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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re seeking an Expert Footwear Designer for Energy White Space.
Our north star at W-S is to create the right products/projects to excite the next generation of top designers and athletes to come work with us. Working on collaborative and non-collaborative projects and drive edge and innovation for Nike design. You need, a high taste level and to be fluent in many ways of working with high caliber partners, co-creating and building trust with them. You’re a curious observer, an eager participant, and a cultural sponge, constantly seeking insights to solve problems in unexpected ways. With a visionary eye for design and a fearless approach to innovation. You create work that disrupts, excites, and redefines. You think differently. You thrive in collaboration, seamlessly translating between our world and external partners to deliver something entirely new, performance wise and aesthetically.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You’ll be trail blazing the future of Nike Footwear Design. Implementing our next technological breakthroughs with cultural relevancy. Working closely with external collaborators and internal teams, you’ll craft footwear that will ignite future opportunities for our in-line teams. From concept to execution, you’ll shape every detail to inspire and elevate the future of footwear.

The work is highly demanding but as much rewarding.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You’ll collaborate with some of the most creative and innovative minds, external partners, internal designers, developers, product managers, and engineers. Bringing fresh ideas to life from brief to market. You lead conversations that push boundaries. As a key voice in the creative process, you’ll inspire both teams and communities, championing innovation at every step.

You will report to the Design Director of Energy White Space.
 

**TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE INCLUDE A FOOTWEAR DESIGN FOCUSED PORTFOLIO (PDF OR WEBSITE LINK)

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in design. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• 8 plus years’ experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products preferred
• Knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives
• Experience in technical footwear design
• Strong Photoshop, Illustrator skills
• Must be able to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs)
• Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
• AI and 3D design programs experience is a plus
• Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills
• Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
• Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.
• Positive personality and energy
• Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors
• Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
• Lead + drive partnerships beyond the Design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc.)
• Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along

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.