Senior Manager, Brand Creative Retail, Seasonless Story Design, NA

Beaverton, OR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

Under the direction of a Sr. Creative Director and in partnership with Retail Producers and cross-functional peers you and your team will realize innovative original retail environments displays and digital solutions for retail stores with a focus on seasonless storytelling (Sport Innovation Brand DNA). This role provides leadership development and design direction to Designers. Outside of Nike you will collaborate with a range of creative agency partners and production vendors.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

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

Minimum of 8 years of progressive technically sophisticated design experience in architectural experiential interior or brand design and a demonstrated ability to apply these skills in ways that elevate brand excellence.
Bachelors degree in architecture design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education and experience and training.
A passion for the Athlete* Sport and Culture.
Demonstrated strength in managing a design studio in the delivery of progressively complex projects of varying scales budgets and timelines.
Proven ability to work independently as well as drive a clear vision to lead others in the development of concurrent projects.
Expert in applying and performing design skills including concepting ideation drawing/sketching typography color theory 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.
Strong attention to detail.
Expert oral and written communication skills. Ability to present new concepts and designs to small and large groups including meeting facilitation and presentations to executive leaders.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with a highly developed ability to cultivate relationships in an open positive and inclusive environment.
Proven ability to manage ambiguity and motivate teams to create compelling solutions when the way forward is not always clear.
A sense of humor positivity and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Demonstrated expertise using computer design applications including SketchUp Rhino Grasshopper V-Ray Figma Keynote and Adobe Creative Suite. Experience with motion graphics and video-editing is a plus.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

Support and partner with the Sr. Creative Director to lead seasonless story design and long-term vision strategic and tactical direction and design continuity.
Address staffing needs and challenges to ensure project demands are met and team has appropriate skill mix.
Lead a design process of clear ideation focusing on strategy and exploration of color materiality texture spacing proportion scale and use of the environment.
Develop presentation materials that effectively communicate creative strategy and design concepts to all levels of leadership and partners.
Collaborate with producers design counterparts internal partners (Brand Retail Brand Visual Merchandising Brand Creative Digital etc.) and external partners to ensure project goals and priorities align with Nike retail brand and business strategies.
Attend retail installs across North America to ensure projects execute to the highest standard.
Actively gain knowledge and contribute to the development of Nikes brand standards design ethos products and processes.
Constantly seek new and innovative ways to tell stories through graphics styling lighting sculpture photography video animation and more.
Drive education and inspiration across the team sharing knowledge and exposure to current and future trends influencing the innovation of consumer experiences and technology.
Foster innovative thinking collaboration and teamwork.
Ensure results timelines and budgets are met.
Strong ability to work upstream effectively elevate strategic concerns and assert influence in final outcomes.
This individual will create presentation documents 3D and 2D files to communicate design concepts to the Sr. Creative Director cross functional and external partners.
You may travel 5 15% of the time.

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.

Required Experience:

Senior Manager

WHO YOULL WORK WITHUnder the direction of a Sr. Creative Director and in partnership with Retail Producers and cross-functional peers you and your team will realize innovative original retail environments displays and digital solutions for retail stores with a focus on seasonless storytelling (Sport...

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Minimum of 8 years of progressive technically sophisticated design experience in architectural experiential interior or brand design and a demonstrated ability to apply these skills in ways that elevate brand excellence.
Bachelors degree in architecture design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education and experience and training.
A passion for the Athlete* Sport and Culture.
Demonstrated strength in managing a design studio in the delivery of progressively complex projects of varying scales budgets and timelines.
Proven ability to work independently as well as drive a clear vision to lead others in the development of concurrent projects.
Expert in applying and performing design skills including concepting ideation drawing/sketching typography color theory 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.
Strong attention to detail.
Expert oral and written communication skills. Ability to present new concepts and designs to small and large groups including meeting facilitation and presentations to executive leaders.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with a highly developed ability to cultivate relationships in an open positive and inclusive environment.
Proven ability to manage ambiguity and motivate teams to create compelling solutions when the way forward is not always clear.
A sense of humor positivity and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Demonstrated expertise using computer design applications including SketchUp Rhino Grasshopper V-Ray Figma Keynote and Adobe Creative Suite. Experience with motion graphics and video-editing is a plus.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

Support and partner with the Sr. Creative Director to lead seasonless story design and long-term vision strategic and tactical direction and design continuity.
Address staffing needs and challenges to ensure project demands are met and team has appropriate skill mix.
Lead a design process of clear ideation focusing on strategy and exploration of color materiality texture spacing proportion scale and use of the environment.
Develop presentation materials that effectively communicate creative strategy and design concepts to all levels of leadership and partners.
Collaborate with producers design counterparts internal partners (Brand Retail Brand Visual Merchandising Brand Creative Digital etc.) and external partners to ensure project goals and priorities align with Nike retail brand and business strategies.
Attend retail installs across North America to ensure projects execute to the highest standard.
Actively gain knowledge and contribute to the development of Nikes brand standards design ethos products and processes.
Constantly seek new and innovative ways to tell stories through graphics styling lighting sculpture photography video animation and more.
Drive education and inspiration across the team sharing knowledge and exposure to current and future trends influencing the innovation of consumer experiences and technology.
Foster innovative thinking collaboration and teamwork.
Ensure results timelines and budgets are met.
Strong ability to work upstream effectively elevate strategic concerns and assert influence in final outcomes.
This individual will create presentation documents 3D and 2D files to communicate design concepts to the Sr. Creative Director cross functional and external partners.
You may travel 5 15% of the time.