Lead Designer, Global Brand Experience, Converse

Nike•Boston, MA

12d

About The Position

The Converse Brand Experience team exists to bring to life the heart and soul of our brand in Converse Environments around the world. From concept to execution, we are responsible for the look, feel, and perception that prompts an emotional connection with creators and consumers when they interact with our brand across all touchpoints. As part of the Global Brand Team, we provide creative and concept direction to elevate and drive purposeful distinction for our brand across our Converse owned environments, retail, and pop-up activations. You will work closely with the Directors of Global Brand Experience, Brand Creative, and Global Brand Marketing to elevate our Experiences across our Brand events, activations and environments. You will collaborate with our Regional Creative and Global Direct teams on key brand defining moments, pop-up brand experiences, internal brand build-outs, and retail concepts. This opportunity will require strong collaborative skills to meet deadlines, ensure the feasibility of designs, and articulate the thinking behind your work to partners. We are seeking a Lead Designer for Global Brand Experience who has a proven background in bringing brands to life with exceptional storyteller through environments, materials, and graphics. With proven design excellence, curiosity, problem-solving tenacity, and a passion for making the people and teams around them better. Strong talent in environmental and experience design with a eagerness for bringing the powerful stories of this iconic brand to life in all dimensions. This role requires a dedicated leader and teammate who knows how to collaborate and translate the Converse Brand and the voice of Creators into immersive brand and retail experiences. You have a passion for creativity and are committed to staying up to date with current and future trends, technology, architecture, materials, and culture. You help drive creative solutions to large scale Brand Environments and Experiences. This role collaborates with and leads agencies and other external creatives.

Requirements

Minimum of 5+ years of progressive, technically sophisticated design experience in architectural, experiential or brand creative and a demonstrated ability to apply these skills in ways that elevate brand excellence.
Bachelor’s degree in architecture, industrial, environmental design, graphic design, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Passion and understanding of current and emerging design trends and visual culture.
Enthusiasm for sport, art, and the pulse of youth culture.
Portfolio of design executions showcasing a variety of projects that demonstrate a strong, effective methodology for research, inspiration, design development, problem-solving, process, and final execution.
Expert in 3D Modeling and rendering.
High degree of proficiency in Rhino, Sketch-up, Cinema 4D, Blender, and similar.
High degree of proficiency in 2D Design and presentation applications: Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro and Figma.
Expert of design craft, material palettes, and environmental toolkits.
Understanding of the retail marketplace, store construction & store development.
Thrives at making digital concepts physical realities across design exploration, development, and final execution.
Positivity and eagerness to do great work in a team environment.
Ability to embrace diverse points of view while fostering an environment of inclusivity.
Strong narrative development and communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver project presentations to leadership and external partners.
Proven ability to work independently as well as guide teams across a mix of complex projects.
Ability to adapt to change and handle multiple, competing priorities; work in a constantly evolving, high-growth environment.