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Associate Creative Director
Location
Arizona + 10 moreAll locations: Arizona | California | Colorado | New York | Oregon | Massachusetts | Minnesota | Pennsylvania | Texas | Utah | Washington
Posted
115 days ago
Salary
$150K - $165K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Associate Creative Director
Deckers Brands
• 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
Job 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
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