Design Manager Jobs in Oregon
Design Manager jobs in Oregon are concentrated in Portland, Eugene, and Beaverton, where companies like Nike, Intel, and Adidas maintain large creative and product design teams with ongoing demand for experienced design leadership. The market covers a wide range of specialties, including product design, UX and digital experience design, brand identity, and environmental or architectural design. Roles range from mid-level leads overseeing small studios to senior managers directing cross-functional teams across multiple product lines. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $63 - 66 per hour
We're looking for a Sr Manager, Footwear Material Design to combine their experience, problem solving abilities, and creativity to help build the future of Sport Footwear Material Design. The ideal candidate will elevate the consumer product experience by seamlessly integrating art, science, and streetwear culture into Sport leaning products. In this role, you will foster a deep emotional connection to our products by crafting compelling narratives and storytelling through innovative material concepts.
Responsibilities:
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- As the Sr Manager, Footwear Material Design, you will collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams-including Footwear Product Designers, Color Design, Developers, and Product Line Managers-to advance innovative materials and manufacturing approaches on strategic projects. Your focus will be on shaping design direction and dimensional strategy, elevating existing materials, and pioneering new material concepts. As a recognized expert at both the product and collection level, you will translate consumer insights into compelling, trend and performance driven narratives. Success in this position depends on integrating design, development, and manufacturing to achieve product excellence. By leveraging research and a deep understanding of youth culture, color trends, fashion, art, and sports, you will help position at the forefront of material innovation.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
- On a day to day basis you'll work closely with your design partners in product design, color design and graphic design. You will also work cross functionally with your technical and material development partners, product management and merchandising teams.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of relevant design experience in advancing material design, textile design, or footwear design
- Bachelor's degree in design, art, or related field (fashion, product, industrial, accessory, footwear, or textile design); Master's degree accepted, Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- Ability to interpret consumer insights and translate them into compelling product narratives.
- Skilled in concept creation and exploring material innovations and technologies.
- Experience building inspiration presentations and mood boards for seasonal concepts.
- Understanding of the Footwear Product Creation process.
- Experience collaborating with manufacturing partners to ensure design intent and material execution.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
- Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Miro etc.
- Ability to ideate using digital platforms (Gravity Sketch, CLO a plus).
- Experience creating 3D samples and hand mockups (a plus).
- Strong presentation skills for small and large groups.
- Collaborative, positive, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view.
- Passion for design, culture, and design excellence.
- Highly organized and self-sufficient.
- Speaks up with courage for self and the team.
- Passion for and desire to learn people leadership.
JOBID:102026-166600
#LI-CELLA
#LI-SJ1
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Cella is an award-winning leader in consulting, staffing and managed solutions for creative, marketing, digital and proposal development teams. We help people build meaningful careers and partner with companies to help them win. Our staffing solutions include freelance, contract, temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire positions. Cella has earned the 2022 Best of Staffing® Client and Talent 10-Year Diamond Awards—an honor earned by only 1% of staffing firms in the U.S. Cella is an equal opportunity employer.
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $63 - 66 per hour
We're looking for a Sr Manager, Footwear Material Design to combine their experience, problem solving abilities, and creativity to help build the future of Sport Footwear Material Design. The ideal candidate will elevate the consumer product experience by seamlessly integrating art, science, and streetwear culture into Sport leaning products. In this role, you will foster a deep emotional connection to our products by crafting compelling narratives and storytelling through innovative material concepts.
Responsibilities:
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- As the Sr Manager, Footwear Material Design, you will collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams-including Footwear Product Designers, Color Design, Developers, and Product Line Managers-to advance innovative materials and manufacturing approaches on strategic projects. Your focus will be on shaping design direction and dimensional strategy, elevating existing materials, and pioneering new material concepts. As a recognized expert at both the product and collection level, you will translate consumer insights into compelling, trend and performance driven narratives. Success in this position depends on integrating design, development, and manufacturing to achieve product excellence. By leveraging research and a deep understanding of youth culture, color trends, fashion, art, and sports, you will help position at the forefront of material innovation.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
- On a day to day basis you'll work closely with your design partners in product design, color design and graphic design. You will also work cross functionally with your technical and material development partners, product management and merchandising teams.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of relevant design experience in advancing material design, textile design, or footwear design
- Bachelor's degree in design, art, or related field (fashion, product, industrial, accessory, footwear, or textile design); Master's degree accepted, Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- Ability to interpret consumer insights and translate them into compelling product narratives.
