Jordan Global Energy Apparel Designer

About the role

Jordan Design is where creative possibility meets purpose. It’s a place for builders, boundary-breakers, and vision-setters; people who move with conviction, think originally, and create work shaped by real experience and cultural depth. Our team thrives when imagination, discipline, and collaboration come together. We look for leaders who bring their full creative voice, understand the communities that inspire us, and are driven to shape the future for the next generation of Jordan athletes and fans.

Jordan Energy greatly values a keen sense and deep understanding of the cultures that embody originality, performance and a mindset of defiance. Platforming the rhythm, language, icons, and unsung heroes and their global influence, this role will inspire and challenge traditional convention in translating these points of connection into ideas and concepts that honor the past, elevate the present, and ignite the future of sport and style.

This position is a 5-month contract based in Beaverton, OR, with a hybrid onsite schedule (Monday–Thursday).

Who you’ll work with

You will report into the Energy Creative Director and collaborate with a cross-functional team including Graphic Designers, Product Management & Merchandising, Material/Trim Development, Technical Development, and Sourcing teams. This role requires translating consumer and athlete insights into trend-right lifestyle product. The ideal candidate understands that the best way to predict the future is to create it. This role will not have any direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Execute against a defined creative vision for brand collaborations, partnerships, and seasonal concepts, translating direction into compelling apparel product designs.
• Drive design development on assigned projects, from early concepting through refinement, prototyping, and final execution, ensuring storytelling, materials, and details align to the intended narrative.
• Partner closely with Directors and Expert-level designers to push ideas further, elevate concepts, and ensure creative intent is maintained throughout the product creation process, including aiding with technical packages for current/ongoing workstreams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Design, Development, Merchandising, Marketing, and external partners to deliver cohesive, high-quality outcomes on designated timelines.
• Support collaboration and innovation initiatives by exploring new materials, silhouettes, graphics, and construction approaches that challenge conventions while respecting brand integrity.
• Present work clearly and confidently to internal stakeholders, articulating design rationale, cultural insight, and execution choices.
• Manage design presentations and communicate concepts effectively to cross-functional partners, ensuring projects maintain creative intent while meeting business timelines, operational requirements, and brand standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or related design field or equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, trims, design, and fit.
• Outstanding ability to apply and perform foundational design skills, including drawing/sketching and illustrations across analog and digital platforms. 3D experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, concept ideation, color theory, and strong presentation skills, with the ability to convey your design point of view through a variety of visual tools to both internal and external partners.
• Comprehensive understanding of materials, color, and fit standards.
• Relevant Apparel/Fashion/Design experience through on-the-job training and strong portfolio representation.
• Passion for street, sport, and fashion cultures and/or adjacent sub-cultures and communities.

Extra consideration will be given to those with a background in lifestyle apparel creation and experience with external (Energy) collaborators.