Senior Concept Designer

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Boston, MA, USA
In-Office
89K-174K Annually
Senior level
Other • Retail
At NIKE, Inc., technology is laying the foundation for our digital transformation and direct-to-consumer strategy.
The Role
Lead concept design for brand worlds, translating cultural insights into 2D and 3D concept explorations, presentations, and prototypes. Collaborate with product, marketing, merchandising, and agencies to develop high-craft narratives, visualizations, environments, and models that win alignment and inform product and experience direction.
Summary Generated by Built In
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $88,600.00 in our lowest geographic market to $174,200.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here.

The Converse Global Concepts team exists as the connective tissue between innovation, design, brand storytelling, and marketplace experiences. Brand Concepts is the anchor point for our products, stories, experiences, and moments—built to inspire Creators and embrace subcultures. We ensure Converse’s long-term vision is expressed through compelling narratives, world building, and deeply grounded cultural fluency.

Working upstream, we translate emerging cultural signals, creator insights, and consumer behaviors into visionary product direction, brand stories, and environmental concepts—with the end consumer experience in mind. Our team spans a broad range of creative capabilities across brand touchpoints and anchors upstream creative strategy to drive aligned, end-to-end excellence across product creation, merchandising, brand creative, and retail.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will work closely with Product, Design, Brand Experience, Brand Creative, Marketing, and Merchandising partners to elevate Converse Concepts and Brand stories with the final consumer experience in mind. You’ll collaborate with internal and external consumer insights and future-focused strategy teams, and you’ll frequently partner with agencies and external creatives to bring work to life.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a Senior Concept Designer for the Global Concepts Team with a proven ability to bring brands to life through exceptional storytelling, innovative vision, and world building—across product exploration, environments, and communication design. This is a multi-faceted creative role for a designer who can move fluidly across 2D storytelling and presentation craft and 3D environments, shaping work that earns alignment and investment from senior leaders.

You are curious, culturally fluent, and future-minded—energized by connecting emerging signals in culture, technology, architecture, materials, and design into compelling creative direction. You show up as a dedicated teammate and creative leader: you elevate the room, make the people around you better, and collaborate effectively across both creative and business functions. You bring a builder’s mindset—prototyping ideas and making them tangible—while maintaining high craft and clarity in how you communicate.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll help drive creative solutions to large-scale Brand Vision and Experiences—turning cultural insight into future-facing concept direction across products, storytelling, and experiences. A typical week may include:

  • Translating cultural signals and consumer/creator insights into concept narratives and future visions
  • Building and visualizing “brand worlds” across product, graphics, storytelling, and experiences
  • Developing concept explorations across 2D (decks, narratives, graphic systems) and 3D (spaces, environments, objects)
  • Creating high-craft presentations that articulate intent, tell a compelling story, and drive cross-functional alignment
  • Collaborating with internal teams to ensure concepts are feasible, on-brief, and on-time
  • Leading and partnering with agencies/external creatives to expand capability and scale creative output
  • Prototyping and building models/environments to create excitement and clarity around future ideas

WHAT YOU BRING

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5+ years of progressive, technically sophisticated design experience in experiential, environmental, industrial design, or brand creative—with demonstrated impact elevating brand excellence
  • Bachelor’s degree in architecture, industrial design, environmental design, graphic design, communications design, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education and experience and training.
  • A well-curated portfolio showcasing a strong methodology across research, inspiration, development, process, and final execution
  • Ability to show concepts through 3D modeling and rendering; proficiency in SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, Blender, or similar
  • High proficiency in 2D design + presentation tools (Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, Figma)
  • Expert craft with materials palettes and environmental toolkits
  • Strong narrative development and communication skills; ability to present to leadership and external partners using creative presentation styles that win alignment and investment
  • Proven ability to work independently and across small/large groups on complex projects in a fast-evolving environment
  • Positive, inclusive, team-first mindset—embracing diverse points of view while fostering an environment of belonging
  • Experience creating 3D environments and/or art; willingness to prototype and build tangible expressions of ideas - excited to get “hands-on” to make things”
  • Demonstrated success working with agencies/external creatives in service of a broader brand vision
  • Passion for product styling, culture and fashion and ability to translate consumer styling into concept work

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.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years progressive, technically sophisticated design experience in experiential, environmental, industrial design, or brand creative
  • Bachelor's degree in architecture, industrial design, environmental design, graphic design, communications design, or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
  • Well-curated portfolio showing methodology across research, inspiration, development, process, and final execution
  • Ability to show concepts through 3D modeling and rendering; proficiency in SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, Blender, or similar
  • High proficiency in 2D design and presentation tools (Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, Figma)
  • Expert craft with materials palettes and environmental toolkits
  • Strong narrative development and communication skills; ability to present to leadership and external partners
  • Proven ability to work independently and across small/large groups on complex projects in a fast-evolving environment
  • Positive, inclusive, team-first mindset fostering an environment of belonging
  • Experience creating 3D environments and/or art; willingness to prototype and build tangible expressions of ideas
  • Demonstrated success working with agencies and external creatives in service of broader brand vision
  • Passion for product styling, culture, and fashion and ability to translate consumer styling into concept work

Nike Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nike and has not been reviewed or approved by Nike.

  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with a company match is complemented by options such as a Mega Backdoor Roth and deferred compensation for eligible earners. Financial coaching and structured savings programs support long-term financial security.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a stock discount sits alongside broad-based equity vehicles like RSUs and non-qualified stock options. These avenues expand wealth-building opportunities beyond base pay.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave includes maternity and paternity time, recently expanded in the U.S. to 16 weeks and extended to part-time retail teammates. Additional supports include childcare assistance at select locations and family-building benefits such as fertility, surrogacy, and adoption.

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The Company
HQ: Beaverton, OR
73,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1972

What We Do

At NIKE, Inc., we innovate to serve athletes*. Every teammate - from coder to creator - plays a role in making these athletes’ dreams real. Our tech, data, and digital teams push limits every day, building the future of sport and the tools that drive it. Here, curiosity is fuel. Innovation is the game plan. Different perspectives keep us on the offense. You’ll solve challenges worth tackling, grow fast and belong to a team that backs you to do the right thing. Bring your drive. Bring your bold. Let’s move the world, together. Take your first step at nike.com/careers * If you have a body, you’re an athlete.

Why Work With Us

At NIKE, Inc., your dedication fuels the future of sport. There is a sense of pride that comes from representing an iconic brand and shaping its future. Here, we treat every day as a new opportunity to push boundaries, ask tough questions and share whole-hearted convictions. We are a team – united by the belief that anything is possible.

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