Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

NIKE, Inc. designs the future. At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build what’s next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Graphic Designer to bring their experience, artistry, problem solving abilities, and above all, creativity, to create amazing  Mens and Womens apparel on insanely fast timelines.

The ideal candidate needs to be highly creative with an exceptional eye for color, prints and patterns and an understanding of appropriate applications across a broad range of lifestyle and performance fabrics and product.

You’ll obsess the importance of color, graphics and prints to convey a story and express a mood, 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 art creation using digital tools, and be highly familiar with their application within Clo3D as using renderings and physical samples to persuasively communicate ideas and concepts at the highest level.

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WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Your goal is product excellence, embedded in the Design team, 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 Mens and Womens designs, pushing the creative edges, sometimes reimagining  the appearance of 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 stunning apparel, digitally and physically, and putting together tech packs and colorways, in close collaboration with Merchants, DPC and Tech Dev.  You’ll be working with manufacturing partners to ensure the continuity and fidelity of your vision and story through to the finished product.

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 Graphic Designer in Apparel Excellence; Speed, you will have the opportunity to learn new skills, hone existing ones, explore new methods of applying graphics, prints and color to apparel to  push the boundries of Nike design.

You’ll collaborate within the broader design community (NSRL, NXT, APCC, materials, color, graphics, computational, etc.), to bring to life energetic, creative ideas through Mens and Womens Speed apparel.

This role will report directly to the Senior Manager for Speed Apparel Product.

WHAT YOU BRING

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree or higher in design; textile, fashion, industrial, furniture, interior, architecture, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience:

At least 4 + years of relevant design experience exemplifying ability to push graphic and print design, and/or proven experience in Apparel Design as a Graphic Designer.Passion for designing- beyond 2d art, how you can use print and color to amplify 3D formAbility to translate consumer knowledge/insights to narratives and product executions.Ability to expertly create concepts using Clo, exploring color, print and pattern making,  reinmagining existing application techniques and exploring new ones.Ability to execute artwork on textiles through Sublimation, wet drinting, dying, embroidery film etcExperience building inspiration/concept presentations, and mood boards to storytell collection concepts and directionParticipates in the communication and presentation of design concepts to internal and external audiencesCollaborate and build interpersonal connections within Design and adjacent functions Ability to create and edit files using Adobe programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesignAbility in participating in multiple projects with competing resources and deadlines

Team Requirements:

Positive attitude and energy even under pressureCollaborator and works well with othersGives and receives honest, clear feedbackOpen minded, good listener and curiousAgile and flexible, operating across multiple projects simultaneously.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. 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.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.