Lead Designer, Brand Concepts Global Converse

Nike

Job Location:

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $102800.00 in our lowest geographic market to $210000.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidates location qualifications skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here.

ABOUT OUR TEAM Global Concepts Team (Converse)

The Converse Global Concepts team exists as the connective tissue between innovation design brand storytelling and marketplace experiences. Brand Concepts is the anchor point for our products stories experiences and momentsbuilt to inspire Creators and embrace subcultures. We ensure Converses long-term vision is expressed through compelling narratives world building and deeply grounded cultural fluency.

Working upstream we translate emerging cultural signals creator insights and consumer behaviors into visionary product direction brand stories and environmental conceptswith the end consumer experience in mind. Our team spans a broad range of creative capabilities across brand touchpoints and anchors upstream creative strategy to drive aligned end-to-end excellence across product creation merchandising brand creative and retail.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking aLeadDesigner for the GlobalBrandConcepts Teamwith a proven ability tobring brands to life through exceptional storytelling innovative vision and world buildingacross product exploration environments and communication design.We are looking for someone that has experience leading and driving large creative projects with cross-functional partners.This is amulti-facetedcreative role for a designer who can move fluidly across2D storytelling and presentation craftand3D environments shaping work that earns alignment and investment from senior leaders.

You are curious culturally fluent and future-mindedenergized by connecting emerging signals in culture technology architecture materials and design into compelling creative direction. You show up as a dedicated teammate and creative leader: you elevate the room make the people around youbetter and collaborate effectively across both creative and business functions. You bring a builders mindsetprototyping ideas and making them tangiblewhile maintaining high craft and clarity in how you communicate.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

If this is you youll help drive creative solutions to large-scale Brand Vision and Experiencesturning cultural insight into future-facing concept direction across products storytelling and experiences. A typical week may include:

Translating cultural signals and consumer/creator insights into concept narratives and future visions

Building and visualizing brand worlds across product graphics storytelling and experiences

Developing concept explorations across 2D (decks narratives graphic systems) and 3D (spaces environments objects)

Creating high-craft presentations that articulate intent tell a compelling story and drive cross-functional alignment

Collaborating with internal teams to ensure concepts are feasible on-brief and on-time

Leading and partnering with agencies/external creatives to expand capability and scale creative output

Prototyping and building models/environments to create excitement and clarity around future ideas

Presenting Brand Concepts and Creative Vision to Senior Leadership

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

You will work closely with Product Design Brand Experience Brand Creative Marketing and Merchandising partners to elevate Converse Concepts and Brand stories with the final consumer experience in mind. Youll collaborate with internal and external consumer insights and future-focused strategy teams and youll frequently partner with agencies and external creatives to bring work to life.

WHAT YOU BRING

Bachelors degree incommunications designarchitecture industrial design environmental design graphic design or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

7 years of progressive technically sophisticated design experience in experiential environmental industrial design or brand creativewith demonstrated impact elevating brand excellence

A well-curated portfolio showcasing a strong methodology across research inspiration development process and final execution

Ability to show concepts through 3D modeling and rendering; proficiency in SketchUp Rhino Cinema 4D Blender or similar

High proficiency in 2D design presentation tools (Keynote Adobe Creative Suite Miro Figma)

Expert craft with materials palettes and environmental toolkits

Experience presenting large creative projects to internal and external leadership teams

Strong narrative development and communication skills; ability to present to leadership and external partners using creative presentation styles that win alignment and investment

Proven ability to work independently and across small/large groups on complex projects in a fast-evolving environment

Positive inclusive team-first mindsetembracing diverse points of view while fostering an environment of belonging

Preferred

Experience with product prop styling and translating consumer styling into concept work

Experience creating 3D environments and art; willingness to prototype and build tangible expressions of ideas

Demonstrated success leading agencies/external creatives in service of a broader brand vision

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.

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