# Marthe Hoffmann > Sr. Design Manager: Softlines Home Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/marthe Marthe Hoffmann is a Senior Product Design Manager specializing in entertainment-driven consumer products. With 15+ years of experience, she has designed across furniture, home décor, tabletop, stationery, pet, and baby categories. She brings deep interiors expertise, a strategy-first mindset, and a strong point of view grounded in creative problem-solving. She leads with curiosity and collaboration, and thrives alongside teams who share those values. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Product Design Manager @ Lucasfilm Jan 2024 – Present ### Product Design Manager @ Lucasfilm Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 •I provide expert creative direction to licensees within the home category both global and local. •Collaborate with internal teams to drive fan-focused, holistic storytelling that is in line with brand and marketing initiatives •Manages product and packaging approvals from concept to shelf •Monitors market dynamics within the home category; extract visual trends and drive solutions for integration into our brand storytelling. •Prepares creative mock-ups and mood boards for internal and external presentations/ pitches ### Associate product design manager @ The Walt Disney Company Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### Designer @ The Walt Disney Company Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area Product designer functioning on the tabletop, home, and stationery team. I work closely and collaboratively with cross-functional partners and intellectual property holders to create direct-to-consumer storytelling moments. I’m responsible for ideation, technical specifications, and creative callouts. I also facilitate back end development, ensuring design integrity. ### Textiles Designer @ MacKenzie-Childs, LLC Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Aurora, NY Design and development of textile and soft home goods, including FMA. Categories include upholstered furniture, pet, tabletop, bathroom, and kitchen textiles, as well as children and baby. I also facilitated the creation of work by external designers, and created efficient communication pathways with internal departments and factories abroad. Experience and knowledge working with enamelware, glass, and ceramics is also part of my institutional background here, having previously moved through both assistant and junior design positions in those categories . ### Graduate Assistant @ Boston University Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 I taught students to love lineweight, lettering, and impeccable page layout as a TA and coteacher for Drafting 1 and 2. I also TAed and occasionally taught Design Masterclass, aimed at developing design thinking and collaboration skills, as well as two sections of Drawing and Painting. ### Assistant Designer @ Williamstown Theatre Festival Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Williamstown, MA Design department assistant and facilitator; helped monitor the progress and success of three interns, while interfacing between departments to ensure the successful realization of mainstage shows. Assistant Designer: June Moon Assistant Designer: Living on Love Assistant Designer: Fool for Love Scenic Designer: Mad Forest (Fellowship play, dir. Lila Neugebaur) Scenic Designer: Odile's Ordeal (DA, dir. Mark Armstrong) ### Design Fellow @ Hangar Theatre Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Scenic Design: Wedge Series: Bodies | Dir. Jamila Reddy This Same Progeny of Evils | Dir. Louisa Proske Artichoke Hearts | Dir. Lian Walden Hiding like Elephants | Dir. Will Garrett Detlefson Kidstuff Series: With Two Wings | Dir. Lian Walden Pinkalicious: The Musical | Dir. Louisa Proske A Year with Frog and Toad | Dir. Will Garett Detlefson James and the Giant Peach | Dir. Jamila Reddy Assistant Scenic Design: 4000 Miles | Dir. Shana Gozansky | Des. Tom Burch Clybourne Park | Dir. Stephanie Yankwitt | Des. Steve Tennyk ### Junior Designer @ MacKenzie-Childs, LLC Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Aurora, NY Overseas travel to facilitate production control.Prototyping of painted surface finishes, design of custom product requests, photoshop rendering, tech packet specs. ### Assistant Designer @ MacKenzie-Childs, LLC Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Aurora, NY Compilation of specification packets, prototyping of painted finishes, trend analysis, vendor communication. ### Scenic Art Intern @ Scottish Opera Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 ### Production Apprentice @ Hangar Theatre Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 | Ithaca, NY ## Education ### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Scenic Design Boston University ### Bachelor's degree in Theatre design Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/marthe-hoffmann-b1a2187a - Portfolio: https://www.mhoffmanndesigns.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/marthe JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/marthe/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13