Lead Materials Designer - HOKA

Lead Materials Designer - HOKA Reports to: Sr. Materials Design Manager – HOKA Location: Portland, OR (Hybrid) The Role As a Lead Materials Designer, you will focus on elevating the consumer’s experience by creating materials that perform, are trend‑relevant, and consumer‑right. You will lead the creation of seasonal material designs and category direction, ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of innovation and quality. You will also play a key role in mentoring junior teammates and collaborating with cross‑functional partners to bring fresh, innovative materials to our footwear designs. Your Impact Elevate and influence seasonal material designs and category direction through executional design. Concept, ideate, and create design tech packs to partner with manufacturing partners. Research key market material trends and present this trend research to extended teams. Deliver compelling presentations of design concepts to internal and external candidates. Oversee the creation of seasonal and foundational material palettes. Complete material maps with a high level of accuracy. Pioneer new 3‑D tools and support the CAD creation process. Build relationships and work collaboratively with key cross‑functional partners within Hoka Footwear. Who You Are Bachelor's degree in Material or Textile Design, Industrial Design, Fashion, or equivalent work experience. 7+ years of relevant design experience. 1–2+ years of experience training new team members. Creative problem solver with a tuned eye for aesthetics. Highly motivated team player and self‑starter. Advanced understanding of footwear construction and material application. Experience preparing and building inspiration moodboards, concept presentations, and material stories. Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Keynote, Microsoft applications, and openness to learning 3‑D software. Ability to create concepts and explore new material innovations and ideas. What We’ll Give You Competitive pay and bonuses – a variety of compensation programs to foster career development and reward success. Financial planning and wellbeing, time away from work, extras, discounts and perks, growth and development, health and wellness programs. Salary: $96,600.00 – $130,400.00 (range reflects the estimated minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries in Portland, Oregon.) Equal Employment Opportunity 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr