Senior Apparel Designer, Global Football, Training & Golf, Global Jordan

Nike • Beaverton, OR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As our Senior Apparel Designer, you will lead design efforts and utilize your exceptional design skills to create original, style-led innovative designs that accurately reflect Jordan’s design philosophies and lead the industry. The candidate needs to have a distinct talent for responding to business objectives with creative design solutions aligned to consumer insights. You will work cross-category with our Design teams to strategize, create, drive and deliver powerful presentations for seasonal design proposals that effectively communicate the concept behind the line for internal and external audiences. You will lead design product processes to ensure design deliverables and timelines are met. This opportunity also involves partnering cross-category with Design Leadership and category team members in Design, Development and Product Management to ensure design feasibility, merchandising needs and product creation timelines. You will design and oversee apparel collections across a wide range of sports and lead the process from concept through completion. You’ll provide prototype sampling information, including fabrication, trims, color, graphic applications, style, detail, fit requirements and construction details. You will also monitor the development of prototype samples and interact with our Development, Pattern Making, Material, and the Sample Room to exchange ideas and ensure timely completion of each project. You will maintain and continually expand upon expert knowledge of current trends, color, and consumer-related products through market travel and research. From concepting seasonal collections, to working with manufacturing partners, to communicating directly with athletes and collaborators, the daily responsibilities of this role are wide ranging, ambitious, and rewarding.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or related field, or any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, trims, design and fit.
• Exceptional ability to apply and perform design skills, including hand drawing/sketching, hand illustrations.
• Well versed in Adobe Illustrator, concept ideation, color theory, use of texture, spacing and scale, visual presentation development and layout.
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Procreate for iPad.
• Comprehensive understanding of garment construction.
• Comprehensive understanding of textile sciences.
• Comprehensive understanding of apparel trims.
• Ability to build design worlds, mood boards and presentations of creative vision.
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including ability to inspire, involve and mentor others within work group.
• Accustomed to working in a rapidly changing, high growth environment and to manage multiple and competing work priorities, demands and changes.
• Embody the passion to work on innovation and style.
• An enthusiastic and positive attitude and the ability to work efficiently in a quick paced environment.
• Must submit a creative design portfolio (website links or PDF file).

Nice To Haves

• 3D design program experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design efforts and create original, style-led innovative designs.
• Respond to business objectives with creative design solutions aligned to consumer insights.
• Strategize, create, drive and deliver powerful presentations for seasonal design proposals.
• Lead design product processes to ensure design deliverables and timelines are met.
• Partner cross-category with Design Leadership and category team members in Design, Development and Product Management to ensure design feasibility, merchandising needs and product creation timelines.
• Design and oversee apparel collections across a wide range of sports from concept through completion.
• Provide prototype sampling information, including fabrication, trims, color, graphic applications, style, detail, fit requirements and construction details.
• Monitor the development of prototype samples and interact with Development, Pattern Making, Material, and the Sample Room to exchange ideas and ensure timely completion of each project.
• Maintain and continually expand upon expert knowledge of current trends, color, and consumer-related products through market travel and research.
• Communicate directly with athletes and collaborators.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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