Footwear Designer

Title: Designer, Golf, Training, And Cleated Footwear Product Design, Global

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 4 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for an exceptional Designer, Footwear Product Design to combine their experience, problem solving abilities, and creativity to help create the future of sport. The ideal candidate needs to be a highly creative problem solver with an optimistic approach to work, who has a passion for footwear design, advising a team, and doesn’t settle for anything less than the best to meet the needs of the athlete. They thrive under pressure and are eager to take on technical projects across a multitude of sports that have a significant impact for the athletes we serve and our brand.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

In FBAT + Golf, you will work on original designs and creating performance solutions around company icons. The sports you will work on are Global Football, American Football, Baseball, Training, and Golf. We expect you to explore new opportunities and take risks, delivering the highest levels of both performance and style that the athlete expects! In your day to day, you will engage with project teammates on researching, gaining insights, problem solving around style, performance and manufacturing, working with athletes, and crafting a vast range of creative and appealing solutions, that are considerate of cost. As a top-tier designer with deep knowledge and experience in footwear, you will be seen as a team leader and mentor for other designers.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As a Footwear Designer in FBAT + Golf, you will be working together with a large project team of different professionals (engineering, product management, marketing, merchandising, testing, product development, costing, etc.), collaborating within the design community (industrial designers, materials, color, graphics, 3D, etc.), and mentoring other designers. You will work under the direction of our FBAT + Golf Product Design Director and will present your design concepts to various internal and external audiences.

WHAT YOU BRING  

• Bachelor’s degree in design. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• At least 5 years or more experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products
• Previous footwear design experience required
• Previous experience in Lifestyle and Cleated/Golf footwear preferred
• Knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience
• Passion for the intersection of Sport and Streetwear
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and athlete insights into product solutions and narratives
• Strong Photoshop, Illustrator skills
• Must be able to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs)
• Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
• 3D design programs experience is a plus
• Vizcom experience is 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
• Experience presenting design concepts to internal and external audiences, including athletes
• Experienced with presentation programs (Keynote)
• Extraordinary teammate, and humble leader
• Ability and passion to lead, mentor and onboard Design teammates
• Active and proficient participant in the creative process and cross-functional communication
• Lead and drive partnerships beyond the Design function (Marketing, Engineering, Development, etc.)
• Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along in the design process
• Team culture builder, thinks strategically about the future, energized by ambiguity, start-up mentality
• Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
• Positive personality and outlook
• Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors
• Collaborator with a skill in connecting the dots
• Speaks up with courage for self and the team
• Open minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view