WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Nike Athlete Promo Footwear is a category at Nike where designers work on sport and culture for athletes at all levels, including men's, women's, and kids' footwear across more than nine sports. The Athlete Promo Footwear team focuses on enhancing the athlete experience by creating player-exclusive footwear, developing designs with color, material, and graphics for major sporting events, as well as new products for specialty and Olympic sports. The senior designer in this role will be responsible for creating narratives for Nike athletes, which involves directing material toolbox, color strategy, and graphic design. This position requires active participation in the creative process, strong communication skills for presenting design concepts, and the ability to perform complex tasks in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate should be versatile, able to solve problems creatively under tight deadlines, and manage various projects. Additionally, they should have a strong understanding of sport culture, and extensive knowledge of footwear construction, color theory, graphic creation, and textiles.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
If this is you, you will help create unique player-exclusive and team footwear for Men’s, Women’s, and Kids' sports, including NBA, WNBA, NFL, MLB, and more. Your tasks include setting color and material direction, developing narratives and graphic storytelling, and establishing prints, patterns, and trims across various sports. Working with APF product management teams, you will build engaging narratives that meet the needs of Nike athletes and teams. You'll also collaborate with Development teams to communicate design intent, review schematics, and workshop prototypes. Additionally, you'll manage and design presentation materials and present concepts to teams, leadership, and athletes.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
This is an individual contributor opportunity reporting to a Footwear CMG Senior Manager and involves working directly with the Athlete Promo footwear design, product management and development teams, as well as Nike’s inline product categories to align on seasonal directives.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Extensive knowledge of sport culture and fashion trends in footwear and apparel.
- Proficient in all aspects of graphic and product design including drawing/sketching, illustration, CAD development, print and pattern development, trim creation, color theory and technical applications.
- Foundational understanding of footwear construction, schematic development and tech pack creation.
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects and timelines at once.
- Ability to translate athlete insights into thoughtful narratives and graphic storytelling.
- Strong visual and verbal presentation skills; able to effectively show and communicate design intent to internal and external audiences.
- Professional level experience using Illustrator & Photoshop; Miro
- Delivering exceptional product on condensed timelines, across multiple seasons and sports
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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