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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.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
We’re looking for an Expert, Apparel Designer for the Nike Golf Design. This is a Creative Expert role that is deeply focused on craft, problem solving and design execution. You will create the future look of Nike Golf and bring the brand’s creative vision to life by designing product that delivers athlete-right, industry-leading solutions.
Candidates need to have a strong understanding of the Apparel landscape across performance and sportswear as well as market and consumer insights. Knowledge of technical product design is a plus. Ideal candidate will need to be a master of creative direction, trend and cultural acquity as well as the knowledge of how to build strategy and bring to life.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Expert Designer, Nike Golf Apparel Design leads the creation of Golf Apparel platforms. You will translate early design concepts into silhouette, construction, and material systems that reflect elevated form, fit, and performance intent. The ideal candidate is a hands-on innovator with deep expertise in apparel design and prototyping. You are a problem solver, collaborator, and form-led designer who adapts fluidly between blue sky thinking and technical execution.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
In this role, you will shape the future of Nike Golf through form—crafting new standards of fit, silhouette, and construction at the intersection of performance, innovation, and style. You will:
Participate in Golf Apparel product creation and contribute to design direction and dimensional strategy
Design and prototype garments for the Golf ecosystem.
Translate early design concepts into buildable silhouette, construction, and material systems
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align athlete solutions with performance, style, and manufacturing requirements
Support seasonal priorities by delivering refined platforms for athlete-tested and consumer-ready product
Contribute to building a shared language and toolkit for Golf design.
Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to execute projects, and mentor others.
Your core objective is to achieve product excellence by collaborating with key stakeholders in the product creation process and helping bring the vision for Nike Golf Apparel to life.
WHAT YOU BRING
- 10+ years of experience in outerwear design and prototyping across sport and lifestyle
- Bachelor's degree in Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- Advanced knowledge of silhouette, fit, and material integration
- Experience working in cross-functional product creation teams (Design, Development, Innovation, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with both digital and physical prototyping tools
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.
