Nike Deutschland GmbH
Senior Director, Mens & Womens Running Create Footwear Product Design
Nike Deutschland GmbH, Beaverton, Oregon, us, 97078
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Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.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, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.NIKE, Inc. designs the future. At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build what’s next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORWe’re looking for an outstanding Sr Design Director, Running Create FW Product Design - to combine their Footwear design experience, problem solving abilities, team leadership, relationship building, management skills, critical thinking, and creativity to help lead the future of the Running Footwear industry.The ideal candidate needs to be a highly creative team leader, setting aspirational Footwear product design directions to encourage and lead the team of talents. Recognize and build high quality Footwear product designs and lead a multi-disciplinary design teams including product designers, 3D designer, material designers, color designers, and graphic designers.This person will be passionate about elevating all types of running experience by meeting the needs of both the dedicated and everyday lifestyle runners through the impact of “Only-Nike” style & performance experience, culturally connected influences and memorable narratives!As a creative leader, you will motivate the team, celebrate wins, and cultivate a climate that encourages an open collaborative creativity through equity, inclusion and diversity.WHAT YOU WILL WORK ONIf this is you, you will establish and feed the creative vision & design directions for Nike Running’s new Footwear creations across Racing, Road and Trail.You will champion a culturally connected, encouraging creative vision with emphasis on elevating the product designs showcasing the forward thinking innovation, and performance experience that will set the new pace within the Running market to set the trend and own the industry.You will build, hold, and maintain the best standard of practice and design excellence, ensuring the highest standard of quality, consistency, accuracy while pushing the boundaries of creativity!Seasonally, you will partner closely with Running Expression Sr Footwear Design Director to evaluate consumer trends, macro global insights and marketplace analysis to lead the team in delivering innovative & craft obsessed designs through both physical and digital creative methods to cross pollinate creative team alignment across product, color, materials, and graphics.You will lead category design resources, processes and relationships to ensure project standards and timelines are met. You will also build and run your own seasonal/annual project workload and will be asked at times to extend outside of the primary activity of Running to support the larger Nike Design community. In addition, you'll work in conjunction with design leadership to develop design and optimally handle the annual goal-setting and evaluation process of your team.WHO YOU WILL WORK WITHThis role will directly report into the VP, Womens Footwear Product Design, while regularly partnering with cross functional product leadership teams across Create and Expression, Design Excellence, Innovation, Concepts, Apparel Design, Brand Design leadership, and key downstream business partners to encourage a culture of creativity that aligns to the broader creative direction.WHAT YOU BRINGBachelor's Degree or higher in product creation, or design and development or Combination of relevant education, experience and training.Minimum of 10 years Footwear Product Creation (Design and Development) experience and knowledge.Creative future visioning, Setting aspirational Design Directions, High taste-level and critical thinking.Innovation, consumer experience, and deep performance rooted product creation knowledge.Championing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.Project Management experience.Team oriented mentality and willingness to partner with others.Successful experiences in working efficiently with cross-functional and cross-enterprise teams.Possesses digital capabilities and competence.Strong communication and relationship management skills.Presentation/Communication style: Clear, Concise, and Thoughtful (strong verbal and written skills). Ability to present new ideas or seasonal concepts to small and large groups, including addressing executive leaders, and external partners or customers.Passion and high awareness for sustainability.
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Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.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, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.NIKE, Inc. designs the future. At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build what’s next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORWe’re looking for an outstanding Sr Design Director, Running Create FW Product Design - to combine their Footwear design experience, problem solving abilities, team leadership, relationship building, management skills, critical thinking, and creativity to help lead the future of the Running Footwear industry.The ideal candidate needs to be a highly creative team leader, setting aspirational Footwear product design directions to encourage and lead the team of talents. Recognize and build high quality Footwear product designs and lead a multi-disciplinary design teams including product designers, 3D designer, material designers, color designers, and graphic designers.This person will be passionate about elevating all types of running experience by meeting the needs of both the dedicated and everyday lifestyle runners through the impact of “Only-Nike” style & performance experience, culturally connected influences and memorable narratives!As a creative leader, you will motivate the team, celebrate wins, and cultivate a climate that encourages an open collaborative creativity through equity, inclusion and diversity.WHAT YOU WILL WORK ONIf this is you, you will establish and feed the creative vision & design directions for Nike Running’s new Footwear creations across Racing, Road and Trail.You will champion a culturally connected, encouraging creative vision with emphasis on elevating the product designs showcasing the forward thinking innovation, and performance experience that will set the new pace within the Running market to set the trend and own the industry.You will build, hold, and maintain the best standard of practice and design excellence, ensuring the highest standard of quality, consistency, accuracy while pushing the boundaries of creativity!Seasonally, you will partner closely with Running Expression Sr Footwear Design Director to evaluate consumer trends, macro global insights and marketplace analysis to lead the team in delivering innovative & craft obsessed designs through both physical and digital creative methods to cross pollinate creative team alignment across product, color, materials, and graphics.You will lead category design resources, processes and relationships to ensure project standards and timelines are met. You will also build and run your own seasonal/annual project workload and will be asked at times to extend outside of the primary activity of Running to support the larger Nike Design community. In addition, you'll work in conjunction with design leadership to develop design and optimally handle the annual goal-setting and evaluation process of your team.WHO YOU WILL WORK WITHThis role will directly report into the VP, Womens Footwear Product Design, while regularly partnering with cross functional product leadership teams across Create and Expression, Design Excellence, Innovation, Concepts, Apparel Design, Brand Design leadership, and key downstream business partners to encourage a culture of creativity that aligns to the broader creative direction.WHAT YOU BRINGBachelor's Degree or higher in product creation, or design and development or Combination of relevant education, experience and training.Minimum of 10 years Footwear Product Creation (Design and Development) experience and knowledge.Creative future visioning, Setting aspirational Design Directions, High taste-level and critical thinking.Innovation, consumer experience, and deep performance rooted product creation knowledge.Championing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.Project Management experience.Team oriented mentality and willingness to partner with others.Successful experiences in working efficiently with cross-functional and cross-enterprise teams.Possesses digital capabilities and competence.Strong communication and relationship management skills.Presentation/Communication style: Clear, Concise, and Thoughtful (strong verbal and written skills). Ability to present new ideas or seasonal concepts to small and large groups, including addressing executive leaders, and external partners or customers.Passion and high awareness for sustainability.
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