Lead Designer, GFB Innovation Footwear Product Design
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Job Location:
Beaverton, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
27-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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
Were looking for a Lead Footwear Designer to join NXT Global team at Nike! The Lead Designer of Global Football NXT Footwear has a passion for footwear design working in a team and a Passion for the Future of Footballs game and Culture .
Skills:
Ability to work by sketching cobbling and with 3d tools to bring to life your ideas.
A Future thinker that is curious to seek and solve problems serving Athletes.
Sets the vision for projects and consumer.
High level understanding of shoe making and method of make.
Ability to create Technical drawings of designs to communicate with factories.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
Youll build innovative footwear designs that advance the product and performance and Aesthetic for a targeted consumer. Youll follow the execution of product details including construction form color materials style fit and performance. Youll actively seek authoritative recommendations to develop designs with regard to testing manufacturability sustainabilityand aesthetic finish.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will collaborate with the Global Football Senior Design Director Engineer Innovators and to serve the Global Football consumer as well as be flexible to work across other fields of play such as Basketball Running and or Training.
Youll collaborate with design and management teams on innovative footwear concepts from brief Innovation Launch.
Youll communicate and present design concepts to various internal and external audiences. Encouraging community and working with others are also expectations for this role.
WHAT YOU BRING
Bachelors Degree in product design or relevant design degree or acombination of relevant education experience and training.
5-7 years experience designing and developing innovative footwear products
Previous footwear design experience
Proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator skills
3D design program experience a plus
Knowledge of manufacturing processes plastics and other engineering materials are ideal
Active and proficient participant in the creative process and cross-functional communication
Communicate and present design concepts to internal and external audiences
Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally with key partners
Significant engagement with external partners
Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
Strong sketching illustration and rendering skills
Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
Must be able to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project
Team Requirements:
Positive attitude and energy
Team player
Collaborator and works well with others
Speaks up with courage for self and the team
Open minded good listener and curious
Self starter
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PORTFOLIO OR ADD YOUR PORTFOLIO LINK ON YOUR CV/RESUME
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.
Key Skills
- Iis
- Air Ticketing
- CAD
- Dcom
- Drafting
- Administration Support
