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Job Title: Sr. Manager, Color Design - HOKA Lifestyle Footwear
Reports to: Director, Color Design - HOKA Footwear
Location: Portland, OR (In Office)
The Role
As Sr. Manager, Color Design for HOKA Lifestyle Footwear, you’ll guide the
long-term color vision for the brand, ensuring seasonal relevance, athlete
credibility, and commercial impact. You’ll sit at the intersection of design,
product, brand, and merchandising, elevating color as a strategic tool to drive
emotion, storytelling, and brand differentiation. You’ll push newness in
lifestyle product, explore bold ideas, and translate insights into meaningful
solutions, bringing clarity, craft, and momentum to the design process from
concept to final product.
We celebrate diversity--of your background, your experiences and your unique
identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace
where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring
our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.
Your Impact
* Lead color design on lifestyle category priority projects, building dynamic
color tools and strategies
* Develop seasonal color palettes that deliver the uniquely HOKA Footwear
experience, inspiring consumers globally
* Work against seasonal project briefs, annual franchise concepts, and
long-term design strategies
* Explore “blue sky” opportunities that champion the spirit of HOKA as a
tinkerer, challenger, and creator
* Collaborate with business partners to deliver color that accelerates the
business
* Partner with design functions to build products, seasonal strategies, and
long-term concepts with a holistic point-of-view
* Manage multiple creation calendars for seasonal Inline, collaboration, and
SMU design projects
* Set color direction for projects/categories and contribute to annual and
seasonal Creative Vision
* Mentor design team in understanding of consumer and market acumen
* Attend seasonal kickoff and participate in design travel and inspiration
planning
Who You Are
* Bachelor’s or master’s degree in industrial design, product design, or a
related field
* 8+ years’ experience in color design, preferably in lifestyle footwear
* Expert in color theory and regional/global trends
* Advanced understanding of footwear material, construction, and process
* Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Miro or Lucid
* Expertise in leading generative AI platforms (e.g., Midjourney, Vizcom)
* Strong leadership and communication skills, with a track record of building
and mentoring creative teams
* Portfolio showcasing macro trend insights, color design direction, creative
excellence, and application of footwear color
* Promotes healthy dialogue, values all opinions, and displays humility
* Collaborates and builds relationships across the organization
* Demonstrates agility and inspires vision for change
* Holds self and others accountable for achieving results while role-modeling
company values
* Empowers decision-makers and upholds decisions once made
* Finds ways to achieve financial and ESG goals simultaneously
* Keeps team motivated by providing opportunities to contribute to society
What We'll Give You –
* Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We’ve created a variety of competitive
compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to
show our employees just how much they’re valued.
* Financial Planning and wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our
employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide
powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.
* Time away from work - Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on
our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees’ needs to
get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.
* Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands
team means more than just a paycheck. From generous discounts to
community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras
* Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing
passion. That’s why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal
and professional development.
* Health and Wellness - There’s nothing basic about our comprehensive health
and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and at play, we aim to
support a healthy lifestyle.
$122,300.00 - $165,000.00
The salary range posted reflects the estimated minimum and maximum target for
new hire salaries for this role in:
Portland, Oregon
Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including
job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your
recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your preferred location
during the hiring process.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal
opportunity employer, and our employees are people with different strengths,
experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome
qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military
or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all the
other beautiful parts of your identity.