Associate Designer, VF Design & Innovation

VF Design & Innovation is looking for a curious and creative Associate Designer to join our growing team in Denver. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across VF’s diverse portfolio of global brands—helping to concept ideas, challenge conventions, and fuel innovations. You’ll contribute to future-focused storytelling, product visioning, and creative explorations that bridge innovation and brand product design, collaborating closely with experienced designers and innovators to bring bold ideas to life and shape VF’s design culture.

This role is ideal for an Associate Designer eager to learn, experiment, and grow—especially at the intersection of creativity, culture, and emerging technologies like digital design and generative AI.

Responsibilities

• Support concept development, visualization, and storytelling across multiple brands and design initiatives.
• Translate cultural and consumer insights into creative sparks that inspire new thinking.
• Help build presentations, visuals, and prototypes that communicate innovative ideas clearly and impactfully.
• Work closely with VF brand design teams, contributing to shared creative projects and workshops.
• Participate in ideation sessions to generate fresh ideas and identify cross-brand opportunities.
• Learn from senior designers and creative leaders while actively contributing to group discussions and concept development.
• Use digital design platforms and generative AI tools to explore new ways of visualizing ideas and accelerating creative workflows.
• Experiment with new methods of design visualization and storytelling that bring innovation to life.
• Support testing and documentation of emerging tools that improve creative collaboration and design efficiency.
• Help foster a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and creative exploration across VF’s design community.
• Share inspiration, research, and new design references with peers to keep the team energized and informed.
• Take initiative to learn, experiment, and grow your creative and technical skill set.

Requirements

• Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to visualize ideas through sketches, renderings, and presentations.
• Familiarity with digital design workflows and an openness to learning generative AI tools.
• Excellent visual communication and storytelling skills.
• A collaborative, proactive mindset with curiosity for consumers, culture, and technology.
• Passion for creativity, innovation, and pushing boundaries in design.

While formal education in a related field is beneficial, we prioritize 0–2 years of experience and professional achievements.

Pay

Hiring range: $60,480.00 USD – $75,600.00 USD annually. This position is eligible for additional compensation awards, which may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits

Detailed information on benefits will be provided during the hiring process. A general overview of each benefit program, including medical plan rates, is available at www.MyVFbenefits.com under "Looking to Join VF?"