Associate Design Director, Brand Design

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At Crocs, Inc., every career offers a chance to make a real impact. No two journeys look the same. And that's exactly how we like it. Whether you’re welcoming customers into our stores, collaborating with global teams at our headquarters, or keeping operations moving at our distribution centers, your impact is real and valued. At Crocs, Inc. you’re not expected to fit a mold.

You’re encouraged to break it and create something better.

• Lead and contribute to the development of premium brand design across campaigns, product launches, packaging, retail, digital, and experiential channels.
• Help evolve and maintain scalable visual systems that strengthen consistency across the Crocs brand ecosystem.
• Drive strong brand storytelling through typography, composition, color, motion, imagery, and design systems.
• Partner closely with Creative Directors, Designers, Brand, Marketing, and Product teams to bring integrated creative concepts to life.
• Elevate the quality and consistency of brand expression across all consumer touchpoints.
• Contribute to packaging design and product storytelling initiatives that connect brand, culture, and consumer experience.
• Guide and mentor designers while championing high standards of creative craft and execution.
• Collaborate with external agencies, artists, photographers, and production partners to deliver innovative and culturally relevant creative work.
• Explore new creative tools, workflows, and emerging technologies that can support efficiency, experimentation, and modern content creation.
• Keep up to date with evolving industry trends, build innovation, and emerging platforms that influence brand storytelling and creative development.

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communication Design, Visual Communication, or related field.
• At least 8+ years of experience in brand design, creative direction, visual systems, packaging, or integrated marketing design.
• At least 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating elevated brand expression, campaign development, building frameworks, product presentation, and storytelling across multiple channels.
• Exceptional design craft with strong typography, layout, composition, color, and visual storytelling skills.
• Experience crafting scalable creative frameworks and cohesive brand identities across physical and digital environments.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and modern creative production workflows.
• Understanding of evolving creative technologies, digital platforms, and AI-assisted tools as part of 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.
• Passion for culture, design, and the Crocs brand — with an instinct for work that feels expressive, authentic, and wonderfully unordinary.

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The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We accept applications on an ongoing basis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other classification protected by law.

Title:

Associate Design Director, Brand Design

Salary or Pay Range: $125,000 - $135,000

Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities.

At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas:
Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.

This position is eligible to participate in a company incentive program.

This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.

• medical coverage
• dental coverage
• vision coverage
• life and AD&D
• short-term disability coverage
• long-term disability coverage
• paid time off
• employee assistance
• participation in a 401k program that includes company match
• many other additional voluntary benefits

The application window is 45 days, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the posting date in order to ensure optimal consideration. The posting will be removed if the job is filled before the application window deadline.