Expert Designer, Speed Footwear Product Design

Who You’ll

Work With You’ll be working with a fast-moving multidisciplinary team of experienced Footwear designers, Computational designers, and Innovation designers. focused on industry-leading innovative footwear. This team reports directly to the VP of Footwear Design Excellence.

Who We Are

Looking For We are looking for a passionate footwear designer who is highly creative, has a strong aesthetic, is a problem solver, has a deep knowledge of Performance and Lifestyle footwear, and is fluent in 3D and AI digital tools. This team collaborates with a wide range of Nike teams, so a positive outlook and strong relationships are essential.

What You Bring

Design Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• 8 yrs experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products
• Knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives
• Strong Photoshop, Illustrator skills
• Strong sketching, illustration, visualization and rendering skills
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
• Must be able to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project
• Knowledge and experience with sustainable design and manufacturing are a plus
• Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.
• Fluent in 3D tools like Blender, Gravity Sketch, Fusion 360 or Rhino
• Fluent in AI tools like Vizcom, Blender, Runway or Sora
• Fluent in tools like Illustrator, Photoshop and Keynote
• 3D printing and prototyping skills are a plus

Team Requirements

• Positive attitude and energy
• Curiosity and flexibility to find, learn and share new tools and skills
• Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
• Motivated and passionate about bringing others along
• Team player, and selfless leader
• Speaks up with courage for self and the team
• Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view

What You’ll

• Work On You’ll work on a wide range of footwear projects covering all categories of performance, lifestyle and innovation, this will also span “high-volume” projects to “one-off” inspirational concepts.
• You will lead projects from sketch ideation, concept visualization, presentation through to tech pack and revisions.
• You will also be working directly with our internal and external partners to test, evaluate and recommend new digital design tools.
• You will also need to mentor other designers across Nike on our new and innovative process.
• 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.