Senior Digital Designer, Design Systems

Overview

Senior Digital Designer at Nike Podium Design System: drive end-to-end design of a scalable design system that empowers Nike's digital products. You work closely with a small, cross-functional pod to shape system tokens, components and guidance that elevate the Nike brand. You'll own strategic design thinking across large scope initiatives, applying user-centered methods and data-informed insights. This role offers an opportunity to influence how Nike's digital experiences feel cohesive, fast, and inspiring at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design for Podium components, tokens and guidance across product domains
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (PMs, engineers, researchers, writers, marketers) to implement design solutions
• Contribute to strategy and execution across large scope project tracks
• Produce polished visuals, wireframes, flows and prototypes that reflect the Nike brand
• Own multiple features from concept through delivery in fast-paced settings
• Mentor designers and provide constructive feedback to uplift craft
• Advocate for Nike's design culture and brand integrity in all work
• Facilitate user research, usability testing and workshops to validate concepts
• Communicate design intent clearly and establish influence around ideas
• Ensure design parity with code through collaboration with engineering teams

Key requirements

• 6+ years of end-to-end digital product design experience (visual and UX)
• Bachelor in Design or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Strong product thinking, interaction design and execution
• Ability to deliver high-quality, end-to-end design solutions meeting Nike standards
• Hands-on, systems-thinking approach with solid UX/UI/IA expertise
• User-centric design process with insights-based approach
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Experience with consumer research and data
• Design systems experience: Tokens, components, Figma
• Code parity awareness; lightweight engineering familiarity (React/TypeScript, CSS variables)
• AI fluency: Cursor/agents and machine-readable content (Podium AGENTS.md / MCP)
• Documentation and design system governance experience
• Experience launching software at scale in fast-paced environments
• Passion for Nike brand and sports
• Strong communication and pitching of design decisions
• collaboration
• communication
• mentoring
• Design systems (tokens, components, guidance)
• Figma
• UX/UI/IA