WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a Lead Footwear Designer to join NXT Basketball team at Nike! The Lead Designer, Footwear has a passion for footwear design, working in a team, and a Passion for the Future of Basketball’s game and Culture
Skills:
Ability to work by sketching, cobbling and with 3d tools to brign to life your ideas.
A Future thinker that is curious to seek and solve problems, serving Athletes.
Sets the vision for projects and consumer.
High level understanding of shoe making and method of make.
Ability to create Technical drawigns of designs to communicate with factories.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
You'll build innovative footwear designs that advance the product and performance and Aesthetic for a targeted consumer. You'll follow the execution of product details including construction, form, color, materials, style, fit, and performance. You'll actively seek authoritative recommendations to develop designs with regard to testing, manufacturability, sustainability, and aesthetic finish.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will collaborate with the Basketball Design Director and Engineer, Innovators and Athlete concepts team to serve the basketball consumer.
You'll collaborate with design and management teams on innovative footwear concepts from brief Innovation Launch.
You'll communicate and present design concepts to various internal and external audiences. Encouraging community and working with others are also expectations for this role.
WHAT YOU BRING
EDUCATION:
- 5-7 years' experience designing and developing innovative footwear products
- Bachelors degree in design or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Previous footwear design experience required
- Proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator skills
- 3D design program experience a plus
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes, plastics, and other engineering materials are ideal
- Active and proficient participant in the creative process and cross-functional communication
- Communicate and present design concepts to internal and external audiences
- Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally with key partners
- Significant engagement with external partners
- Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
- 3D design program experience 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
Team Requirements:
- Positive attitude and energy
- Team player
- Collaborator and works well with others
- Speaks up with courage for self and the team
- Open minded, good listener and curious
- Self starter
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.
Top Skills
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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