Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Product Design, Graphic Design, Material Design, or Textile Design
• Five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or in a designer-related occupation
• Proficiency in CAD programs in a Macintosh environment
• Knowledge of footwear technical construction
• Experience in design problem solving
• Familiarity with product design and development processes
• Understanding of product manufacturing processes including materials, fabrics, plastics, and pigments
• Knowledge of color trends, color mixing, color compatibility, and color placement
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop
• Experience with Keynote Presentation
• Skills in narrative and concept building
• Understanding of consumer insights and trends
• Experience in qualitative consumer research
• Knowledge of design management
• Experience in presenting product direction to athletes or global stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review all samples to achieve marketable solution review with design, marketing and development
• Maintain all color calendars/timelines/deadlines for a category/division resulting in the timely completion of each product
• Develop line art, color design server, GPIN, merchandising lines, cutting samples, and work with material consultant to coordinate materials for products
• Leverage advanced knowledge and practices in all phases of product execution
• Use advanced design skills to create original, innovative, retainable color solutions for a category or gender-specific line
• Research and deliver color, design, market and lifestyle trends that influence and impact the product category process from product briefing to product concept to samples
• Contribute to seasonal color strategy for products, line segments and initiatives
• Create a seasonal category-specific direction of color, materials and graphics
• Create color merchandising strategies and stories seasonally in partnership with the category and design director
• Display an in-depth understanding of consumer and brand-positioning needs as it relates to the category/division
• Apply insights from consumer perspective into color solutions
• Present and communicate category-specific color direction and color merchandising direction of the seasonal line to appropriate groups
• Work with the design category to produce presentation materials that effectively communicate color direction related to the consumer, product concepts and creative strategy to internal and external audiences
• Participate and deliver bi-annual category/divisional specific color needs for incorporation into footwear color committee preparation
• Work with color design management and expert designers to refine personal portfolio of design skills, experiences, and product/process knowledge
• Provide design support for the design team
• Work with expert color designers and color design management to advance the value of color to NIKE by bringing a high level of functional expertise, such as materials, special effects, technology, advanced development, presentation, and tools, to the color design organization.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.