Senior Director, Brand Creative West, NA

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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.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $197,000.00 in our lowest geographic market to $415,400.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Senior Director, Brand Creative West, NA

Los Angeles – North America Brand Creative

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

This role reports into the VP, North America Brand Creative and partners closely with Brand Marketing, Digital, Retail, Experience and many more cross-functional leaders across our city, geography, and global teams to bring the brand to life across the continent. You will also lead creative agencies and lead relationships with local creative talent and community leaders who shape Los Angeles’ sport and cultural landscape. This role is based in Los Angeles and works on projects across North America.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Nike North America Brand Creative is looking for a Senior Creative Director, West to lead our creative studio in Los Angeles. We are searching for visionary leader rooted in North American sport and culture. This role is for a creative leader who blends world-class storytelling, art direction, sport insight, and cultural fluency to inspire teams and communities across Nike’s ecosystem.

The ideal candidate has deep experience crafting brand-defining creative that moves between sport, style, and culture, with an instinct for how ideas travel across digital, physical, and social spaces. They are a connector — leading with empathy, clarity, and creative courage — and thrive at the intersection of creative direction, leadership, and cultural storytelling.

• Must have a deep passion and knowledge of North American sport and athletes first and foremost. 
• Bachelor's Degree in Design, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education and experience, and training.
• 10+ years leading concept, design, narrative and art direction in a branded content, agency, editorial or marketing environment.
• Deep understanding of North American sportswear and culture.
• Proven ability to translate sport and culture into world-class creative that connects emotionally and globally.
• Experienced creative leader and mentor, with a passion for helping everyone on the team to grow, succeed, and advance toward collective and individual goals.
• Proven depth of experience in commissioning and directing across a multitude of different digital and physical platforms and channel environments.
• Existing relationships within the creative industry, including external talent, photographers, typographers, designers, architects etc.
• Excellent verbal and visual communication skills.
• Experience leading a creative studio and talent across various locations preferred.
• Depth of experience across digital, online, print, and experiential design, with a solid understanding of content and social platforms.
• Highly proficient in design, typography, and retouching using Adobe Creative Suite plus other software such as Figma.
• Astute attention to detail and meticulous organizational skills.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Work with the VP, Creative of North America to build a creative point of view on key projects and collaborate with brand marketing, strategy, digital marketing, retail, brand experience, concepts, and product teams, amongst others.

This is a highly matrixed role that will require a partnership across multiple functions each day. It is based in LAHQ, Los Angeles, California and this role will require a level of innovative and modern cross-functional relationship building.

Build a strong creative culture in the Los Angeles studio — leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing multidisciplinary teams (art direction, design, narrative direction, writing, and production) to operate at their highest creative level.

Deliver full end to end with clear creative strategy and narrative for every concept, best in class art direction, graphic design, social creative thinking, digital design, experience direction, and bringing the stories to life on our channels, our experiences, and our digital and social platforms.

Develop and maintain relationships with photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, designers, and their agents, working strategically with other leads in the business to ensure the strongest approach to external talent.

Manage and elevate the craft of design and narrative, partnering to deliver best-in-class work.

Stay at the forefront of emerging trends in sport, fashion, art, and technology, translating those insights into culturally powerful creative ideas.

Cultivate relationships with key external creative partners — photographers, filmmakers, designers, stylists, and other cultural collaborators — to elevate Nike’s creative impact in the region.

Ensure all projects are well-planned, creatively exceptional, and delivered on-time. Work with the operations team to ensure projects are appropriately resourced and be a great partner to think enterprise across all studios.

Review project work for highest standards of quality, consistency, accuracy and successful completion.

Collaborate with the larger team to critically evaluate the creative process and continually improve it.

Contribute to the broader Brand Creative leadership team, helping shape Nike’s future creative vision across North America.

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.