Manager, Brand Creative, Production

Brand Creative is the heart of Nikes storytelling pushing boundaries to tell powerful stories. We live breathe and protect ideas that capture the heart and soul of Nike. We also must take risks break rules and embrace the unexpected. Creative Production flourishes in this space turning dreams into reality and thriving in the midst of complex creative challenges. We are fiercely passionate when it comes to creativity and craft finding inspiration in the unpredictable while being masterful at leading others through it.

The team is based in the Netherlands at the EHQ Nike Office.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Day-to-day you will work in close partnership with a multidisciplinary Nike creative team including designers copywriters creative leaders and producers. You will partner closely with Brand Creative leadership and creative teammates and collaborate cross-functionally with teams such as Brand Management Sports Marketing Comms Finance Legal Business Affairs Health & Safety and Procurement.

You will work in collaboration with peers across EMEA Brand Creative Production based in Hilversum Paris and London as well as the broader Nike production network across Global & other Geo teams.

Outside of Nike you will build and maintain strong relationships across a broad network of external agencies production partners and creative artists.

You will report directly into the Director Brand Creative Production.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You are a strategic creative thought-partner energized by bringing bold ideas to life. As a senior member of the production team you lead complex end-to-end productions across multiple mediums driving innovation and operational excellence to deliver world-class storytelling for Nike. Calm under pressure and decisive in moments of change you navigate complexity with confidence and adaptability. You simplify ambiguity remove obstacles and bring alignment across teams guiding projects forward while bringing people with you. Your leadership is grounded in ambition empathy and influence enabling you to unite teams through challenges and deliver successfully together.

You build trusted high-impact relationships across Creative Brand Management and cross-functional teams. You partner closely with creative leadership to shape production strategies for projects enabling the strongest ideas to be realised with clarity craft and intent. You deeply care about quality process and people and bring that commitment to every production you lead.

You are a people-first leader who thrives in developing and managing talent. You coach mentor and empower your team to perform at their best fostering accountability trust and growth. Through clear communication and consistent leadership you create conditions for your team to deliver successful projects while building long-term capability within the organization.

You represent Nike externally through industry influence talent scouting and trend leadership confidently recommending and commissioning top creative talent and agency partners. With deep experience in the creative industry you bring a strong point of view on both the craft of creativity and the discipline of production. You stay connected with emerging trends talent and cultural shifts using insight and inspiration to continuously evolve how work is made.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON:

Day-to-day you will lead the delivery of successful projects across content digital and physical experiences and retail. You will operate at both a strategic and executional level driving creative excellence while ensuring disciplined operational elements are seamlessly executed from concept through to final delivery.

You will be a creative thought-partner to your creative peers collaborating early to shape ideas elevate concepts and strengthen Nikes storytelling. You will identify recommend and introduce creative talent agencies and production partners who can bring bold ideas to life while strategically balancing creative ambition with business priorities scale and impact.

You bring a holistic big-picture view to every project translating creative ambition into clear production strategies. You will lead the end-to-end production process owning all aspects of creative production including art buying and sourcing world-class creative talent managing contracts budget and financial governance building and overseeing integrated timelines leading production on set and at live events and successful post-production delivery. You will align cross-functional partners anticipate risk and guide Producers and Junior Producers with clarity and confidence to ensure successful on-time and on budget delivery.

Beyond the individual projects you will lead and contribute to team-wide initiatives to improve efficiency and innovation within production. You will share expertise help define and implement new ways of working and set a high bar for production rigor leadership creative thought-partnership and craft. You will actively support the wider Brand Creative community participating in team moments and initiatives that foster a culture of sport inclusion collaboration and creative excellence.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Strong passion for creativity sports and culture.

• Leadership maturity to translate creative vision into world-class execution.

• Extensive experience leading complex creative productions across multiple formats including content digital and physical experiences and retail environments.

• Recognized expertise and credibility within the creative industry supported by an exceptional eye for talent curation and the ability to shape and influence partner selection.

• Proven ability to lead work in a fast-moving environment providing clarity direction and confidence through ambiguity.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust collaborate effectively and lead with influence across multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to think strategically and articulate a point of view and simplify complex information.

• A proactive solutions-oriented mindset with a strong ability to identify challenges early understand underlying risks or concerns and implement practical solutions that keep work moving forward.

• Advanced relationship-building skills with a track record of fostering strong partnerships within immediate teams and cross-functional partners.

• Mastery of working within a matrixed organization confidently engaging multiple business functions and senior stakeholders while balancing competing priorities.

• A forward-thinking innovative approach with an entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to continuously evolving how work is produced.

• Willingness to travel 5-10% of the time.

Application closing date: 25th June 2026. Please include a recent portfolio of work to support your application.

Local candidates only please relocation is not supported.