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 Apparel Materials Designer to combine their experience, problem solving abilities, and creativity to help create the future of Nike Apparel Materials.
The ideal candidate needs to be a highly creative problem solver, who doesn’t settle for anything less than the best design and materials solutions, to meet the needs of the consumer on and off the court. This person will be focused on elevating the consumer experience by creating materials that are performance and trend-relevant for a range of products, while driving an emotional connection to materials for the consumer using narrative and storytelling as well as pushing the edges of sustainable apparel material design.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
If this is you, you will be creating concepts and new material designs on a range of products for Nike’s most iconic platforms. You will work on elevating new technologies that influence brand new benefits and seasonal narratives.
Your goal will be to aim for product excellence by partnering with key stakeholders cross-functionally on the product creation process and help bring the vision for the future of Nike’s products to life.
You will unleash creativity with a focus on sustainability, leveraging consumer insights to inform our creative response. Your focus will help drive innovation and embed cultural connections into our designs to create separation from our competition. The daily responsibilities of this role are wide ranging, ambitious, and exciting!
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
As an expert apparel material designer, you will be working hand in hand with a large project team of different professionals (engineers, researchers, scientists, marketing, product testing, sustainability, materials development, costing, etc.), collaborate within the design community (apparel designers, materials, color, graphics, computational, etc.), and mentor other designers. This role will not have direct report(s).
This role reports directly to the Apparel Material Design Director.
WHAT YOU BRING
Bachelor's Degree in Textiles, Materials, Apparel, or other relevant design field or a combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
- 8+ years’ experience designing and developing innovative apparel or textiles and other products
- Creates/sets design direction and material toolbox for silo or product collection within a dimension
- Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives
- Experience building inspiration/concept presentations, and mood boards for seasonal concepts and direction
- Experience building 3D samples and crafting mockup samples by hand
- Ability to present new insights or seasonal concepts to small and large groups
- Highly organized and self-sufficient
- Experience working and communicating directly with manufacturing partners to ensure the accuracy of intent and Materials executions
- Ability to build and edit files using Adobe programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Ability in participating in multiple seasonal projects with challenging resources and deadlines
- Understanding of the Apparel Creation process, a plus.
- Passion for Design.
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.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
