Nike is not just a brand. Nike is an attitude.

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.'s storytellers, Marketing and Communication sets the brand tone. A creative force of specialists tell Nike’s stories of innovation and sport through advertising, brand strategy, digital engagement and product presentation. Using channels ranging from retail stores to social media, Marketing & Communication teams connect the science and art of Nike innovations to the hearts and minds of athletes around the world.

The team is based in the Netherlands at the EHQ Nike Office.

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH? 

Day-to-day you’ll work with a team of senior creatives, designers, producers and strategists.

Within the broader Marketing organization you’ll work closely with the wider marketing team, partnering closely with Brand, Partner, Energy, and Athlete Marketing teams.

Beyond this core team, you will also work with external creatives – commissioning various work across multiple creative disciplines; photographers, directors, stylists, designers, animators as well as design and production agencies.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? 

Brand Creative team is looking for a Designer, specialised in Art Direction to join our EMEA WOMENS SPORTSWEAR team in the Netherlands EHQ.

To be successful in this role you have the ambition to be one of the world’s most innovative storytellers. Bringing youthful insight, visionary thinking and unbounded imagination and craft to every project you touch is key to this role. A passion for sports and particularly lifestyle, a relentless curiosity for the consumer, and a belief in our brand vision are essential to helping us create the future of the Nike brand.

By nature, you are multidisciplinary creative with a range of experience designing and executing across various mediums including primarily Art Direction (i.e. conceptualising, mood-boarding and research), Graphic Design, Typography. Understanding of general Digital Design, social media and Experience Design cultures.

You are not afraid to get your hands dirty and are very proactive when it comes to articulate the work and present it internally and externally.

You have extensive knowledge of the EMEA consumer landscape and youth culture, having a strong obsession and connection to sport, streetwear, fashion is a must. To be more precise we are looking for someone who is bringing a deep knowledge and authentic cultural connection to key cities which are innovative and disruptive in style and fashion.

• Creative experience: between 3 and 5 years in graphic design and Art direction

• (mix of freelance and agency ideally)

• A proven track record within your portfolio that demonstrate the above

• Ability to ideate creative concepts into keynote/figma presentations that are presented clear, concise, and thoughtful way that non creatives understand.

• Ability to travel 10-15%.

• Experience working on end-to-end marketing campaigns as a designer, art director or creative within an agency or inhouse brand or established freelance practice.

You have a natural passion for Design and Art Direction and proactively work to keep abreast of all new trends in visual culture. You consider yourself at the forefront of understanding the intersection between Sport, Youth and Culture and are excited to bring innovative thinking to senior members of the team.

You are constantly exploring and expanding the creative network around you, discovering new talent and visual trends in a range of disciplines. You are excited about new technology, a strong understanding of social media platforms to digital experiences and actively work to understand this everchanging landscape.

You are confident and eager to learn when it comes to all aspects of the creative process and seeing a campaign through, from ideation to execution, presentation and production. You aren’t afraid of working within new areas, pushing your thinking to deliver innovative creative.

You are a natural collaborator with proven experience working in teams and communicating clearly and concisely to those around you and executing design across various platforms. You don’t shy away from working in complex environments with shifting project priorities and check ins with various stakeholders.

You have a strong creative portfolio, with a foundation of hard skills in graphic design, yet you are able to put forward ideas and creative thinking to push work to visionary places. You enjoy crafting the detail all the way to delivery and proactively look to build on these skills.

You approach design projects in a proactive way, seeking information, feedback, advice and have an instinctive approach to problem solving.

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?

Working within a team you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Nike’s brand expression to a high standard by ideating, executing and delivering creative across all of our channels, both physical and digital. You will work with the team around you to translate briefs and marketing plans into creative concepts that are clearly articulated in presentations with mood boards, design thinking and comps.

You will support workstreams by developing and crafting creative concepts for both product launches and marketing campaigns across EMEA, either originating work in the geo or executing global campaign extensions.

Within a team you’ll work to provide and deliver innovative design and art direction thinking, whilst also collaborating with external partners to deliver well-crafted executions.

As our team is constantly evolving, you will work to leverage and develop best design processes and best practices in order to ensure all work is delivered to a high standard of creativity and craft on time.

Our application requirements:

• Submission of a portfolio.

• Your Resumé/CV with your past and current experience.

Candidates who will not follow the application requirements will not be considered for the role.
We are looking forward hearing from you, good luck!