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.
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 WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for an Senior Manager of Footwear product Design for the Nike Core Footwear design team. The ideal designer is a curious observer, eager participant and a cultural sponge – seeking insights to solve problems. You leverage your expert design skills along with highly creative problem solving to create innovative product solutions that elevate the experience and key benefits relevant to the athletes and communities we serve. You will use your design versatility create visually stunning and industry-leading product through deeply resonating stories – across the wide range of product in the sport performance and sport lifestyle footwear landscape.
The ideal candidate thrives on team collaboration and building new working relationships, while your project management skills, strategic thinking and the ability to work through ambiguity to lead your teams to successful project completion - from concept to reality.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
Core Footwear is responsible for design and creation of price point product across 6 category “Fields of Play”, including training, running, basketball, classics, modern lifestyle and sandals.
As part of the Nike Core Footwear design team, you will work with your Snr. Design Director and category Product Manager partners to create groundbreaking footwear across the various categories of Nike design – from lifestyle to performance.
You'll lead or participate in Key Brand and Footwear Initiatives from design through execution. You'll champion a culturally connected vision with emphasis on product design integrity, forward thinking innovation, industry leading quality & product performance. You will bring to life the seasonal creative direction through footwear product design, future forward trends, and innovations.
You will work with the Senior Design Director and your crossfunctional teammates to create innovative designs. You will also communicate concepts and consumer insights to internal and external audiences; finalize tech packages and proactively follow the execution of all product details, including construction, color, form, style, detail, fit performance and cost/value requirements. You will also review all samples and clearly communicate the changes required.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
As a Senior Manager with Nike Core Footwear Design you will be working hand in hand with large crossfunctional project teams of consisting of engineers, researchers, scientists, marketing, testing, sustainability, materials, costing, etc. Your role is to represent design withing your project team, and collaborate within the design community (industrial designers, materials, color, graphics, computational, etc.). You have experience and/or interest in managing, mentoring and onboarding design teammates.
This role has direct reports.The senior manager of Core footwear reports directly to the Senior Director of Core footwear.
WHAT YOU BRING
Design Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
8+ years experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products
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
Interest and experience in digital design processes
Must be able to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs)
Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills
Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
Must be able to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project
Knowledge and experience with sustainable design and manufacturing are a plus
Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, Powerpoint, Acrobat, etc.
3d design experience a plus
Team Requirements:
Positive personality and energy
Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors
Experience/Interest in managing direct reports, mentoring and onboardinig design teammates
Catalyst to make connections with other design groups
Lead + drive partnerships beyond the design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc)
Open, willing and excited to meet new teammates and forge new partnerships
Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along
Experience leading project teams to amazing product results
Extraordinary teammate, and humble leader
Interested and exciting in always evolving and bettering their work, process and capabilities
Collaborator with a skill in connecting the dots
Speaks up with courage for self and the team
Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view
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.
