Nike
Senior Design Manager, Footwear & Apparel Expression, Nike Basketball Signature Athlete
Beaverton, Oregon · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 36 days ago
PhotoshopIllustratorProblem SolvingMicrosoft Office
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About the role
- Inspired by the signature athlete, you'll help define the visual expression of Nike Basketball across footwear and apparel-bringing together sport, style, and performance in a modern, meaningful way.
- This role requires broad exploration, thoughtful curation, and a clear creative point of view.
- They pursue elevated solutions with a sharp eye for detail, proportion, and storytelling, creating products that resonate with consumers on and off the court.
Responsibilities
- At least 8 years experience in design or related field
- Exceptional knowledge of design, art, and fashion, as well as passion for sport and youth culture
- Ability to articulate design intent and strategy
- Ability and passion to lead, coach, collaborate, and onboard Design teammates
- Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Design or related field.
- Must be able to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project
Benefits
- Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
Company info
- We're looking for an exceptional Senior Design Manager, Footwear and Apparel Expression (Color, Graphics, Materials), who can bring experience, creative problem-solving, and a clear point of view to help shape what's next for Nike Basketball.
- Inspired by the signature athlete, you'll help define the visual expression of Nike Basketball across footwear and apparel-bringing together sport, style, and performance in a modern, meaningful way. This role requires broad exploration, thoughtful curation, and a clear creative point of view.
- The ideal teammate is a visionary design leader with exceptional taste, a refined aesthetic perspective, and a deep commitment to craft. They pursue elevated solutions with a sharp eye for detail, proportion, and storytelling, creating products that resonate with consumers on and off the court. With strong cultural awareness and an understanding of emerging trends, they will shape distinctive expressions that raise the bar for creativity, desirability, and aesthetic excellence.
- The ideal teammate is a visionary design leader with exceptional taste, a refined aesthetic perspective, and a deep commitment to craft.
- With strong cultural awareness and an understanding of emerging trends, they will shape distinctive expressions that raise the bar for creativity, desirability, and aesthetic excellence.
- Bachelor's degree in Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into creative solutions and narratives.
- Expert Photoshop, Illustrator skills
- Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.
- Expert knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
- Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors
- Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along
- Extraordinary teammate, and humble leader
- Collaborator with skill in connecting the dots
- Speaks up with courage for self and the team
- Open-minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view
- Being a hooper is not a requirement but being passionate and curious to learn about basketball and the athlete* is.
- As a Senior Design Manager in Expression (Color Materials and Graphics) you will be working hand in hand with a large project team of different professionals (engineers, researchers, scientists, marketing, testing, sustainability, materials, costing, etc.), collaborate within the design community (concept, footwear, apparel designers), and mentor other designers.
- This role reports directly to the Senior Creative Director.
- You will manage a Lead Expression Designer.
- Is that you?
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