Lead, Brand Creative Retail Seasonless Story Design NA

The North America Brand Design Retail team is the steward of retail innovation in the biggest geography. We are creative problem solvers combining strategy and innovation to make big ideas bigger for our consumers. We execute physical experiences that connect athletes* to the future of sport and create memories making athlete* dreams real at Retail. We exist at the intersection of brand and commerce the art and the science. This team designs holistic Nike store experiences: Store architecture as well as permanent and seasonal storytelling in the US and Canada by leveraging Global Brand and Retail standards. We obsess the execution of the brand offense across Retail.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Nike seeks a Lead-level Story Designer for Retail: An innovator who will support and develop consumer-led retail concepts and the evolution of the Nike retail business. A creative collaborative and strategic teammate who will develop impactful / scalable design solutions for immersive retail environments and experiences. Always looking to expand the possibilities of immersive environments to create design solutions that reflect Nikes brand standards and improve the consumer retail experience.

You have a track record of innovative use of emerging technology to build impactful spaces consumer engagement and interaction. You can work across several design subject areas such as Environmental Graphic Design Fixtures Materials and Digital with ease. You ideate creative concepts illustrate your ideas and enjoy being hands-on as you lead projects to completion.

You will work across multiple projects simultaneously partnering closely with the North America Store Designers Retail Brand team Store Concepts team and agency partners to deliver highly innovative and immersive concepts and experiences. You will deliver comprehensive design concepts stay tapped into the pulse of future design trends and apply this thinking to your work growing the possibilities of immersive storytelling and experiences. We are looking for someone who shares our drive and agility to explore the new; who is passionate and determined to create boundary-breaking experiences.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Support and partner with the Sr. Creative Director and Sr. Design Manager to adapt extend and execute the Seasonless Story Design vision and strategy across the Nike stores portfolio.
• Lead a design process of clear ideation focusing on exploration of consumer journey color materiality texture spacing proportion scale and use of the environment.
• Ensure project goals and priorities align with Nike retail brand and business strategies.
• Constantly seek new and innovative ways to tell stories through graphics styling lighting sculpture photography video animation and more.
• Develop standards for consistent execution throughout projects.
• Develop presentation materials that effectively communicate design concepts to all levels of leadership and partners.
• Collaborate with Store Designers Retail Producers internal partners (Brand Retail Brand Visual Merchandising Brand Creative Real Estate Store Concepts Construction) and external partners to ensure feasibility of designs and functional needs are met.
• Actively gain knowledge and contribute to the development of Nikes brand standards design ethos products and processes.
• Contribute to education and inspiration sharing knowledge and exposure to current and future trends influencing the innovation of consumer experiences and technology.
• Collaborate across project teams and the Retail Design org.
• Foster innovative thinking collaboration and teamwork.
• Understand design processes to ensure results timelines and budgets are met.
• You may travel 10-20% of the time.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Under the direction of a Sr. Creative Director and a Sr. Design Manager and in partnership with Store Designers Retail Producers and cross-functional peers you will realize innovative original retail environments displays and digital solutions for retail stores. You will collaborate with internal and external design teams to complete multiple projects and ensure the creative intent design results timelines and budgets are met.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Minimum of 6 years of progressive technically sophisticated design experience in architectural design environmental graphic design experiential design or brand design and a demonstrated ability to apply these skills in ways that elevate brand excellence.
• Bachelors degree in graphic design architecture industrial design environmental design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
• A passion for the Athlete* Sport and Culture.
• Demonstrated strength in operating in a design studio and delivering progressively complex projects of varying scales budgets and timelines.
• Adept at applying and performing design skills including concepting ideation drawing/sketching typography color theory texture spatial design in scale visual presentation development and space planning layouts.
• Strong knowledge of current trends in color graphic design art photography architecture and experience design and their application to the sport industry.
• Strong knowledge of production design fabrication materiality and emerging manufacturing trends.
• Strategic thinking and adept at connecting the dots across multiple approaches and outputs.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage ambiguity and create compelling solutions when the way forward is not always clear.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to present new concepts and designs to small and large groups including presenting to executive leaders and external partners.
• Proven ability to manage multiple and competing work priorities demands and changes.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with a highly developed ability to cultivate relationships in an open positive and inclusive environment.
• A sense of humor positivity and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• A strong portfolio of relevant work.
• Demonstrated expertise using computer design applications including SketchUp Enscape Figma Keynote and Adobe Creative Suite. Experience with motion graphics video-editing Rhino Grasshopper V-Ray is a plus.

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.