Senior Director – Mens Concept Design

Senior Director – Mens Concept Design

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Design or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 12 years professional experience in design, within product or marketing, brand or agency.
• A passion for the Athlete*, Sport* and Culture.
• Expertise in all aspects of visual design
• Experience in creative strategy and narrative.
• Experience managing other creatives as direct reports.
• Solid portfolio of relevant work, displaying a passion for inspirational storytelling, photo art direction, brand identity, and world building.
• Excellent verbal and visual communication skills; adept at presenting and defending creative ideas.
• Ability to take calculated risks to lead the brand into new territories
• Ability to work on multiple projects at all times
• Ability to envision concepts that will define the future of Nike Mens Offense
• Ability to communicate this vision to all partners, fuel their energy and realize the vision.
• Ability to lead and manage external/internal creative partners.
• Ability to manage expectations within different functions, become a central point of contact in concept delivery.
• Ability to orchestrate creative collaboration across a network of creative studios.
• A positive mentality with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
• Laser-sharp focus to work quickly and efficiently under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal resourcefulness with the ability to cultivate cross-functional partnerships and an open, positive and collaborative environment.
• Highly developed curiosity and in-depth understanding of design culture and youth culture, current and past.

Responsibilities

• Building Nike worlds.
• Working directly with the Mens Concept Team, Field of play concept teams across all sports as well as product design leaders, consumer insights and brand business leaders to see opportunities, build ideas, visual identities and craft how those ideas can connect with athletes around the world.
• Setting the tone for the vision for the future of Nike Mens.
• Leading cross functional brainstorms, photoshoots, inspiration travel, meeting with agency partners, gathering athlete insights, or pitching your big idea to Nike leadership.
• Concepting the ideas themselves and deploying a combination of strategy, creative direction, art direction and world building to illustrate those ideas for the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.

Benefits

No information provided on Benefits.