and sports-related products.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
This role does not have direct reports and works directly with the Senior Manager, Women's Sport & Training . You'll gain dynamic experience, enhance design skills, and increase expertise of Nike's design philosophy, products, and processes. On a day to day basis you will be working with a wide-range of internal partners including Footwear and Apparel Color Designers, Footwear Designers, Material Designers, Developers, and Product Line Managers.
WHAT YOU BRING
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's Degree in design, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
EXPERIENCE:
- At least 4 years industry experience as a footwear or apparel color designer
- Passion for storytelling with the ability to translate narratives onto physical product
- Love of sport, curiosity for athlete insight and connection to sport style trends
- Ability to collaborate with other designers to create palettes and color flow based on category color strategy
- Demonstrates a strong understanding of color technology and how to achieve desired color effects: materials, dyes, finishes and color achievability
- Ability to build seasonal color concepts
- Provides color design support for design team as needed outside of assigned product load
- Ability to conduct in-depth research on consumer insights in order to drive innovative design solutions
- Creates and delivers powerful presentations of seasonal design proposals that effectively communicate the concept behind the line for internal and external audiences
- Ability to plan and execute the product color details and review all samples, troubleshoot for achievability issues and clearly communicate changes in order to ensure timely completion of each project
- Shows ability to self-manage and lead team through change and ambiguity. Promo work can change frequently based on athlete preference and contractual obligations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Keynote on a Mac Platform