Art Director Brand Initiatives Brand Design Global
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Job Description
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Art Directors lead a team of multidisciplinary designers across multiple projects working closely with both producers and narrative leads to deliver well crafted and innovative creative. They drive design excellence and collaboration across multiple projects simultaneously ensuring that the team delivers comprehensive creative against sports moments innovation and athletes. Coaches multiple designers and builds opportunities for individual development performance management recognition and rewards. Encouraging and leading innovative thinking collaboration and teamwork. They are passionate and connected to the creative industry and this network and interest both inspire and drive their creative thinking!
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- Work with Creative Directors to develop Nikes visual direction.
- Drive the Nike Brand Initiatives Art Direction with Design teams providing inspiration mentorship support and direction. Encourage excellence ambition and team spirit.
- Deliver outstanding photography video content experiences and digital design in service of Nike Brand Initiatives.
- Develop and maintain relationships with photographers filmmakers illustrators designers and their agents for editorial creative working strategically with other leads in the business to ensure the strongest approach to external talent.
- Define art direction Nikes video shoots ensuring our content is always onbrand diverse contemporary desirable and within agreed budgets.
- Keep up to date with emerging trends in fashion design film art media and technology as relevant to Nike and the design team.
- Collaborate with Brand Voice photography styling marketing digital retail experience product design and concepts to lead teams through creative process and projects.
- Ensure all projects are wellplanned creatively exceptional and delivered timely.
- Promotes needs for training and development coaching and mentoring.
- Review project work for highest standards of quality consistency and success.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will partner with the Creative Directors creative studio teammates Brand Voice Nike Digital and Retail Marketing Merchandising Global Styling the Global Brand Imaging Studio the Content Production teams and Geo/City Studios.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Minimum 8 years graphic design and art direction experience in branded content agency editorial or marketing environment.
- Bachelors degree or higher in graphic design or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A passion for the Athlete* Sport and Culture.
- A stellar portfolio of creative work exhibiting a seasoned background in digital and editorial design.
- Deep knowledge and expertise in all aspects of layout typography illustration identity digital and experience production and publishing across formats and platforms.
- Detailed understanding of todays creative landscape and how people engage with content from digital products to environments and experiences.
- Ability to collaborate with and creatively manage external agency relationships.
- Proven ability as a manager and mentor with a knack and passion for helping everyone on the teamespecially seniorlevel and entrepreneurial talentto grow improve succeed and advance toward collective and individual goals.
- Ability to lead team efforts while also working independently to deliver on individual responsibilities.
- Proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
- Lasersharp focus with ability to work quickly and efficiently under pressure.
- Strong time management with ability to toggle between daily and longterm tasks keeping workstreams moving forward simultaneously.
- Excellent verbal and visual communication skills; adept at presenting and defending creative work.
- Strong interpersonal skills with highly developed ability to foster crossfunctional teamwork and an open positive and collaborative environment.
- Highly developed curiosity and indepth understanding of design culture current and past.
- Strong understanding of daytoday editorial operations and production.
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.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
