Lead Designer, Speed Footwear Product Design

Position Overview

As a Lead Footwear Designer in Speed, you will work in a dynamic environment alongside engineers, researchers, scientists, marketing, testing, sustainability, materials, costing professionals, and design experts. Reporting to our Senior Director, Speed Footwear Product Design, you will contribute to both NSW (lifestyle) and performance product lines at Nike Speed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design or related field (or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training).
• 5-7 years’ experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products.
• Ability to translate consumer insights into product solutions and narratives.
• Experience in technical footwear design.
• Strong 3D and AI software skills with rapid exploration capabilities.
• Excellent sketching, illustration, and rendering skills.
• Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials.
• Ability to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project.
• A positive personality, high energy, and a collaborative spirit.
• Capacity to foster connections with other Design groups and lead partnerships with Marketing, Engineering, Development, and beyond.
• Motivated and hardworking with a commitment to bringing others along.
• A strong team player with humble leadership qualities.
• Courage to speak up for both self and the team.
• Open-mindedness, good listening skills, and receptiveness to candid feedback and diverse perspectives.
• Willingness and ability to travel to Asia regularly.
• TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE PROVIDE A FOOTWEAR DESIGN FOCUSED PORTFOLIO (INCLUDE WEBSITE URL OR ATTACH A PDF)

Key Responsibilities

• Explore innovative design solutions that push the boundaries of human potential.
• Engage with project teammates to research, gain insights, and solve performance and manufacturing challenges.
• Collaborate with athletes and stakeholders to craft creative, sustainable, and cost-effective designs.
• Present and discuss design work in both informal and formal reviews.
• Embrace risk-taking and innovative approaches to drive game-changing footwear concepts.

Benefits & Perks

• Accommodations: Interview process accommodations available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible interview locations, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications.