Lead Designer, Golf Apparel Product Design

Nike • Beaverton, OR

8h

About The Position

Nike is seeking an Apparel Lead Designer for Global Golf to create original, innovative apparel designs that reflect Nike’s design philosophy and respond to consumer insights and business objectives. The designer will translate seasonal creative direction, athlete and consumer insights, and trends across sport, youth, and culture into meaningful products and visual narratives for golfers.

The role supports the future of the Global Golf portfolio, including on-tour products, in-season collections, and outerwear across the athlete journey. The designer will communicate and present concepts within the Global Golf Apparel organization, collaborate with design, development, business, and merchandising partners, and monitor prototype development to help ensure feasibility, price-point alignment, and timely completion. The position reports to the Global Golf Design Sr. Manager and works with design management and an Expert Designer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or a related design field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in Apparel/Fashion Design.
• Submit a creative design portfolio via website link or PDF attachment.
• Strong skills in sketching, illustration, typography, print and pattern, color theory, and layout.
• Knowledge of apparel product creation.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud; digital design acumen, familiarity with AI, and comfort working with digital 3D creation tools such as CLO and AI tools.
• Ability to translate insights into authentic narratives and visual storytelling in presentations and communication.
• Ability to adapt to change and handle multiple competing priorities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including listening, collaborative problem-solving, and emotional intelligence.
• Ability to embrace diverse points of view and foster an inclusive environment.

Nice To Haves

• Passion for researching and analyzing trends across sport, youth, and culture.
• Passion and understanding of current and emerging design trends and visual culture.
• Passion for craft, innovation, sport culture, and discovering new methods of make.
• Passion for empowering athletes and teams.

Responsibilities

• Design original, innovative apparel products that reflect Nike’s design philosophy and seasonal category creative direction.
• Research and analyze trends across sport, youth, and culture, and identify opportunities for Nike products.
• Translate athlete and consumer insights into authentic product narratives, visual storytelling, and design solutions.
• Create and support the Global Golf portfolio, including on-tour products, in-season collections, and outerwear.
• Communicate design concepts and present them within the Global Golf Apparel organization.
• Monitor prototype samples and collaborate with development, pattern making, materials, the apparel lab, on-court testing, and the sample room.
• Work with design, development, business, and merchandising partners to ensure design feasibility, meet price points and merchandising needs, and support product creation timelines.
• Use design best practices, visualization, and communication to execute accurate design assets and demonstrate process proficiency.

Benefits

• Accommodations are available for the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications.

What This Job Offers

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