Senior Manager, Apparel Designer, Create, Local Creation NA

Nike • Beaverton, OR

12d

About The Position

Nike is looking for an experienced design leader who can build an emotional connection with North American consumers through powerful narratives and exceptional product. This leader brings a strong point of view across fashion, streetwear, sport, and innovation, pairing elevated creative standards with the ability to guide teams and complex workstreams with clarity and pace. They understand apparel and graphic manufacturing processes, master every stage of the process, and translate seasonal direction into cohesive products and collections. As an inspiring people leader, they communicate ideas through compelling stories and presentations, build alignment across diverse partners, and help creative teams deliver their best work in high-pressure environments. They also bring the digital fluency to advance product creation through 3D design capabilities and Adobe Creative Suite. A creative design portfolio is required. Applicants must provide a website link or attach a PDF portfolio when applying.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant design experience in apparel, graphic design, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including the ability to coach, direct, and inspire creative teams.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and experience using three-dimensional capabilities in product creation.
• A creative design portfolio is required. Applicants must provide a website link or attach a PDF portfolio when applying.

Nice To Haves

• Strong point of view across fashion, streetwear, sport, and innovation.
• Ability to guide teams and complex workstreams with clarity and pace.
• Understanding of apparel and graphic manufacturing processes.
• Ability to master every stage of the process.
• Ability to translate seasonal direction into cohesive products and collections.
• Ability to communicate ideas through compelling stories and presentations.
• Ability to build alignment across diverse partners.
• Ability to help creative teams deliver their best work in high-pressure environments.
• Digital fluency to advance product creation through 3D design capabilities and Adobe Creative Suite.

Responsibilities

• Set the creative direction for North America Local Creation apparel across Nike and Jordan.
• Lead the creative direction for apparel cut-and-sew across multiple North American categories.
• Translate brand and business priorities into seasonal product narratives, collections, and close-to-market design solutions.
• Lead apparel, graphic design, and production art teams from concept through execution, setting a high creative bar and supporting their best work.
• Partner closely with Design, Product Management, Development, Footwear, and business leaders to turn creative vision into product at scale.
• Build alignment across functions, categories, geographies, and Nike creative leadership while moving complex workstreams forward with clarity and speed.
• Collaborate with Local Creation design counterparts and global Material, Color, and Graphics designers to deliver cohesive solutions.
• Create trend-relevant product for North American consumers while honoring Nike’s heritage and pushing the brand forward.

Benefits

• Offer a number of accommodations to complete our 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