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.
Global Creative Operations is a team of enterprise thinkers—experts in bringing ideas to life. We operationalize, resource, track, manage, and execute projects in close partnership with Global Brand Creative.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Nike, Inc. is seeking a Creative Producer to manage and drive complex, multi-faceted projects—ensuring they are executed on time, on budget, and to Nike standards.
As a Creative Producer, you will intake briefs from Brand partners, build workback schedules, manage budgets, oversee creative reviews, and produce content for multiple workstreams. You’ll know the exact status of your projects, work cross-functionally to problem-solve, identify risks and opportunities, and elevate issues as needed to the Studio Director.
You will be a key driver of creative workflows, ensuring seamless delivery of creative output to Geo partners.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- Manages and drives projects within the creative studio – Global Brand Creative Store and Story Design
- Knowledge of retail workstreams across store design development & seasonless story design.
- Drives marketing process, to ensure work moves forward, creative review gates are hit, and assets are delivered on time and within allocated budget
- Expert of Project Management 101: project tracking, vendor relationships and contracts, budget management, POs and invoicing, escalating risks, identifying new opportunities and collaborating with their peers to share best practices
- Communicates risks, opportunities and solutions to partners and stakeholders
- Fosters positive ways of working and implements strategic solutions to keep the workstreams on track
- Manage and facilitate a variety of creative projects, with a focus on Retail Store and Story Design within the Brand Experience Studio
- Engaged in the creative process from end to end: briefing, creative development and reviews, and asset delivery
- Manage vendor/contractor relationships, partner with our legal team to establish contracts and maintain usage rights
- Develop timelines and ensure our team is on track to reach these milestones
- Maintain organization and version control across all project documents
- Fine-tune creative briefs with key stakeholders and be the source of information when critical questions come up throughout the life of the project. Working closely with key partners (design, operations, Geo, brand, etc)
- Forecast creative resourcing needs based on incoming requests and stay close to team bandwidth
- Celebrate our wins and help to adapt when we have setbacks
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
This is the Nike matrix: You will also be responsible for partnership, communication and problem-solving with Creative Studio Teammates, Cross Functional Operational Partners and Leadership, Geos, Legal, Procurement, and external agencies.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
- 8+ year’s experience in brand or retail design operations.
- Ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple business functions
- Understanding of the retail marketplace, store construction & store development
- Strong team player and ability to work with the cross functional partners and senior management on all aspects of the business
- Proven track record of managing complicated creative workstreams and delivering on time & within budget
- Travel 10% of the time
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.
