Senior Creative Director, Global Running, Brand Design

Nike • Beaverton, OR

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About The Position

The Senior Creative Director, Global Running, Brand Design leads a multidisciplinary creative team across art and design direction, social and digital, voice, narrative and writing, and seasonal retail experiences. The role requires deep expertise in Running performance and culture and is responsible for delivering integrated creative solutions aligned with seasonal strategy. This includes directing and executing high-impact campaigns and creative work for key sport moments across social platforms, with end-to-end ownership from concept through channel execution.

The role partners upstream with product concept sport leads to develop cohesive stories throughout the internal marketing process. It works closely with the VP, Global Creative Directors of Brand Design and Brand Voice, as well as brand marketing, strategy, digital marketing, retail, brand experience, concepts, product, and other teams. The position provides creative leadership, mentorship, direction, and support, fostering innovative thinking and collaboration across creative and marketing organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in design or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
• 10+ years leading concept, design, narrative, and art direction in a branded content, agency, editorial, or marketing environment.
• Deep understanding of Running sport and style.
• Passion for athletes, their sport, and its culture.
• Experience as a creative leader and mentor, with a commitment to helping team members grow, succeed, and advance toward individual and collective goals.
• Proven experience commissioning and directing work across a variety of digital and physical platforms and channel environments.
• Existing relationships in the creative industry, including external talent such as photographers, typographers, designers, and architects.
• Excellent verbal and visual communication skills.
• Experience across online, print, and experiential design, with a solid understanding of content and social platforms.
• High proficiency in design, typography, and retouching using Adobe Creative Suite and other software such as Figma.
• Strong attention to detail and meticulous organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading a design or narrative studio and talent across various locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative leadership, inspiration, mentorship, support, and direction to teams across disciplines within the Global Brand Creative Running team.
• Drive brand awareness and strong engagement through strategic creative deliverables.
• Develop end-to-end creative work, including clear strategy and narrative, art direction, graphic design, social creative, digital design, and storytelling across retail, digital, and social channels.
• Build and maintain relationships with photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, designers, and their agents, coordinating with business leads on external talent.
• Monitor emerging trends in Running, fashion, design, film, art, media, and technology relevant to Nike and the creative team.
• Collaborate with discipline leads across art and design, social and digital, brand experience, narrative and voice, and production and operations.
• Ensure projects are well-planned, creatively exceptional, appropriately resourced, and delivered on time in partnership with operations.
• Review project work for quality, consistency, accuracy, and successful completion.
• Collaborate with the larger team to evaluate and continually improve the creative process.
• Encourage excellence, ambition, and team spirit.

Benefits

• Interview accommodations are available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.

What This Job Offers

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