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NIKE

Senior Expert Designer, Digital Create Footwear Design

NIKE, Beaverton, Oregon, us, 97078


Who we are looking for

We are seeking a Digital Design Director who has a strong background in building and developing design teams, leading edge product and forward-looking processes. Experience in footwear and apparel product design is a benefit. As our Digital Design Director, you'll work with the footwear and apparel design teams to identify new digital capabilities, and streamline product design, development and manufacturing. You will help manage the product design and development timelines. You’ll leverage your expertise of AI/ML, XR, 3D printing and computational design tools to create a future looking digital design strategy and infrastructure. You will have a solid understanding of digital design best practices. You also are familiar with advanced digital skills and understand how to integrate them into the footwear and apparel product creation process. You will be responsible for managing the platform team and budget. You also will be responsible for developing and communicating strategy to leadership teams across multiple organizations. In your portfolio of work, you should have clear examples of how you’ve worked on key product lines with complex design requirements. You’ll collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and participate in the creation of best-in-class product.

What you will work on

Work with and manage the digital design team to design and make products leveraging industry leading digital design technologies

Educate and implement new tools, processes and workflows

Multi-task and concurrently execute on several products

Identify and build a strategy for developing the infrastructure and technology alignment across projects

Manage, inspire and coach team members

Budget management

Partner on the product lifecycle process with the Design, Development and Engineering organizations

Collaborate with Innovation, Inline Design and our Digital Product Creation partners to drive towards process and technology change

Participate on multiple interdisciplinary project teams

Clearly communicate project status and manage priorities

Ensure all deliverables are of the highest quality

Work in an independent fashion, solve problems, make decisions, and communicate effectively in difficult situations

Excellent oral and written communication skills including meeting facilitation and making persuasive presentations

Who you will work with

Design and Digital executive leadership teams

Senior Director of Digital Design

A dynamic team of Footwear and Apparel Digital design experts

Internal digital design partners

External Partners in AI/ML, XR, Computational design, 3D printing and digital manufacturing

What you bring

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Information Systems, Industrial Design or related field or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training

Several examples of successfully launched products that demonstrate complex product design solutions

2+ years of product management experience in the field of computational design

5+ years experience using 2D and 3D design software

5+ years experience in apparel and/or footwear product design

3+ years experience in computational design or advanced CAD design

Ability to develop simple and elegant solutions to complex process problems

Ability to collaborate as part of a multi-disciplinary team; communicate and influence throughout organizations

Must be organized, able to act independently, and able to switch rapidly between projects in a fast-paced environment

Expert skills in product management

Expert skills in AI/ML, XR, Computational design, 3D printing and digital manufacturing

Strong skills and demonstrated experience building strategy and leadership communication

Strong budget and financial management skills

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran status, or disability. NIKE is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call +1 503-671-4156 and let us know the nature of your request, your location and your contact information.