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Senior Designer, Trend Design Excellence - NIKE

AT NIKE, Inc.
NIKE, Inc.

Senior Designer, Trend Design Excellence - NIKE

Beaverton, OR

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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, Inc. it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

NIKE, Inc. designs the future. At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build what's next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact.

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The CMTS Design Excellence team, comprised of Color, Materials, Trend, and Sustainability, sets the mood and vibe for the brand by defining uniquely Nike industry-leading creative strategies and directions that impact inline product creation.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We're looking for a hardworking and creative Senior Designer for the Trend Design Excellence team. In this role, you will work on future design and product trends, forecasting relevant thought starters, concepts and narratives for Footwear, Apparel, Accessories, Color, Materials, Print & Pattern. You will also build on key consumer insights, data and analytics from multiple teams within Nike's Consumer Insights
organisation, and translate these into actionable solutions for Design, that are both gender and activity group relevant, to serve Nike's future consumer.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you, you will play a key role in establishing and dimensioinalizing the Nike Creative Direction and Key Concepts. You will lead seasonal work and act as the trend point person for specific product creation activity groups, and develop new and engaging design and product trend research projects, across Footwear, Apparel and Accessories, Color, Materials, Print & Pattern. Your work focuses on consistent r esearch and analysis of design and lifestyle shifts, as well as tracking the trend-leading consumers driving change in sport and culture . You are a world builder and will create mixed media outputs and explore future aesthetics in new and exciting ways, immersing the Nike Design teams in rich sensory experiences that bring Nike Design's Creative Direction to life. You act as a creative catalyst to fuel Nike Design teams with aesthetic and culturally connected intelligence that will inspire them to generate sport and lifestyle products that will lead the marketplace.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will report to the Senior Director, Trend Design Excellence. This is a highly visible role that collaborates closely with Footwear, Apparel, Color, Materials, Graphics, Print & Pattern, and Concept Designers across all Nike product creation teams. You will work closely with the Senior Manager and Lead Designer in the Trend Design Excellence team as well as other members of the extended CMTS team to bring Nike Design's overarching Creative Direction and specific Product Narratives and Concepts to life with relevant design & product trends and creative intelligence. You will also work with Nike Consumer Insights teams in order to surface the latest consumer data.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • Bachelor's degree in Design, or combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
  • Minimum 5 years of design and/or product trend forecasting experience in agency or in-house setting or equivalent.
  • Clear understanding of trend research and methodology and a natural ability to unearth emerging patterns of change.
  • Expert in Keynote, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, Adobe Premier and other media editing software.
  • Expert understanding of design, fashion + street trends and subcultures.
  • Knows sport culture.
  • Strong curiosity, open minded, with a thirst to research and analyze multiple sources for new creative ideas and intelligence.
  • Tireless information seeker: diving deep into diverse cultures, societal shifts and human behaviors to understand the future Nike Consumer.
  • Trusted synthesis of consumer insights and emerging aesthetics, with an ability to understand and translate the future landscape into directional product concepts.
  • Creative catalyst and world builder, with strong storytelling and presentation skills and proficiency to build new and immersive trend concepts and experiences.
  • Ability to work independently and cooperatively in a diverse group and to network, influence and utilize internal and external resources.
  • Ability to interview consumers and create short films and highlight reels is not essential but a desire to learn and develop this skill is.
  • Optimistic, positive and inclusive spirit with ability and desire to drive collaboration and inspire collective genius.
  • Passion for creativity and design.
  • Ability to travel for trend research.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

Benefits

Whether it's transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness - inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential.

Client-provided location(s): Beaverton, OR, USA
Job ID: nike-21272_R-38205
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Fertility Benefits
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Summer Fridays
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Veteran founded/led