Senior Manager, Flex Studio Footwear Product Design

Nike • Beaverton, OR

86d

About The Position

NIKE, Inc. designs the future. At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build what's next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact. We are looking for a Senior Manager of Footwear product Design for the Nike Core Footwear design team. The ideal designer is a curious observer, eager participant and a cultural sponge - seeking insights to solve problems. You leverage your expert design skills along with highly creative problem solving to create innovative product solutions that elevate the experience and key benefits relevant to the athletes and communities we serve. You will use your design versatility to create visually stunning and industry-leading product through deeply resonating stories - across the wide range of product in the sport performance and sport lifestyle footwear landscape. The ideal candidate thrives on team collaboration and building new working relationships, while your project management skills, strategic thinking and the ability to work through ambiguity to lead your teams to successful project completion - from concept to reality.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or related field.
• 8+ years experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products.
• Knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience.
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives.
• Experience in technical footwear design.
• Strong Photoshop, Illustrator skills.
• Interest and experience in digital design processes.
• Ability to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs).
• Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus.
• Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills.
• Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials.
• Ability to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project.
• Knowledge and experience with sustainable design and manufacturing are a plus.
• Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, Powerpoint, Acrobat, etc.
• 3D design experience a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Positive personality and energy.
• Experience/Interest in managing direct reports, mentoring and onboarding design teammates.
• Catalyst to make connections with other design groups.
• Lead + drive partnerships beyond the design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc).
• Open, willing and excited to meet new teammates and forge new partnerships.
• Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along.
• Experience leading project teams to amazing product results.
• Extraordinary teammate, and humble leader.
• Interested and excited in always evolving and bettering their work, process and capabilities.
• Collaborator with a skill in connecting the dots.
• Speaks up with courage for self and the team.
• Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view.

Responsibilities

• Design and create price point product across 6 category 'Fields of Play', including training, running, basketball, classics, modern lifestyle and sandals.
• Work with Snr. Design Director and category Product Manager partners to create groundbreaking footwear across various categories.
• Lead or participate in Key Brand and Footwear Initiatives from design through execution.
• Champion a culturally connected vision with emphasis on product design integrity, forward thinking innovation, industry leading quality & product performance.
• Bring to life the seasonal creative direction through footwear product design, future forward trends, and innovations.
• Communicate concepts and consumer insights to internal and external audiences.
• Finalize tech packages and proactively follow the execution of all product details, including construction, color, form, style, detail, fit performance and cost/value requirements.
• Review all samples and clearly communicate the changes required.
• Represent design within project teams and collaborate within the design community.
• Manage, mentor and onboard design teammates.

Benefits

• Accommodations for interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible locations for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Apparel Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree