Deckers Brands

Associate Creative Director

Deckers Brands

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Arizona • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $165,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead projects from brief to final delivery across campaigns, collaborations, social, and experiential, together with Sr. Manager Creative Operations, North America
  • Oversee and manage North America in-house and freelance creative resources, ensuring high-volume asset production and complex projects are delivered on time and with exceptional quality
  • Provide strong art direction, design and storytelling expertise across all creative outputs, including campaign development and creative ideation
  • Adapt global toolkits into culturally relevant regional assets, ensuring consistency and impact
  • Create locally relevant ideas from concept through to delivery, rooted in cultural insight
  • Manage and inspire internal creative teams, while overseeing external agency partners
  • Balance creative vision with operational rigor, ensuring alignment and consistency across all touchpoints
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to bring consumer-first ideas to life
  • Understand business needs and help shape the long-term creative vision for the brand
  • Stay ahead of cultural and design trends to keep the brand modern and relevant
  • Mentor creative talent and foster an environment of inclusion and belonging

Requirements

  • BA in Graphic Design or relevant related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 10+ years of experience in an agency or in-house team, with at least 5 years in a senior creative leadership position leading, coaching, and developing multidisciplinary creatives
  • 5+ years’ experience directing photography and demonstrated creative expertise in a broad range of design disciplines including photography, print, digital, retail, events, and experiential design
  • Strong passion and connection to cultural trends, particularly within lifestyle, running, and fashion spaces, with an authentic understanding of the lifestyle consumer
  • Diverse portfolio reflecting sophistication in graphic design, strong typography, and photo & video art direction
  • Expertise in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) and Microsoft Suite
  • Strategic thinker and creative conceptualizer, with excellent communication and presentation skills adaptable for audiences across regions and levels
  • Inspirational leader who enjoys mentoring and developing teams of in-house and freelance designers and copywriters
  • Highly motivated self-starter and team player, culturally relevant, and always searching for inspiration and new influences
  • Proven ability to lead and execute integrated campaigns that resonate with Gen Z and Millennials, balancing trend-driven relevance and meaningful narratives
  • Experienced art director on location and in studio, directing models and product photography
  • Experience managing, vetting, and sourcing creative and production agencies and talent
  • Ability to succeed in a matrix organization through influence, partnership, and respect for shared and differing objectives
  • Instills and reinforces the highest standards for collaboration and teamwork within HOKA brand marketing and across the Deckers’ brand portfolio
  • Fosters an environment of inclusion and belonging, championing best practices to improve representation and diversity
  • Develops, motivates, recruits, and retains high potential talent via clear goals, coaching, and identifying stretch opportunities
  • Extremely detail oriented, process-friendly, and capable of working within tight timelines on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Exhibits a high level of personal integrity, empathy, and respect for others.
Benefits
  • Competitive Pay and Bonuses
  • Financial Planning and wellbeing
  • Time away from work
  • Extras, discounts and perks
  • Growth and Development
  • Health and Wellness
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
graphic designart directionphotographyprint designdigital designretail designexperiential designtypographyvideo art directioncreative conceptualization
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationteamworkstrategic thinkinginspirationcultural insightadaptabilitydetail orientedempathy
Certifications
BA in Graphic Design