Senior Designer, Pro Apparel Product Design

Nike • Beaverton, OR

9h

About The Position

The Senior Designer will help shape women’s Nike PRO apparel collections and bring cohesive, performance-driven products to life each season. The role develops compelling product through narrative, material novelty, and innovative performance craft, in collaboration with color and graphics design, aligned with Nike’s Design Direction. The designer will work with apparel design teammates and cross-functional partners across Nike Training, including tech developers, product managers, sourcing partners, and merchants. The position calls for a passion for training, knowledge of women’s training consumers and sport culture, and the ability to translate current cultural and fashion trends into performance products. It combines research, concept development, collaboration, design execution, and continued learning through tools such as Vizcom and CLO or physical prototyping. Design research may take place outside the office and may require travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will also be accepted.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in apparel design.
• A compelling portfolio demonstrating insight-driven design, concept and narrative development, problem-solving, and polished execution of women’s and women’s performance apparel. A portfolio must be submitted as website links or a PDF.
• Trend and consumer expertise.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including proven success collaborating across cross-functional teams and presenting concepts to stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote, and AI software including Vizcom.
• Resilience, collaboration, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong visual and verbal communication, collaborative problem-solving, and thorough execution of detail-oriented design assets.

Responsibilities

• Develop women’s Nike PRO apparel collections and help bring cohesive, performance-driven products to life each season.
• Translate fashion, consumer and sport-culture insights, and brand vision into compelling product and design narratives.
• Conduct in-depth research on fashion, design, training, and sport culture.
• Collaborate with apparel, graphics, color, and concept designers, as well as tech developers, product managers, sourcing partners, and merchants.
• Participate in creative strategy brainstorms and reviews of apparel, graphic, and color designs.
• Create and execute detailed design assets and present concepts to stakeholders.
• Continue developing ways of working through tools such as Vizcom and CLO, or through physical prototyping.
• Conduct design research outside the office and experience the consumer journey in training, retail, and lifestyle; travel may be required.

Benefits

• Interview accommodations are available, 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