NIKE, Inc Footwear Design Intern

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 look for designers to innovate on industry-leading footwear designs. We value strong problem solving in providing athletes* with benefits in performance that are matched with beautiful iconic designs with a cultural insight that connects with the consumer. We value fresh perspectives high energy. We look for passion and a desire to inspire!

Position Requirements:

• In your final year of school with a graduation date between Spring 2026 and Winter 2026 focusing on Footwear Design Fashion Design Industrial Design Product Design or a similar field.

• Must be able to present a portfolio showcasing footwear design work relevant to the position. We recommend 3-5 projects illustrating your process from ideation to finished product

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials form color materials human factors related to elevating the consumer experience

• Ability to create accurate 2D technical drawings

• Strong sketching illustration and rendering skills

• Capable of generating a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project

• Experience with Photoshop Illustrator presentation programs: Keynote PowerPoint Acrobat etc.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Design interns that push the possibilities of sports and culture through footwear. We expect you to explore new opportunities think boldly and change the game! World-class Designers will guide you through a project that is inclusive of researching gaining insights problem solving around performance and manufacturing working with athletes* and creating a vast range of creative and beautiful solutions that are also sustainable and conscientious of cost.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As a Design Intern you will partner closely with different experts (engineers researchers scientists marketing sustainability materials costing etc.) and collaborate within the design community (industrial designers materials color graphics computational etc.). Interns work under the direction of Senior Designers and Design Directors.

This internship as well as full-time positions are locatedin-personat the NIKE Inc. World Headquarters in Beaverton OR. Check out this video of our World Headquarters tolearn more aboutlife on campus:Nike WHQ Campus Video