Senior Digital Visualization Artist

Nike•Beaverton, OR

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Digital Visualization Artist is an experienced creative and technical practitioner who develops high-quality visualizations that bring footwear, apparel, and accessories to life. The role combines visualization craft, technical expertise, and the ability to communicate design intent, innovation, functionality, performance benefits, and consumer value. This artist independently leads complex visualization work, contributes to team standards and workflows, and collaborates across disciplines to deliver product experiences that support product understanding and business decision-making. The role also advances team capabilities by exploring and applying new visualization approaches, tools, and emerging technologies. The position is based at Nike’s worldwide campus headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The schedule is hybrid: in-office Monday through Thursday, with Friday work from the campus office or home office optional.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Art, Design, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will also be accepted.
A portfolio is required and should be submitted with the resume or linked on it.
At least 5 years of related professional work experience.
Solid foundation in 3D content creation using Blender, Maya, or equivalent software.
Working knowledge of Adobe creative tools such as Substance 3D Painter, Substance 3D Designer, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, or similar tools used for texturing, materials, and digital content creation.
Established skills in modeling, animation, materials, texturing, lighting, and compositing.
Strong eye for visual quality and attention to detail.
Familiarity with AI-assisted creative tools and emerging technologies, with an interest in exploring how they can enhance creative workflows.

Nice To Haves

Studio experience.
Footwear and/or apparel experience or understanding.

Responsibilities

Create high-quality product visualizations for footwear, apparel, and accessories.
Develop dynamic visualization experiences that communicate design intent, innovation, functionality, performance benefits, and consumer value.
Independently lead complex visualization assignments from defined requirements through final delivery.
Create visualization assets such as Head-to-Toe looks, exploded views, feature storytelling, product demonstrations, interactive visualizations, and other emerging capabilities.
Apply advanced knowledge of product visualization, 3D workflows, real-time technologies, digital asset creation, and visual storytelling.
Identify technical or creative dependencies, risks, and gaps that could affect execution, and work with partners to resolve them.
Balance creative quality, technical requirements, timelines, and scalability when developing visualization solutions.
Contribute to the development and refinement of team standards, workflows, tools, and best practices.
Support experimentation with and adoption of new technologies, including GenAI-enabled capabilities, real-time visualization, automation, and emerging ways of working.
Share knowledge and provide guidance to less experienced artists through collaboration, critique, and mentorship.
Help improve the quality, consistency, speed, and scalability of visualization work across the team.
Partner with producers and cross-functional teams to understand incoming work and translate product, creative, and business objectives into clear visualization solutions.