WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re seeking an Expert Designer RNWY Create & Refresh Footwear to push the boundaries of sport and culture. Working on collaboration projects and drive newness for Nike design. You’re a curious observer, an eager participant, and a cultural sponge, constantly seeking insights to solve problems in unexpected ways. With a sharp eye for design and a fearless approach to innovation. You create work that disrupts, excites, and redefines. You thrive in collaboration, seamlessly translating between our world and external partners to deliver something entirely new.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
You’ll be at the intersection of newness and energy, balancing the bold with the brand’s priorities. Working closely with external collaborators and internal teams, you’ll craft footwear that fuses worlds, ensuring each design is both visionary and commercially viable. From concept to execution, you’ll shape every detail, construction, form, fit, performance, while considering cost, sustainability, and manufacturability. Your work will inspire and elevate, driving the future of footwear.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You’ll collaborate with some of the most innovative minds, external partners, internal designers, developers, product managers, and engineers. Bringing fresh ideas to life from brief to market. You’ll align visions, refine concepts, and lead conversations that push boundaries. As a key voice in the creative process, you’ll inspire both teams and communities, championing innovation at every step.
**TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE INCLUDE A FOOTWEAR DESIGN FOCUSED PORTFOLIO (PDF OR WEBSITE LINK)
WHAT YOU BRING
Bachelor's Degree in design degree or a combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
- 8 plus years’ experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products preferred
- 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 - running design is a plus
- Strong Photoshop, Illustrator skills
- Must be able to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs)
- Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
- 3D design programs experience is 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.
- Positive personality and energy
- Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors
- Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
- Lead + drive partnerships beyond the Design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc.)
- Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along
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.
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What We Do
At NIKE, Inc., it’s in our nature to innovate and our mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world [if you have a body, you’re an athlete]. Because we exist to serve athletes, we dare to design the future of sport. To us, innovation is about elevating human potential. We obsess over the needs of athletes of all abilities, using their insights to create products that are beautiful, useful and make all athletes better. To make big leaps, we take big risks. Incremental change won’t get us to where we want to go fast enough. So we pursue moonshots — like developing the first self-lacing shoe, running the first two-hour marathon and committing to 100% renewable energy use in our facilities. We embrace different perspectives — from scientists and designers to coders and quarterbacks — because we know everyone brings unique experiences and ideas to the team. To serve athletes across the hundreds of countries where NIKE does business, we need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our consumers and a culture of inclusivity. We aim to foster inclusion and embrace diversity throughout our business, teams, and culture to create breakthrough innovations, empower teammates to realize their full potential and bring us closer to the communities we serve. NIKE's diverse, high-performing teams around the world are united in purpose and inspired to change the world through sport.
Why Work With Us
With a global footprint, culture of innovation and team-first mentality, we take action to create a future of continual progress for athletes, sport and our world. Whether our job is designing the ultimate sneaker or coding a revolutionary app, we’re united by the same mission: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.
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