Nike · 3 weeks ago
Director, Energy Footwear Product Design, Global Jordan (Multiple Roles)
Beaverton, Oregon
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
8+ years expNike is a leading global brand known for its innovative approach to sports and lifestyle products. The Director, Energy Footwear Product Design role involves leading the design vision and execution for collaborations and partnerships, focusing on footwear, apparel, and accessories while ensuring cultural relevance and brand integrity.
ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyleProduct DesignRetailSporting Goods
Responsibilities
Own the vision and design execution for all brand collaborations and partnerships, leading end-to-end design across footwear, apparel, accessories and future product expression types, ensuring every partnership feels intentional, culturally relevant, and unmistakably on-brand
Shaping and driving design direction across this Ignite division of Jordan Energy
Functioning in a player/coach capacity, both designing and leading your design team to execute product concepts that push boundaries and carve out new spaces for both Jordan Energy and the Jordan Brand at large
Driving vision, championing product integrity, innovation, and performance as you oversee key initiatives from concept through execution
Developing design strategies and ensuring excellence through advanced concepts
Managing presentations and communicating design visions to a variety of audiences, ensuring that all projects meet our high standards of excellence and timelines
Be the driving force behind bringing strategic innovation into the category, always looking to pioneer new spaces and drive forward-thinking design, all while continually elevating the superior caliber of leadership behaviors and team player mindset we hold ourselves accountable to, daily
Own the vision and design execution for all brand collaborations and partnerships, leading end-to-end design across footwear, apparel, accessories and future product expression types, ensuring every partnership feels intentional, culturally relevant, and unmistakably on-brand
Translate partner narratives into compelling product storytelling systems, collaborating closely with external creatives, celebrities, entertainers, key retailers, and brands etc. to co-author concepts that feel authentic to both parties while elevating the brand’s cultural point of view
Lead and inspire cross-category design teams, setting creative direction, design standards, and ways of working that enable cohesive, high-impact collaboration stories across multiple product platforms and timelines
Act as a senior creative partner to internal stakeholders and external collaborators, navigating complexity, aligning vision, and balancing creative ambition with commercial realities, operational constraints, and brand integrity
Push the boundaries of collaboration as a cultural and business lever, identifying new partnership opportunities, emerging creative voices, and unconventional formats that expand the brand’s reach, relevance, and long-term equity
Build and steward a network of external creative talent, from designers and artists to studios and cultural operators; cultivating long-term relationships that continuously feed the brand’s collaboration pipeline and creative relevance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
Strong inter-personal, communication and organizational skills
Ability to work collaboratively and influence cross-functional teams
Strong knowledge of industry-leading executions most-relevant to our Jordan Energy Consumer Muses
Minimum 8+ years' experience in a design-related role, including 2 years in a management/leadership role preferred
Footwear design experience preferred
Passion for and/or knowledge of action sports, non-traditional sports, and adjacent sub-cultures and communities
Experience exploring new technical and aesthetic innovations across performance and style
Self-starter with innovation mindset who thrives in fast-paced, agile culture, embraces change, and can navigate ambiguity
Track record working with a broad range of collaboration partners across industries and ability to influence different personalities and perspectives to achieve high-quality results
Clear and persuasive communication skills, both visual and verbal, with the ability to present and stand behind your concepts
Ability to orchestrate creative work across a network of studios and teams, keeping alignment without losing momentum
A resilient, solutions-oriented mentality with the flexibility to adapt quickly as business needs shift, without sacrificing creative integrity
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Company
Nike
Nike is a retail brand that provides the sale of apparel, footwear, sports equipment, and accessory products.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$241.95MKey Investors
Tim CookPershing Square Capital Management
2025-12-22Post Ipo Secondary· $2.95M
2024-08-17Post Ipo Equity· $239M
1980-12-02IPO
Leadership Team
Elliott Hill
President and Chief Executive Officer
Muge Erdirik Dogan
EVP & Chief Technology Officer, NIKE, Inc.
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