Senior Expert, Apparel & Accessories Design, Energy
$166,400–$166,400 year
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Establish apparel design direction with external collaborators to ensure cohesion across multiple collections, consumers, and fields of play. Lead a team of designers in delivering innovative physical executions while building seasonal concepts and maintaining design excellence against the seasonal strategy. Drive business-critical initiatives that elevate Nike Apparel through narrative storytelling and emotional connection, collaborating with product management, merchandising, and brand marketing counterparts to align creative vision with strategic intent. Establish and nurture the creative vision for Nike Apparel, ensuring continuity and alignment across the extended energy design team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in field of study or related field
- 10+ years of relevant work experience in apparel design
- Experience leading creative teams and managing designers
- Proven ability leading teams with varied strengths with a team first approach crafting a strong team culture and connectivity
- Leads as a strategic creative partner to cross-category partners
- Ability to think strategically about product relevance, product positioning, timing, and collections
- Strong knowledge of fashion, design, and Lifestyle trends
- Ability to build seasonal concepts, and provide the team with both short and long-term vision
- Proficient ability to apply and perform industrial design skills, including drawing/sketching, ideation, color theory, use of textiles, spacing and scale, visual presentation development and layout that is supported by a portfolio of non-computer-based creative design
- Digital design competence in Adobe CC and comfortable working within Digital tools/3D
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- A PORTFOLIO IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION
Desired Qualifications
- Passion for excellence
- A storyteller
- Innovator
- Creative leader
- Tenacity to solve problems
- Passion to inspire and develop teams
- Passion about driving business critical initiatives
- Passion to drive an emotional connection through the use of narrative and storytelling
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