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.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
As the Senior Brand Creative Curator, you will serve as the Department of Nike Archives (DNA) footwear and apparel expert and as DNA’s steward of Nike’s product history. You will help shape how Nike understands, activates, and learns from its product collection to support the Brand’s most important storytelling, innovation, and business priorities.
Working closely with the DNA Director, you will uncover stories within the collection, identify opportunities to strengthen and evolve the product archive, and connect Nike’s past to the opportunities of today or tomorrow through extensive product history knowledge. This role requires expertise, rigor, and perspective to ensure DNA is focused on the areas that create the greatest value for the Brand.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
Collection Expertise
- Serve as DNA's footwear and apparel authority, continuously deepening the organization's understanding of Nike's product history, innovation journey, and collection.
- Drive the accuracy and accessibility of product data, stories, and supporting materials.
- Identify opportunities to expand, refine, and strengthen the collection based on current and future business needs.
Product Curation & Partnership
- Partner with Brand Marketing, Brand Creative, Communications, Product, Design, and Innovation teams to activate the collection in support of key product launches, sport moments, and strategic initiatives.
- Surface relevant product stories, artifacts, and insights that inspire creative work and inform decision-making.
Storytelling & Education
- Bring Nike's product history to life through presentations, tours, experiences, and storytelling engagements.
- Educate and inspire internal teams and select external audiences on the evolution of Nike products, athletes, innovation, and brand storytelling.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
As DNA's footwear and apparel history expert, you will build strong partnerships across Product, Design, Innovation, Brand Marketing, Brand Creative, Communications, and Energy Marketing. You will serve as a trusted collaborator and advisor, helping teams unlock the value of Nike's history to inform and inspire future work.
WHAT YOU BRING
- 3+ years of Nike experience preferred, with a deep understanding of the brand, products (footwear and apparel), and the forces that have shaped Nike over time.
- A genuine passion for sport, culture, and the stories that connect them.
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to build trust, influence partners, and engage senior leaders.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, fast-moving projects while navigating ambiguity and evolving priorities.
- Skilled at bringing people together, managing competing demands, and using tools and processes to keep work moving forward.
- Confidence in ability to curate the best of the best Nike/Jordan Brand products to meet the needs of various product curation requests
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.
