Director, Global Brand Art Direction & Design

Who You’ll Work With

The Global Art and Design team, part of Nike Brand Creative, delivers world-class creative execution against brand design storytelling, with innovative thinking and an obsession around the craft. You’ll partner with Sr. Creative Directors, Designers, Brand Marketing Directors, Brand Creative Leadership, Narrative Leads, Retail Design, Digital Design, Production and Operations teams, as well as external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary design team responsible for the look and feel of campaigns across design, art direction, and motion, including strategic intent, ideation, and execution.
• Set the look and feel of a sport category in partnership with the Senior Creative Director.
• Manage and coach multiple designers, building opportunities for individual development, performance management, recognition, and rewards.
• Elevate the craft and storytelling, ensuring a consistent level of deliverables across Art & Design while pushing Nike’s Design and Art Direction output.
• Support studios with hands-on creative work, encouraging and leading innovative thinking, collaboration, and execution on day-to-day projects.
• Represent creative in reviews with leadership.
• Provide inspiration for the discipline by pushing sport imaging, graphic design, and motion into the future with regular trend reports and staying ahead of emerging trends.
• Elevate Art Direction across all brand touchpoints: Retail, Digital, Media, E-commerce, Brand Voice, Styling, and geo executions.
• Demonstrate an active interest and connection with the creative industry through event attendance, talent scouting, and trend leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design or related field (or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training).
• Creative leadership: inspire and guide multidisciplinary design teams through ambiguity and complexity in partnership with Sr. Creative Directors.
• Mastery of art direction and design knowledge: deliver outstanding photography, graphic design, video content, experiences, and digital design for a sport category, on time and within budget.
• Strategic communication: effectively apply visual skills to communicate complex ideas, aligning stakeholders with clarity and influence.
• Collaboration and influence: build trust across cross-functional teams and external partners (photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, designers).
• Entrepreneurial drive: proactively identify opportunities and drive innovation.
• Talent magnetism: help attract, mentor, and retain top creative talent.

We offer accommodations to complete our interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible interview locations, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.