Senior Manager Design, Brand Concepts

Position Type

Full Time

Career area

Product Creation, Development & Management

Merchandising

Location

1 Lovejoy Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, United States

Job ID

R-88106

Become part of the Converse Team

Converse is a place where passionate individuals come together to create the future of sport. We are unapologetic about who we are and what we’re after — bringing innovation and inspiration to every athlete* in the world. We look for athletes who can push boundaries, elevate our potential and continue leading us to greatness. The next tastemakers, playmakers, risk takers and glue players. Are you game?

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $139,700.00 in our lowest geographic market to $294,100.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here.

The Converse Global Concepts team exists as the connective tissue between innovation, design, brand storytelling, and marketplace experiences. Brand Concepts is the anchor point for our products, stories, experiences, and moments—built to inspire Creators and embrace subcultures. We ensure Converse’s long-term vision is expressed through compelling narratives, world building, and deeply grounded cultural fluency.

Working upstream, we translate emerging cultural signals, creator insights, and consumer behaviors into visionary product direction, brand stories, and environmental concepts—with the end consumer experience in mind. Our team spans a broad range of creative capabilities across brand touchpoints and anchors upstream creative strategy to drive aligned, end-to-end excellence across product creation, merchandising, brand creative, and retail.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As our Senior Manager Design, Brand Concepts, you will lead a small team which is responsible for driving the design and creative execution for Global Brand Concepts across each season. You will work closely with Product, Design, Brand Experience, Brand Creative, Marketing, and Merchandising partners to create and elevate Converse Concepts and Brand stories with the final consumer experience in mind. You’ll collaborate with internal and external consumer insights and future-focused strategy teams, and you’ll frequently partner with agencies and external creatives to bring these concepts to life. Your work will be the early in the process and through creative presentations, room buildouts, multi-media and future finding you will help shape a sharp point of view across product, storytelling and experiences from insights, to seasonal kick-off, to final Product and Concept Reviews. You will lead cross-functional brainstorms that help shape our consumer insights and strategic priorities into future concepts.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Design for the Global Concepts Team with a proven ability to bring brands to life through exceptional storytelling, innovative vision, and world building—across product exploration, environments, and communication design. This is a multi-faceted creative role for a designer and creative leader who can move fluidly across 2D storytelling and presentation craft and 3D environments, shaping work that earns alignment and investment from senior leaders.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll help lead and manage a team to drive creative solutions to large-scale Brand Vision and Experiences—turning cultural insight into future-facing concept direction across products, storytelling, and experiences. A typical week may include:

Translating cultural signals and consumer/creator insights into concept narratives and future visions

Building and visualizing “brand worlds” across product, graphics, storytelling, and experiences

Managing the teams resources and scheduling across creative projects and multi-season work

Presenting direction and seeking alignment from cross-functional and senior leaders

Developing concept explorations across 2D (decks, narratives, graphic systems) and 3D (spaces, environments, objects)

Creating high-craft presentations that articulate intent, tell a compelling story, and drive cross-functional alignment

Leading brainstorm sessions with cross-functional teams to ensure concepts are feasible, on-brief, and on-time

Leading and partnering with agencies/external creatives to capability and scale creative output

Prototyping and building models/environments to create excitement and clarity around future ideas

WHAT YOU BRING

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of progressive, technically sophisticated design experience in experiential, environmental, industrial design, or brand creative—with demonstrated impact elevating brand excellence

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, industrial design, environmental design, graphic design, communications design, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education and experience and training.

Experiencing managing creative teams (both internal and external) with proven ability to lead, motivate and mentor designers, fostering creative excellence and professional growth

Strong understanding of the competitive fashion, streetwear, and lifestyle brand landscape, with an ability to identify and translate cultural insights into differentiated concepts, product opportunities and narratives

A well-curated portfolio showcasing a strong methodology across research, inspiration, development, process, and final execution

A self-starting creative mindset demonstrated through an effective methodology for research, active seeker of new inspiration, a hunger for problem solving, and fearless appetite to create the future

A strong creative lead with refined taste and point of view, able to set clear direction for the concept/design team and know when to push, refine, or edit to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Effectively steps in as a proxy for the Sr. Director to represent the Brand Concept team’s creative vision and priorities

The ability to remain curious, motivated, and optimistic while navigating ambiguity and adapting to change.

Ability to show concepts through 3D modeling and rendering; proficiency in SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, Blender, or similar

Capability and willingness to jump into the hands-on work through making, building, prototyping, room-buildouts, visual merchandising, etc

High proficiency in 2D design + presentation tools (Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, Figma) [

Expert craft with materials palettes and environmental toolkits

Strong narrative development and communication skills; ability to present to leadership and external partners using creative presentation styles that win alignment and investment

Proven ability to work independently and across small/large groups on complex projects in a fast-evolving environment

Positive, inclusive, team-first mindset—embracing diverse points of view while fostering an environment of belonging

An unmistakable passion for the Converse Brand and the authentic connection points to music, art, fashion, sport and culture

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Converse is more than a company; it’s a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Shanghai, from Brand Design to Finance, Converse is a brand that celebrates the unique and creative people of the world. Together, we’re different.

What You Can Expect

OUR HIRING GAME PLAN

01 Apply

Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.

02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment

If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.

03 Interview

Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.