Senior Manager, Energy Sub-Label & BP Apparel Product Design, Global Jordan

About the role

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team 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, who understand the communities that inspire us, and who are driven to shape the future for the next generation of Jordan athletes and fans.

Responsibilities

• Shape and drive the Apparel design direction within Jordan Energy’s Sub-labels and Brand Partnerships division, translating seasonal vision into cohesive apparel collections and emerging product expressions with high-quality execution.
• Act as a hands-on creative executor, designing and owning key apparel executions and seasonal moments and projects, consistently elevating the work through expert craft, attention to detail, and strong creative direction while ensuring brand integrity and consistency.
• Lead the execution of Apparel concepts, ensuring product integrity, innovation, and performance while overseeing multiple initiatives across timelines and platforms, always with a keen focus on the long-term cultural relevance and impact of the designs.
• Develop and apply advanced Apparel design strategies that elevate storytelling across categories, ensuring excellence in conceptual thinking, craft, and attention to detail throughout the design process.
• 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.
• Partner closely with external collaborators and internal stakeholders, translating partner narratives into compelling Apparel storytelling collections that are both authentic and culturally relevant across consumer touchpoints.
• Act as a senior creative partner to internal teams, navigating complexity, balancing creative ambition with operational realities, and always ensuring alignment with brand integrity and standards.
• Contribute to the identification and cultivation of external creative talent, supporting collaborations with designers, artists, studios, and cultural partners to elevate the creative output of the team and the broader category.

Requirements

Minimum 8+ years of relevant Apparel design experience, with demonstrated progression in responsibility and scope.

Bachelor’s degree in Apparel design, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.

Expert-level Apparel design skills, including ideation, design development, specification, and final execution.

High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is required; working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop strongly preferred. Familiarity with 3D design tools is a plus, with curiosity and willingness to learn expected.

Demonstrated experience translating research, cultural insight, and narratives into compelling Apparel collections, balancing innovation, performance, and style.

Strong storytelling and communication skills, both visual and verbal, with the ability to clearly present, defend, and evolve design concepts with cross-functional partners, senior leadership, and external collaborators.

Experience working across multiple timelines and levels of complexity, effectively prioritizing workload across short and long-term projects while maintaining creative excellence and attention to detail.

Comfort collaborating across disciplines and functions, with the ability to influence diverse perspectives and personalities to achieve high-quality, aligned outcomes.

Culturally fluent mindset, well-informed and connected to sport, streetwear, graphic design, music, and emerging creative communities, using insight, not trend-chasing, to inform work.

Resilient, solutions-oriented approach, thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while adapting quickly to shifting business needs without sacrificing creative integrity.

Passion for mentorship and team development, demonstrating self-awareness and the ability to reflect on strengths, growth areas, and learnings; both personally and in support of others.

Deep passion and knowledge of fashion, design and pop culture and the Jordan brand.

Strong inter-personal, communication and organizational skills required.

Ability to work collaboratively and influence cross-functional teams.

Strong knowledge of industry trends and best practices.

Qualifications

A strong, well-curated Apparel design portfolio is required, demonstrating excellence across research, concept development, visual storytelling, process, and final execution.

Skills

Expert-level Apparel design skills, including ideation, design development, specification, and final execution.

High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is required; working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop strongly preferred. Familiarity with 3D design tools is a plus, with curiosity and willingness to learn expected.

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