Nike

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Designer to bring their experience, craftsmanship, problem solving abilities, and above all, creativity, to create amazing Men’s and Women’s apparel on insanely fast timelines. The ideal candidate needs to be highly creative with an exceptional eye for silhouette and cut, a solid understanding of lifestyle and performance fabrics and their appropriate applications. You’ll obsess the importance of details, and believe that the only best product design, that’ll genuinely WOW consumers, earns a Swoosh. The ideal candidate will be focused on elevating the art of apparel design by blending their expertise in digital tools, principally Clo3D, with craftsman level making and construction skills; using renderings and physical samples to persuasively communicate ideas and concepts at the highest level.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Your goal is product excellence, partnering closely with small cross functional teams, making quick decisions to drive Nikes vision of Apparel Excellence. You will be working on a range of Men’s and Women’s designs, pushing the creative edges, sometimes reimagining our existing fabrics for refresh and collection models, sometimes starting from scratch, using the latest digital and physical tools to bring to life an exciting vision of Nikes future. Your work encompasses concepting and ideating through the lens of the Nike consumer, creating apparel digitally, and physically, finalizing tech packs, collaborating closely with Merchants, DPC and Tech Dev as well as working with manufacturing partners to ensure the continuity and fidelity of your vision and story through to the consumer. Your focus on making Nike the market leader will drive innovation, not only through actual product, but in the way, Nike creates product, to unleash bolder designs that truly disrupt the competition. The daily responsibilities of this role are wide ranging, demanding, but rewarding and exciting! As a Senior Designer in Apparel Excellence Speed, you will have the opportunity to learn new skills, hone existing ones, explore new methods of make and push the boundaries of Nike design.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You’ll work with a broad range of different professionals, (engineers, researchers, scientists, marketing, product testing, sustainability, materials development, costing, etc.), and collaborate within the design community (NSRL, NXT, APCC, materials, color, graphics, computational, etc.), to bring to life energetic, creative ideas through Men’s and Women’s Speed apparel. This role will report directly to the Senior Manager for Speed Apparel Product.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree or higher in design; textile, fashion, industrial, furniture, interior, architecture, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 4 + years of relevant design experience exemplifying ability to push material design, and/or proven experience in Apparel Design.
• Passion for designing- beyond drawing, into fabrication, draping, construction and form.
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge/insights to narratives and product executions.
• Ability to expertly create concepts using Clo, exploring silhouette, pattern making reimagining existing materials and exploring new ones.
• Fluency in pattern making and garment construction to create physical mockups and complete garments, with consideration of every detail.
• Experience building inspiration/concept presentations, and mood boards to story tell collection concepts and direction.
• Participates in the communication and presentation of design concepts to internal and external audiences.
• Collaborate and build interpersonal connections within Design and adjacent functions Ability to create and edit files using Adobe programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Ability in participating in multiple projects with competing resources and deadlines
• Positive attitude and energy even under pressure
• Collaborator and works well with others
• Gives and receives honest, clear feedback
• Open minded, good listener and curious
• Agile and flexible, operating across multiple projects simultaneously.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.