WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
This individual will work with cross functional footwear partners, sports marketing and athlete ecosystems to deliver footwear for the world’s best athletes on their sport’s biggest stages.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for someone who is passionate about collaborating with a diverse, cross-functional team to ensure we are building footwear to the exact specifications for the world’s best athletes.
This individual will be charged with communicating directly with professional athletes and their ecosystem to understand their athlete preferences and needs in their performance footwear, engaging cross-functional footwear experts throughout the process.
In addition to the above, this individual will also manage the product creation process from brief to box for all non-retail colorways in their identified sport. This will include everything from team bank promo, to 1 of 1 athlete PEs for key sport moments.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience
• Someone who is deeply passionate about Footwear and athlete performance
• Proven track record of leading high performing collaborative teams
• Demonstrated ability about excellent written and verbal communication, including presenting
• Must be available to travel up to 25% of the time
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
This specific Athlete Footwear Manager will be responsible for promo footwear creation in the NFL, MLB, and NCAA.
• You’ll work directly with Leagues, Teams, Colleges and Athletes to both build athlete specific footwear and tell unique color stories that align to our inline partners’ business objectives.
• Lead cross functional meetings for both NFL and MLB footwear to ensure collaboration and alignment from brief to the field.
• You will work in the fastest footwear creation engine at Nike – Reacting to key market trends, sport moments and athlete requests.
What We Do
At NIKE, Inc., it’s in our nature to innovate and our mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world [if you have a body, you’re an athlete]. Because we exist to serve athletes, we dare to design the future of sport. To us, innovation is about elevating human potential. We obsess over the needs of athletes of all abilities, using their insights to create products that are beautiful, useful and make all athletes better. To make big leaps, we take big risks. Incremental change won’t get us to where we want to go fast enough. So we pursue moonshots — like developing the first self-lacing shoe, running the first two-hour marathon and committing to 100% renewable energy use in our facilities. We embrace different perspectives — from scientists and designers to coders and quarterbacks — because we know everyone brings unique experiences and ideas to the team. To serve athletes across the hundreds of countries where NIKE does business, we need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our consumers and a culture of inclusivity. We aim to foster inclusion and embrace diversity throughout our business, teams, and culture to create breakthrough innovations, empower teammates to realize their full potential and bring us closer to the communities we serve. NIKE's diverse, high-performing teams around the world are united in purpose and inspired to change the world through sport.
Why Work With Us
With a global footprint, culture of innovation and team-first mentality, we take action to create a future of continual progress for athletes, sport and our world. Whether our job is designing the ultimate sneaker or coding a revolutionary app, we’re united by the same mission: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.
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