Footwear Design Director, Nike Basketball Signature Athlete

About the role

You will direct the creation of industry-leading footwear bringing bold concepts to life. You will solve complex design challenges and create iconic products that inspire through both function and form.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex design challenges and create iconic products that inspire through both function and form
• Help define a new visual language for Nike Basketball—one that expresses sport through style, performance, and modern design
• Partner across a global brand to build scalable design systems and advance creative innovation
• Develop compelling products that resonate emotionally with consumers both on and off the court
• Translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives
• Work on designs that push the possibilities of the human potential through footwear (and beyond)
• Engage with project teammates on researching, gaining insights, problem solving around performance and manufacturing, working with athletes, and crafting a vast range of creative and appealing solutions, that are also sustainable and considerate of cost
• Collaborate and help build the design direction with the Senior Creative Director

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or related field
• 10+ years working in Design or related field
• Exceptional knowledge of design, art, and fashion, as well as passion for sport and youth culture
• Expert knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience
• Strong Photoshop, Illustrator skills
• Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills
• Expert knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
• Positive personality and energy
• Ability and passion to lead, coach, collaborate, and onboard Design teammates
• Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
• Lead + drive partnerships beyond the Design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc.)
• Collaborator with a skill in connecting the dots
• Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view

Qualifications

• Exceptional knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience
• Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills
• Expert knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
• Positive personality and energy
• Ability and passion to lead, coach, collaborate, and onboard Design teammates
• Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
• Lead + drive partnerships beyond the Design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc.)
• Collaborator with a skill in connecting the dots
• Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view

Skills

• Strong creative leadership
• Sharp eye for detail, proportion, materiality, and execution
• Expert knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience
• Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills
• Expert knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
• Positive personality and energy
• Ability and passion to lead, coach, collaborate, and onboard Design teammates
• Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
• Lead + drive partnerships beyond the Design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc.)
• Collaborator with a skill in connecting the dots
• Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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