Nike · 1 day ago
Expert Designer, Energy Sub-Label & BP Apparel Product Design, Global Jordan
Beaverton, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expNike is a leading brand in the sports industry, and they are seeking an Expert Designer for their Energy Sub-label & Brand Partnerships Apparel Product Design team. This role involves conceptualizing and executing apparel designs that resonate with culture and community, while driving innovation and maintaining brand integrity.
ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyleProduct DesignRetailSporting Goods
Responsibilities
Shape and drive the Apparel design direction within Jordan Energy’s Sub-labels and Brand Partnerships division, translating seasonal vision into cohesive apparel collections and emerging product expressions with high-quality execution
Act as a hands-on creative executor, designing and owning key apparel executions and seasonal moments and projects, consistently elevating the work through expert craft, attention to detail, and strong creative direction while ensuring brand integrity and consistency
Lead the execution of Apparel concepts, ensuring product integrity, innovation, and performance while overseeing multiple initiatives across timelines and platforms, always with a keen focus on the long-term cultural relevance and impact of the designs
Develop and apply advanced Apparel design strategies that elevate storytelling across categories, ensuring excellence in conceptual thinking, craft, and attention to detail throughout the design process
Manage design presentations and communicate concepts effectively to cross-functional partners, ensuring projects maintain creative intent while meeting business timelines, operational requirements, and brand standards
Serve as a key creative driver, identifying opportunities to push Apparel expression into new cultural spaces, while ensuring alignment with Jordan Energy’s overarching principles and Jordan Brand’s core identity
Partner closely with external collaborators and internal stakeholders, translating partner narratives into compelling Apparel storytelling collections that are both authentic and culturally relevant across consumer touchpoints
Act as a senior creative partner to internal teams, navigating complexity, balancing creative ambition with operational realities, and always ensuring alignment with brand integrity and standards
Contribute to the identification and cultivation of external creative talent, supporting collaborations with designers, artists, studios, and cultural partners to elevate the creative output of the team and the broader category
Qualification
Required
A strong, well-curated Apparel design portfolio is required, demonstrating excellence across research, concept development, visual storytelling, process, and final execution. Portfolio must show both individual craft and collaborative work across complex projects
Minimum 8+ years of relevant Apparel design experience, with demonstrated progression in responsibility and scope
Bachelor's degree in Apparel design, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training
Expert-level Apparel design skills, including ideation, design development, specification, and final execution
High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is required; working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop strongly preferred. Familiarity with 3D design tools is a plus, with curiosity and willingness to learn expected
Demonstrated experience translating research, cultural insight, and narratives into compelling Apparel collections, balancing innovation, performance, and style
Strong storytelling and communication skills, both visual and verbal, with the ability to clearly present, defend, and evolve design concepts with cross-functional partners, senior leadership, and external collaborators
Experience working across multiple timelines and levels of complexity, effectively prioritizing workload across short and long-term projects while maintaining creative excellence and attention to detail
Comfort collaborating across disciplines and functions, with the ability to influence diverse perspectives and personalities to achieve high-quality, aligned outcomes
A culturally fluent mindset, well-informed and connected to sport, streetwear, graphic design, music, and emerging creative communities, using insight, not trend-chasing, to inform work
A resilient, solutions-oriented approach, thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while adapting quickly to shifting business needs without sacrificing creative integrity
A passion for mentorship and team development, demonstrating self-awareness and the ability to reflect on strengths, growth areas, and learnings; both personally and in support of others
Deep passion and knowledge of fashion, design and pop culture and the Jordan brand
Strong inter-personal, communication and organizational skills required
Ability to work collaboratively and influence cross-functional teams
Strong knowledge of industry-leading Apparel executions most-relevant to our Jordan Energy Consumer Muses
Strong knowledge of the collaboration and Energy landscape across Industries is a plus
Company
Nike
Nike is a retail brand that provides the sale of apparel, footwear, sports equipment, and accessory products.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$241.95MKey Investors
Tim CookPershing Square Capital Management
2025-12-22Post Ipo Secondary· $2.95M
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Leadership Team
Elliott Hill
President and Chief Executive Officer
Muge Erdirik Dogan
EVP & Chief Technology Officer, NIKE, Inc.
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