Director – Advanced Athlete Apparel Concepts – Innovation
| Company | Nike |
|---|---|
| Location | Beaverton, OR, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in apparel product creation, creative strategy, human-centered research, innovation or a design-related field, and identification of future areas of opportunity
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
- Excellent portfolio of accomplishments for creating and delivering early-stage briefs or concepts
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills with the ability to present and communicate to senior, high-profile leaders
- Experience leading creative, product, or research teams
- Ability to navigate complex matrixed environments, champion ideas and opportunity across stakeholder levels
- Experience developing consumer-centric narratives
Responsibilities
- Lead the team charged with investigation, creation, execution, and storytelling for industry-defining apparel concepts
- Work collaboratively with a team of creative thinkers to define a vision + landscape for future-oriented apparel concepts
- Build an apparel concepts strategy and portfolio that must ladder up to the greater Advanced Athlete Concepts mission and vision
- Deliver concept pitches, world class briefs, and inspiring presentations that peak interest and excitement from the brand and inline business partners
- Integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into areas of investigation
- Set the vision, strategy and team culture for Advanced Athlete Concepts, Apparel and direct a portfolio of future-facing product concepts
Preferred Qualifications
- A global innovative mindset, entrepreneurial spirit, inspires others to action through a passion for creation without a roadmap
- Deep understanding of how to investigate the future, conduct ethnographic research, synthesize opportunity areas and galvanize a creative team
- Energy giver and team player with a desire to make a difference
- Passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion with a proactive attitude
- Influential and able to collaborate across a matrix organization
- Resilient, agile, and optimistic; embraces ambiguity and the fluid nature of early innovation and keeps teammates and projects moving
- Understands that failure is part of the creative innovation process and will lead self- and team-reflection to capture and apply learnings
- Well-informed and stays connected to sport + culture on the international stage