Senior Concept Designer
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- 5+ 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.
- A well-curated portfolio showcasing a strong methodology across research, inspiration, development, process, and final execution
- Ability to show concepts through 3D modeling and rendering; proficiency in SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, Blender, or similar
- 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
- Experience creating 3D environments and/or art; willingness to prototype and build tangible expressions of ideas - excited to get “hands-on” to make things”
- Demonstrated success working with agencies/external creatives in service of a broader brand vision
- Passion for product styling, culture and fashion and ability to translate consumer styling into concept work
Responsibilities
- Translating cultural signals and consumer/creator insights into concept narratives and future visions
- Building and visualizing “brand worlds” across product, graphics, storytelling, and experiences
- 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
- Collaborating with internal teams to ensure concepts are feasible, on-brief, and on-time
- Leading and partnering with agencies/external creatives to expand capability and scale creative output
- Prototyping and building models/environments to create excitement and clarity around future ideas
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
