Senior Designer Innovation Sportswear Footwear Product Design

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Senior Designer to join the Innovation Sportswear Footwear Design team. The ideal designer is a curious observer, eager participant and a cultural sponge – seeking insights to solve problems. You leverage your outstanding design skills with creative problem solving to create innovative solutions that elevate the experience and key benefits relevant to the athletes and communities we serve. You will create industry-leading product through deeply resonating stories.

The ideal candidate thrives on team collaboration and building functional working relationships to help bring the teams to successful project completion - from concept to reality.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will work on innovative designs that push the possibilities of sports and culture through footwear for a targeted consumer. We expect you to explore new opportunities, take risks, and change the game! In your day to day, you will engage with project teammates on researching, gaining insights, problem solving around performance, aesthetic and manufacturing. Creating a vast range of creative and beautiful solutions, that are also sustainable and considerate of cost. With each project, you are expected to also participate and present the work in informal and formal reviews. In addition to individual project work, you will also collaborate and actively engage in ideation and sketch sessions across the larger footwear design team.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As a Senior Designer you will collaborate with the Sportswear Innovation Design Director and with the design community within Innovation and Inline teams (industrial designers, materials, color, computational, etc.). You will also be working hand in hand with a large project team of different experts (engineers, researchers, scientists, marketing, sustainability, materials, costing, etc).

**TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE SUBMIT A DESIGN PORTFOLIO (EITHER UPLOAD A PDF FILE TO THIS APPLICATION OR INCLUDE A WEBSITE URL & PASSWORD IF APPLICABLE)

WHAT YOU BRING

Design Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Designor related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• 5-7 yrs experience designing and developing innovative products
• Passion for Sport and Culture
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge/insights to narratives and product solutions.
• Previous footwear product design experience preferred
• Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
• Must be able to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project
• Proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator skills
• Must be able to create accurate 2D technical drawings
• Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills
• Experience with Ai design tools is a plus
• 3D knowledge and experience is a plus. (Rhino, Gravity Sketch, Keyshot, Substance, Blender)
• Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
• Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, Powerpoint, Acrobat, etc.

Team Requirements:

• Positive attitude and energy
• Team player
• Collaborator and works well with others
• Speaks up with courage for self and the team
• Open minded, good listener and curious
• Active and proficient participant in the creative process and cross-functional communication

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.