Expert Designer Digital Expression Footwear Design
Expert Designer Digital Expression Footwear Design
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Job Description
NIKE Inc. designs the future. At NIKE Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build whats 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.
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 WILL WORK ON
Youll work on a wide range of footwear projects covering all categories of performance lifestyle and innovation this will also span highvolume projects to oneoff 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.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
Youll be working with a fast moving multidisciplinary team of experienced Footwear designers Computational designers and Innovation designers. focused on industryleading innovative footwear. This team reports directly to the VP of Footwear Design Excellence.
WHAT YOU BRING
Design Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Industrial Design or related field or equivalent combination of education experience and training.
- 8 years 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 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 Newarc Blender Runway or Sora fluent in Basic 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
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for inperson 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
