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 YOU’LL WORK WITH

This designer will report into the Women’s Nike Basketball Apparel Design Director and will work alongside a team who oversees Branded and Signature Athlete apparel for Women’s Basketball. This role requires experience developing and managing cross-functional relationships with Athletes, Graphic Designers, Product Management & Merchandising, Material/Trim Development, Technical Development and Sourcing teams. This role requires translating consumer insights and trends. The right candidate for this role understands that the best way to predict the future is to create it. This role will not have any direct reports.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As Senior Designer for Nike Basketball, this candidate will be an inspiring team leader who sets an example through collaboration, creativity and consistency. You believe teamwork is our best work. You operate with purpose & intention. You are a culture-creating, original problem-solver with a big imagination and a talent for expression and collaboration. You can strike the perfect balance of performance and style in your work to bring the energy of basketball to elite and everyday athletes and fans of the game. 

You have a strong familiarity with digital apparel design skills – CLO3D preferred.

You have familiarity with AI and digital drawing and mark-making (Adobe Suite).

• Bachelor's Degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or related design field or equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, textiles, trims, design and fit.
• You have an outstanding ability to apply and perform foundational design skills, including drawing/sketching, illustrations across analog and digital platforms.
• You are proficient in Adobe Illustrator, concept ideation, color theory, use of texture, spacing and scale, visual presentation development and layout.
• You have a comprehensive understanding of textile construction, and knowledgeable in fabric structures, with an emphasis in performance wovens and engineered knits.
• You have relevant Apparel/Fashion/Design Experience through on-job training and strong portfolio representation. Extra consideration will be given to those with a background in sport performance and sport style innovation.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

This candidate will be designing product related to all things Nike Women’s performance Basketball apparel. From branded baskeball, to on court product, to signature athlete apparel.

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.