- Skilled in concept creation and exploring material innovations and technologies.
- Experience building inspiration presentations and mood boards for seasonal concepts.
- Understanding of the Footwear Product Creation process.
- Experience collaborating with manufacturing partners to ensure design intent and material execution.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
- Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Miro etc.
- Ability to ideate using digital platforms (Gravity Sketch, CLO a plus).
- Experience creating 3D samples and hand mockups (a plus).
- Strong presentation skills for small and large groups.
- Collaborative, positive, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view.
- Passion for design, culture, and design excellence.
- Highly organized and self-sufficient.
- Speaks up with courage for self and the team.
- Passion for and desire to learn people leadership.
JOBID:102026-166600
#LI-CELLA
#LI-SJ1
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Cella is an award-winning leader in consulting, staffing and managed solutions for creative, marketing, digital and proposal development teams. We help people build meaningful careers and partner with companies to help them win. Our staffing solutions include freelance, contract, temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire positions. Cella has earned the 2022 Best of Staffing® Client and Talent 10-Year Diamond Awards—an honor earned by only 1% of staffing firms in the U.S. Cella is an equal opportunity employer.
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Design Manager Job Market in Oregon
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Top Industries Hiring
- Artificial Intelligence
- Transportation & Logistics
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Oregon Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in design manager jobs across Oregon.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in design, industrial design, architecture, or a closely related field
- Five or more years of professional design experience with at least two in a leadership or people-management role
- Demonstrated portfolio showing end-to-end design process from concept through production or launch
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or CAD software
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, marketing, and executive stakeholders
- Experience managing timelines, design systems, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects
Design Manager Jobs in Oregon: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a design manager in Oregon?
Most design manager roles in Oregon require a bachelor's degree in design, architecture, industrial design, or a related discipline, followed by several years of hands-on design work before moving into leadership. Oregon does not require a state-issued license for most design manager roles, though architects practicing independently must hold an Oregon Architecture Board license. Building a strong portfolio and gaining mentorship experience within Oregon's active product and tech design communities in Portland and Beaverton is the most reliable path forward.
How much do design managers make in Oregon?
Design managers in Oregon earn a median of about $133,840 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $89,390 for the lowest 10% to over $216,700 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire design managers in Oregon?
Oregon design manager roles are posted by NIKE, Jacobs, and CELLA and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Oregon's strong presence of global consumer product brands, semiconductor companies, and growing tech firms creates consistent demand for design leadership across product, digital, and brand disciplines.
Which Oregon cities have the most design manager jobs?
Beaverton, Portland, and Salem have the most design manager openings in Oregon, driven primarily by Portland's dense concentration of creative agencies, apparel brands, and tech companies, with Beaverton's role as home to Nike's global headquarters adding substantial demand, and Eugene's growing creative and manufacturing sector contributing a steady share of openings outside the main metro.
Are there remote design manager jobs in Oregon?
Yes, and more than many fields. About 80% of design manager openings tied to Oregon are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the strong digital and product design focus of many Oregon employers. UX leadership, digital product management, and brand strategy roles are the most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements, while environmental design and manufacturing-adjacent roles typically require on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a design manager in Oregon with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a senior individual contributor role first, then building toward management by leading a small project or team within that position. Oregon employers like Nike, Intel, and Adidas run structured associate and rotational programs that place candidates in design roles where leadership exposure is part of the job. Transitioning from adjacent roles such as UX designer, art director, or product designer is common, and a well-documented portfolio showing process thinking and collaboration tends to carry more weight than tenure alone.
Where can I find and apply to design manager jobs in Oregon?
You can find and apply to design manager jobs in Oregon on Migrate Mate, which lists current Oregon openings across industries and experience levels. Search the roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match your skills and location preferences.
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