Senior Technical Designer, Global Sportswear Apparel

Nike•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

The Senior Technical Designer executes Nike Sportswear apparel across men’s and/or women’s product, translating consumer insights and design intent into commercial products. The role partners closely with Design, Product Management, Product Creation Centers, Materials, Manufacturing, factory vendors, and other cross-functional teams to deliver against development, fit, quality, manufacturability, product-integrity, and profitability goals. The designer coordinates fit, construction, and technical execution from concept through commercialization and production. They create and maintain technical documentation, including specifications, patterns, and prototype notes; apply fit and construction standards; facilitate prototyping; identify technical and manufacturing challenges; communicate progress; and help protect product integrity throughout development. The role also requires staying current on market trends, technologies, consumer needs, and team goals, while managing multiple projects and priorities. Nike offers accommodations for the interview process, including screen readers, sign-language interpreters, accessible or single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications upon request.

Requirements

A minimum of 3 years of directly relevant work experience is stated.
Minimum 5 years of relevant apparel technical design or product creation experience is stated.
Bachelor’s degree in apparel design, textile science, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
Experience in apparel fit, pattern-making, grading, construction, specifications, and manufacturing methods.
Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office.
Strong apparel technical design and product-creation expertise, problem-solving, organization, and communication skills.
Ability to translate design intent into commercially viable apparel through fit, construction, quality, and performance considerations.
Ability to create clear product specifications and construction instructions and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
Ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Optitex.
Experience with 3D apparel development platforms such as CLO or Browzwear.

Responsibilities

Execute assigned Nike Sportswear apparel across men’s and/or women’s product, translating consumer insights and design intent into commercial product.
Coordinate fit, construction, and technical execution from concept through commercialization and production, delivering against key dates and product goals.
Create and maintain technical documentation for assigned styles, including specifications, patterns, and prototype notes.
Execute fit and construction standards that strengthen consistency, quality, and manufacturability.
Facilitate prototyping, identify technical and manufacturing challenges, communicate progress, and help protect product integrity throughout development.
Partner with Design, Product Management, and Product Creation Centers to translate consumer insights and design intent into commercial products.
Collaborate with Materials, Manufacturing, factory vendors, and other cross-functional partners to support development, fit, quality, and manufacturability.
Stay current on market trends, new technologies, consumer needs, and team goals to help complete projects within product creation guidelines.
Offer alternative technical solutions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve fit, construction, quality, performance, sustainability, and profitability goals.
Manage multiple projects and priorities.