Art Director Contractor

Crocs, Inc.; Broomfield (CO); Hybrid; USD 143,270,000 - 172,200,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Crocs, Inc. is seeking an experienced Art Director Contractor in Colorado with a strong background in brand and campaign design. The role focuses on culturally relevant collaborations, visual systems, and end-to-end leadership across campaigns, packaging, and product moments.

You will shape experiences, direct on-set production, and mentor designers while collaborating with global teams to deliver high-visibility campaigns that strengthen Crocs’ visual language and market impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Communication Design, Visual Communication, or related field; or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Concept and design culturally relevant collaborations and limited drops
• Shape collaboration experiences across packaging, collectibles, and in-hand moments
• Translate partnership concepts across campaigns, digital, social, retail, packaging, e-commerce, experiential, and presentations
• Build scalable visual systems for campaigns and product moments
• Art direct photo/video production to uphold concept and brand integrity
• Lead motion design to elevate digital and social storytelling
• Mentor and develop Designers with clear direction for campaigns
• Partner with cross-functional teams to break conventions and build brand love
• Maintain high design standards across typography, layout, color, image-making, and production
• Provide design leadership with evolving briefs, timelines, and deliverables
• Align execution with brand, business, and cultural opportunities
• Manage multiple partnership projects and deadlines
• Communicate design rationale to partners and leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field

8+ years of professional design experience

3+ years of mentoring designers

Strong portfolio across design disciplines

Agency experience preferred

Experience with global brands

Brand collaborations and product launches

Ability to translate strategy into visual ideas

Art direction and on-set production leadership

Motion design / animation experience

Familiarity with AI tools for creativity

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Collaborative across cross-functional teams

Attention to detail and craft

Cultural curiosity and passion for Crocs

Curiosity for new tools and processes

Job description

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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.

Overview

What You'll Do

• Concept and design culturally relevant, partner-right Crocs collaborations, collectibles, and limited drops to unite Crocs and partner identities in fresh, balanced visual ideas
• Shape collaboration experiences across packaging, collectibles, and in-hand moments
• Translate partnership concepts across campaign, digital, social, retail, packaging, e-commerce, experiential, and presentation touchpoints
• Build scalable visual systems for campaigns, product moments, packaging, in-hand experiences, and supporting assets
• Art direct studio and location photo/video production to uphold concept, craft, and brand integrity
• Use motion design thinking to elevate digital, social, launch, and campaign storytelling
• Manage, coach, and develop Designers while providing clear direction for best-in-class campaign work
• Partner with creative and cross-functional teams to develop ideas that break conventions, build brand love, and connect with consumers
• Maintain high design standards across typography, layout, composition, color, image-making, motion, and production details
• Bring clarity, momentum, and design leadership to evolving briefs, inputs, timelines, and deliverables
• Align creative execution with brand, business, and cultural opportunities across internal and external partners
• Manage partnership campaigns across formats and timelines, ensuring accuracy, consistency, feasibility, and craft through delivery
• Oversee and contribute to multiple partnership projects with competing deadlines
• Confidently communicate design rationale, systems thinking, and creative ideas to partners, leadership, and collaborators

What You'll Bring to the Table

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Communication Design, Visual Communication, or related field; or equivalent industry experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in brand, campaign, digital, experiential, packaging, or integrated design.
• 3+ years experience managing, mentoring and providing creative feedback to junior designers and production partners.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, design craft, visual storytelling, and execution across multiple channels.
• Experience working at an advertising agency is a bonus.
• Experience with Global brands.
• Experience designing for brand collaborations, cultural moments, product launches, collectibles, entertainment, fashion, footwear, lifestyle, or consumer brands strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of how to translate strategy, partner inputs, and consumer insights into distinctive visual ideas and design systems.
• Expert-level art direction and design skills; typography, layout, composition, color, image-making, and visual systems.
• Experience with motion design, animation, or designing for motion-led digital and social environments.
• Experience leading art direction on set, photo and video production including all stages of pre and post production.
• Familiarity with emerging AI tools and creative technologies.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, shifting priorities, and complex stakeholder input while maintaining clarity and creative momentum.
• Highly organized and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple projects, formats, and timelines.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate creative rationale.
• Collaborative, open-minded, and comfortable working across internal teams, external partners, and multidisciplinary creative groups.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to craft across high-visibility campaigns and fast-moving deliverables.
• Passionate, proactive, culturally curious, and energized by the Crocs brand and its mission to inspire self-expression.
• Curious and forward-thinking, eager to explore new tools, technologies, motion approaches, and creative processes.

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:Art Director Contractor

Salary or Pay Range: $50 - $60/hour

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 [[cust_PersonaName]] 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.