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 is not just a brand. Nike is an attitude.
Nike is the most innovative & creative marketing company in the world, and we are at pivotal moment of brand resetting. In driving our WIN NOW strategy, marketing plays a significant role, crafting the brand through distinctive, emotive & impactful stories & experiences that lead the future of sport. We are consumer-led, sport focused, we make Big, Bigger.
As a function within Marketing, Brand Creative is the Art of Storytelling. We are the storytellers. We are the voice of Nike’s heart & soul. It's about telling powerful, meaningful stories across the entire brand ecosystem, using all existing and new platforms to inspire, enable and engage athletes*, while driving brand distinction and business impact. We strive to make athletes dreams real, and we are here to only deliver the best world-class work.
The team is based in the Netherlands at the Nike EMEA EHQ.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
This role sits within the Brand Creative team and reports into the Manager, Brand Creative, Digital Writing. Day-to-day you’ll primarily work with the Digital Impact function within the Brand Creative team as well as the broader BC team where you will collaborate with strategists, writers, designers, art directors and producer on tailored projects. Alongside this team you will develop digital experiences on Nike Platforms ranging from retail experiences, app activations, .com takeovers, consumer events and more.
As a team, we will keep a close connection with our counterpart team in the Global Digital Brand Creative team to ensure consistency and craft across our work, as well as the Digital Brand team to drive projects.
Beyond this core team, your main internal partners are the Consumer Field of Play teams who will build the EMEA strategy. You will also work with a lot of external creative partners, supporting agencies and wider teams in the briefing, concepting and execution of copy-led creative across digital platforms and experiences.
Within the broader Marketing organisation you will work closely with other teams such as Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing and Integrated Media to strategize and complete the annual concept map, developing and delivering creative that answers the brief.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
As a Brand Creative Digital Writer, you will build the voice that expresses the heart and soul of the Nike brand, leveraging athletes*, products and services to inspire our consumers.
You are a writer and strategist with experience executing across digital platforms. You have experience when it comes to collaborating with other creatives and are familiar working with writers, strategists, designers and producers. You understand and participate in strategic conversations with diverse groups of non-creative partners too.
Strategic and curious, you’re not afraid of working within new areas where you can learn and push your thinking to deliver innovative storytelling across digital platforms. You’re great at crafting the detail all the way to delivery and proactively look to build on these skills, and you’re able to present your creative ideas articulately to others and implement plans against a clear brief. Besides, you genuinely stay ahead of the best storytelling practices, digital developments and trends, sharing this knowledge and successfully applying it to the work.
Your expertise is on digital ecosystems, and driving best in class strategist/narrative work effectively across .com / App, Social Media and Paid Media through to emerging platforms.
You also bring:
A minimum 3 years experience in an editorial, strategic, communications or creative capacity at an agency, brand, publisher or platform
Passion and interest in writing and copywriting, with experience writing for different consumers and contexts
Experience working on campaigns, from strategy to concept, to premium executions across multiple channels and formats
A natural interest in emerging technologies and platforms that elevate digital brand experiences
Adept at finding a sharp POV and interesting ways to engage consumers in a big idea
Exposure to, and in-depth understanding of EMEA youth behaviour, remaining the pulse of emerging macro and micro content trends
Fluent in Gen Z consumer behaviour and language, content consumption habits and channels
Creative development experience across a variety of formats i.e. short & long form video, film, audio, editorial, social, live streaming etc.
Understanding of the evolving media and content landscape across sport, fashion, lifestyle and sneaker culture
A passion about sports, the sports lifestyle and the culture around it
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
You will work on complex workstreams to create content and elevate pinnacle digital experiences for the brand. This will include:
Digital Experiences on Nike Platforms ranging from retail experiences, app activations, .com takeovers, consumer events and more.
Partner closely with Global Creative team to develop and implement digital services and tools in the Geo.
Support the larger creative team to innovate and drive creative excellence on consumer platforms like TT/META, Gaming, paid media and more.
Develop first in class creative across our digital consumer touchpoints such as Email / .com / Apps / Membership / Targeted Comms.
Platform specific asset expertise and creation across varying consumer segments and sports (i.e. TikTok, IG Reels, etc).
Keeping a pulse of the industry trends and coming with a point of view of how and where Nike should respond creatively.
Application deadline: 17th of March'25.
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.
