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Sr. Designer - HOKA Lifestyle Footwear

HOKA

Portland, OR · full time · Senior

$87,900 – $118,600

Listed on HOKA’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Senior Designer role creating lifestyle footwear for HOKA that balances aesthetic vision with commercial viability and cultural relevance. Ideal for an experienced footwear designer comfortable translating consumer insights into compelling product concepts and shepherding designs from ideation through production.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Footwear Design, Industrial Design, Product Design, Fashion Design, or related field
  • 5+ years of footwear design experience in lifestyle, sport lifestyle, athletic, fashion, or related categories
  • Advanced understanding of lifestyle footwear design, construction, materials, and manufacturing processes
  • Strong understanding of lifestyle footwear and streetwear culture and consumer behavior
  • Ability to translate consumer and cultural insights into footwear solutions
  • Strong concepting, storytelling, and visual communication skills
  • Expert ability to create technical footwear drawings, renderings, specifications, and tech packs
  • Ability to balance innovative and commercial product objectives
  • Portfolio demonstrating consumer understanding, concept development, storytelling, and footwear execution

Nice to have

  • 3D design and visualization tools such as Vizcom, Firefly, Gravity Sketch, Blender, Rhino, Midjourney, or similar platforms

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