Part of the Global Nike Concept Team, the Styling function sits at the heart of the product lifecycle process from conceptual ideas to retail reality. The team co-creates the head-to-toe styling strategy and supports the end-in-mind vision for how Nike products come to life. Candidates for this role must be collaborative, imaginative, and tactical, as they will turn creative strategy and big ideas into a head-to-toe styling perspective for all Sport & Performance.
The candidate is an editor, effective communicator and a collaborative teammate, focused on supporting style direction for Sport & Performance, and capable of bringing it to life through presentations, physical spaces, and photoshoots. You must have a passion for sport and fashion, committed to staying on top of current and future trends in design, creative and youth culture, with the ability to turn insights and research into a styling strategy that can guide how our products come to life. You can think strategically, demonstrate your expertise and influence decision making. You are a multi-faceted stylist who loves bold thinking and crafting compelling materials that will bring it to life.
- As part of the Global Concept Team, you will co-create the vision for how Nike Sport & Performance come to life for the consumer, supporting the delivery of an upstream strategy that has end-in-mind reach.
- You’ll work with the Creative Directors, Concepts, Product Design, Merchandising, Marketing and VM teams to build direction that will influence Brand Campaigns, the Retail Experience and our Digital Channels.
- A given week can consist of brainstorms, photoshoots, inspirational moments gathering styling insights, planning and building tools, all while pitching your work to cross-functional teams.
- A Nike Product expert, you will juggle multiple seasons at any given time supporting various internal & external productions.
- You’ll collaborate with the Creative Directors, Concepts & Merchandising to identify key looks for seasonal projects. You will then partner with Styling Excellence & Brand Creative to ensure the design vision is brought to life.
- You will support building tools and brand standards to demonstrate styling excellence.
The Lead Stylist for Sport & Performance reports to the Style Director of Sport & Performance, and works end-to-end to define and support the process for how we bring our product to life.
Primary functional relationships include:
- Solid portfolio of relevant work, displaying a passion for Styling, preferably from editorial to everyday.
- A passion for Sports and Culture.
- A positive mentality with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external stylists.
- Ability to orchestrate collaboration across a network of functions to influence outcomes and drive change upstream.
- Bachelor's Degree in Fashion, Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- Ideal candidate has some experience styling in-house at a Brand.
- Highly developed curiosity and knowledge of fashion and youth culture, current and past.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, proficient in Keynote, Excel and Photoshop.
- Mac proficiency and experience in Figma, Miro and Airtable strongly preferred.
- Excellent influencing & negotiating skills required.
- Ability to travel approximately 2 times per year.
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.
