contemporary creative workflows
- Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining high creative standards in a fast-paced environment
- Strong passion for culture, design, and the Crocs brand, with work that feels expressive, authentic, and distinct
Technologies
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Figma
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and AD&D
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance
- 401k program with company match
- Additional voluntary benefits
Location & Work Style
- Location: Broomfield, CO, US 80021
- Work model: Hybrid
- Persona alignment: Collaborator (4 days in-office)
Salary: USD 125,000 - 135,000 per year
Minimum experience: 3 years