Job Description

Title: Senior Expert Designer, Speed Apparel Product Design

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 3 months contract

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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Expert Designer to bring their experience, craftsmanship, problem-solving abilities, and above all, creativity to design industry-defining apparel on insanely fast timelines. The ideal candidate is highly creative, with an exceptional eye for silhouette, style, method of make, and a strong understanding of lifestyle and performance attributes. You’ll obsess over the importance of details and believe that only the best product design—the kind that genuinely WOWs consumers—earns a Jumpman. The ideal candidate will elevate the art of apparel design by blending expertise in digital tools with craftsman-level making and construction skills, using renderings and physical samples to persuasively communicate ideas and concepts at the highest level.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Your goal is to push revolutionary aesthetics in apparel design, partnering closely with small cross-functional teams and making quick decisions to drive the future of Jordan Design. You will work across a range of designs, pushing creative boundaries with speed and efficiency. Your work encompasses concepting and ideating through the lens of the Jordan consumer; creating apparel concepts digitally and physically; finalizing tech packs; collaborating closely with Merchants, Technical Development, and cross-functional Design teams; and working with manufacturing and external partners to ensure the continuity and fidelity of your vision and story through to the consumer. Your focus on making Jordan the market leader will drive innovation and future aesthetics—not only through the product itself, but through the way Jordan creates product—to unleash future-leading designs that truly disrupt the competition. The daily responsibilities of this role are wide-ranging, demanding, rewarding, and exciting. As a Senior Principal Designer in Speed Apparel Product Design, you will have the opportunity to learn new skills, hone existing ones, explore new methods of make, and push the boundaries of Jordan Design.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You’ll work with a broad range of different projects, and collaborate within the design community (color, graphics, PLM etc.), to bring to life energetic, creative ideas through apparel. This role will report directly to the Global Senior Director of Speed.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience or training
• 10+ years of relevant work experience in apparel design
• Ability to think strategically about product relevance, product positioning, timing, and collections
• Strong knowledge of fashion, design, and Lifestyle trends -Ability to build seasonal concepts, and provide the team with both short and long-term vision
• Proficient ability to apply and perform industrial design skills, including drawing/sketching, ideation, color theory, use of textiles, spacing and scale, visual presentation development and layout that is supported by a portfolio of non-computer based creative design.
• Digital design competence in Adobe CC and comfortable working within Digital tools/3D -Strong communication and presentation skills
• Apparel construction, draping, patternmaking, and prototyping skills are a plus
• ai 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
• Ability and passion to lead, mentor and onboard Design teammates
• 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
• Extraordinary teammate
• 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