Senior Expert, Creative Director, Energy

Nike • Los Angeles, CA

22h

About The Position

The Energy Sport Creative team, part of Nike Brand Creative, delivers world-class creative execution against brand design storytelling, with innovative thinking and an obsession around the craft. The Senior Expert will also partner directly with one of Nike’s most culturally influential partnerships; Travis Scott and his brand Cactus Jack. This leader will drive the boundary-pushing new visual direction for the collaboration, inclusive of world building, campaign ideation and execution, branding, experience design and beyond. Your work will push the aesthetic and cultural boundaries of sport to new heights, through a strong creative partnership with the Cactus Jack team, in coordination with Nike’s Global creative direction and processes. You will work directly with the Sr. Creative Director, Producers, and Art Directors on the Nike Global Energy Brand Creative team. Your role will also involve internal collaboration with Brand Marketing Directors, Brand Creative Leadership, Narrative Leads, Retail Design, Digital Design, Production and Operations teams, as well as external agencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• 10+ years of directly related work experience
• Creative leadership – works with Sr. Creative Directors to inspire and guide multidisciplinary design teams through ambiguity and complexity.
• Mastery of art direction & design knowledge – deliver outstanding photography, graphic design, video content, experiences and digital design in service of sport category, on time and within budget.
• Strategic communication – effectively applies visual skills to communicate complex ideas, aligning stakeholders with clarity and influence.
• Collaboration & influence – builds trust across cross-functional teams and external partners (photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, designers).
• Entrepreneurial Drive – proactively identifies opportunities and drives innovation.
• Talent magnetism – helps attract, mentor, and retain top creative talent.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Co-creation – your role will place you at the intersection of two brands. You will find the right opportunities for Nike and Cactus Jack to co-create in ways that suits both brands and pushes both entities to areas they couldn’t go by themselves. You and the rest of the Nike X Cactus Jack team will maintain the health of the relationship by ensuring that both sides are adequately involved and in support of the overarching vision as well as the individual projects.
• Elevating the craft & storytelling – you will be responsible for consistent level of deliverables across Art & Design, constantly elevating Nike’s Design and Art Direction output.
• Support studios with hands-on creative work – you will encourage and lead innovative thinking, collaboration, and execution on the day to day of the projects. Represent creative in reviews with leadership.
• Provide inspiration for the discipline – you will push sport imaging, sport graphic design & sport motion into the future with regular trend reports. You will need to stay ahead of emerging trends, helping set what’s next.
• Cross-functional collaboration – you will be responsible for elevating the Art Direction across all brand touch points: Retail, Digital, Media, E-commerce, Brand Voice, Styling and geo executions.
• Industry & sport culture connectivity – you will demonstrate an active interest and connection with the creative industry through event attendance, talent scouting and trend leadership.

What This Job Offers

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