Lead Designer, Streetwear Icons Footwear Color Design, Global Jordan

Nike • Beaverton, OR

7d

About The Position

Jordan Design is where creative possibility meets purpose. It’s a place for builders, boundary-breakers, and vision-setters — people who move with conviction, think originally, and create work shaped by real experience and cultural depth. Our team thrives when imagination, discipline, and collaboration come together. We look for designers who bring their full creative voice, understand the communities that inspire us, and are driven to shape the future for the next generation of Jordan athletes and fans.

As a Lead Color Designer, you will create the color stories that bring Jordan product to life — connecting culture, consumer insight, and design vision into compelling product experiences. You will drive color direction across key Streetwear Icons franchises, including AJ1 and Retro, working across multiple products and seasons at varying levels of distribution. You will create and refine color concepts and storytelling that elevate product and connect to culture, leveraging both traditional and digital tools (e.g., Vizcom). You will partner closely with Material, Graphic, and Footwear Design teams to develop cohesive and elevated product expressions, and collaborate with Product and Development to ensure color intent translates from concept through manufacturing. You will maintain strong file organization and manage work across the product creation process to ensure clarity, accuracy, and consistency. You will develop presentation-ready color proposals and narratives that drive alignment and decision making, and present work clearly and consistently, incorporating feedback to strengthen outcomes. You will research and apply insights from youth culture, fashion, sport, and consumer trends. A typical day might include collaborating with Material, Graphic, and Footwear partners, refining color concepts based on feedback, and presenting direction to cross-functional teams. You’ll work across multiple seasons at different stages of the product lifecycle — from early concept through final execution — helping ensure alignment, clarity, and product excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Design, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• 5+ years of color design experience (footwear or related)
• Strong understanding of color theory, application, and placement
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Experience working within the product creation process
• Familiarity with materials and manufacturing considerations
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• A strong point of view on color, storytelling, and product expression
• Connection to youth culture, sport, and evolving consumer trends
• Ability to work through ambiguity and adapt quickly
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across teams
• A positive, low-ego approach and openness to feedback
• Passion for streetwear, sport, and cultural storytelling
• Must provide a color design focused portfolio that can be uploaded to this application or provide a URL on the resume (any passwords must be included on the resume)

Nice To Haves

• Experience using digital concepting tools such as Vizcom or similar visualization platforms to rapidly explore and communicate color concepts

Responsibilities

• Drive color direction across key Streetwear Icons franchises, including AJ1 and Retro, working across multiple products and seasons at varying levels of distribution
• Create and refine color concepts and storytelling that elevate product and connect to culture, leveraging both traditional and digital tools (e.g., Vizcom)
• Partner closely with Material, Graphic, and Footwear Design teams to develop cohesive and elevated product expressions
• Collaborate with Product and Development to ensure color intent translates from concept through manufacturing
• Maintain strong file organization and manage work across the product creation process to ensure clarity, accuracy, and consistency
• Develop presentation-ready color proposals and narratives that drive alignment and decision making
• Present work clearly and consistently, incorporating feedback to strengthen outcomes
• Research and apply insights from youth culture, fashion, sport, and consumer trends

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior