Senior Designer, Field Sports Footwear Graphic Design

About the Role

As a Senior Graphic Designer, you will drive groundbreaking footwear collections that push the boundaries of sport, storytelling, and innovation. Your work will involve executing a collaborative vision that aligns Nike and athlete insights across American Football, Baseball, and Cricket. You will translate authentic insights through a meaningful visual center comprised of graphics, typography, prints on footwear shell patterns, and logos through modern executions that stand out on the world’s biggest stages. A strong understanding of culture and trends is essential.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the creative vision and lead team meetings while communicating critical information.
• Ensure design progress and meet deadlines.
• Present design concepts and seasonal initiatives to internal and external audiences while maintaining Nike’s best interests.
• Collaborate with material, color, and footwear design teams, as well as cross-functional teammates and external partners.
• Work directly with athletes and teams in a collaborative environment to bring a diverse vision to life.
• Conceptualize, curate, and create performance product stories that inspire and resonate with athletes and fans.
• Design across multiple sports, leveraging a profound understanding of sports, style, and modern aesthetics.
• Develop new perspectives and narratives from genuine athlete and market insights.
• Manage multiple projects effectively with a collaborative spirit.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Design or a related field. Any suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be considered.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in Graphic Design, Color Design, or Product Design.
• Well-curated portfolio showcasing a variety of projects that demonstrate a strong, effective methodology for research, inspiration, design development, problem-solving, process, and final execution.
• Strong sketching, illustration, typography, brand identity, and color theory skills.
• Proficiency in digital design software (Creative Suite), with a high degree of proficiency in Adobe Illustrator. Knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Keynote, and Adobe Photoshop is a plus.
• Openness to working in new digital spaces.
• Deep understanding of make and manufacturing processes.
• Committed connections to sports, current, and emerging cultural design trends.
• Knowledge of apparel creation, including ideation, development, specification, and final execution of designs that balance innovation, performance, and style.
• Proven ability to inspire and drive creative direction through production execution.
• Collaborative spirit and flexibility to manage multiple projects and work efficiently with internal, external, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

To be considered, you must submit a creative design portfolio. Please provide website links or attach PDF files when you apply.