Expert, Apparel & Footwear Graphic Design
About The Position
Nike is seeking a highly creative graphic design leader to join the Energy creative organization. This role will partner with footwear, apparel, and accessories product teams, collaborating with design leaders, product partners, creative functions, and cross-functional teams to establish cohesive graphic direction and deliver connected consumer experiences. The ideal candidate will translate creative direction, cultural insights, and consumer understanding into original product graphics and compelling visual systems. This position requires deep expertise in graphic design, product design, illustration, color theory, visual culture, and storytelling. The candidate must be comfortable navigating ambiguity, balancing creative vision with product and manufacturing considerations, and using independent judgment to develop new concepts and solutions. The role involves understanding complex issues, considering multiple perspectives and future implications, and leveraging expertise to determine effective solutions. Strong presentation skills, disciplined project management, and the ability to meet multiple deadlines are essential.
Requirements
- Professional experience creating and directing graphic concepts for footwear, apparel, accessories, or related consumer products.
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Visual Communication, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign, with strong illustration and image-making capabilities.
- Expertise in color theory, visual culture, storytelling, and presentation development.
- Demonstrated ability to organize complex work, manage competing priorities, and consistently meet project and meeting deadlines.
- Provides thought leadership within own discipline and is recognized as a subject matter expert.
- Proactively observes important trends and patterns across consumer culture, emerging subcultures, and creative communities.
- Capable of developing and implementing initiatives aligned to organization vision.
- Participates in role-specific research to provide awareness on external market activity.
Responsibilities
- Set and deliver graphic design direction for Energy, creating original concepts and scalable visual systems across footwear, apparel, and accessories.
- Connect creative vision, cultural insight, and consumer relevance while guiding work from early concept through product-ready execution.
- Create and drive original concepts across footwear, apparel, and accessories.
- Build visual systems through brand marks, typography, composition, illustration, print/pattern, color theory, and image-making.
- Translate creative direction and cultural insights into product, carrying ideas from concept through production.
- Drive graphic design direction for Energy, leading cross-category initiatives across internal teams while shaping visual language across the product portfolio.
- Navigate ambiguity across creative vision, consumer expectations, and complex cross-functional teams, translating ideas into clear, executable product solutions.
- Develop and present concepts clearly to creative and cross-functional partners, incorporating feedback while protecting the strength of the idea.
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
