Lead Designer, Fashion Bags Accessories Design

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game

We’re currently looking for a Lead Product Designer For Fashion Bags within Accessories to lead and develop seasonal design concepts for bags in accessories. Product Design at Nike is a diverse culture of creativity, collaboration and innovative thinking on all levels. This role requires strong passion and knowledge of apparel product creation and the ability to problem solve every step of the way, from concept to final design. This teammate embodies expert communication skills with the ability to translate complex ideas into focused design narratives as well as a passion and energy for sport culture and design.

As a Lead Designer for Fashion Bags within Accessories Design, you will create & innovative functional and style oriented bag designs that connect with today’s active lifestyle and pure performance athletes. This role requires blending sports functionality with modern fashion sensibility, ensuring products are both practical and desirable. You will support the Senior Design Manager in developing and editing cohesive collections while delivering design excellence.

As a Lead Product Designer for Fashion Bags within Accessories Design, you will be guiding the creative through the design season while working with a team of Designers, Developers, Product Managers, and Merchants to deliver creative in line with the Nike Design. This opportunity will require strong collaborative skills to meet cost requirements, deadlines, all while taking your partners though the thinking behind your work.

***TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST SUBMIT A CREATIVE DESIGN PORTFOLIO. PLEASE PROVIDE WEBSITE LINKS OR ATTACH A PDF FILE WHEN YOU APPLY.***

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• 6+ years of relevant work experience
• Ability to set an inspiring creative direction through thoughtful visual research and storytelling.
• Experience designing women’s bags across lifestyle and performance categories.
• Ability to translate a design concept into 3–5 core items within a collection.
• Sensitivity to materials, textiles, and hand feel, ensuring both comfort and appeal.
• Strong skills in sketching, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong focus on functionality and usability for everyday and active lifestyles.
• Portfolio demonstrating women’s bag design, with emphasis on functional yet stylish solutions.
• Collaborative approach, with openness to feedback and cross-team cooperation.
• Positive, driven personality with curiosity for trends and consumer needs.
• Sustainability (knowledge of sustainable materials and processes).
• Passion for sports/for analyzing the utility and functionality of products to elevate consumer experience.

We 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. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.