Apparel & Footwear Product Design

Title: Apparel & Footwear 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.

• Expert Product Designer
• Creative agility
• Entry into creative design leadership
• Deliver product vision & execute seasonal projects, aligned to creative direction & project briefs

• Create/set design direction for silo or product collection within a dimension
• Active and proficient participant in the creative
• process and cross-ninctiona communication
• Communicate and present design concepts to internal and external audiences. Clearly communicate changes to ensure timely completion of projects
• Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally with key partners
• May provide mentorship across design

• Athletes
• Design Triad
• Development
• Innovation
• Manufacturing
• Mentor
• Operations
• Product Merch
• Sustainability

• Associate Degree preferred

• Preferred design experience: 8+ years
• Creative experience (consumer/segment/dimensions)
• Knowledge of creative culture

• Digital design acumen (design-based software needed: Creative Suite)
• Preferred knowledge and experience with advanced digital tools/3D skills
• Master of make and manufacturing
• Master presentation & communication skills
• Master design skills, brief to presentation to manufacturing
• Master creative process
• Master business context
• Master understanding of insights