Expert Designer, Energy Graphic Design, Global Jordan

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Pahokee (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited seeks an Expert Designer, Energy Graphic Design to lead and evolve graphic systems across footwear, apparel, and accessories for Jordan Energy. You will translate seasonal vision into cohesive graphics, collaborating with design leads and external partners to keep Jordan at the intersection of court, culture and community.

You will drive innovative graphic concepts, manage timelines, and mentor the team while delivering on brand integrity and product storytelling

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of graphic design experience with a strong portfolio.
• Expert-level skills in typography, color, brand identity, and visual systems.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is required.
• Ability to translate research and narratives into graphic systems balancing innovation and brand.
• Strong storytelling and communication for cross-functional partners and leaders.
• Experience managing multiple timelines and complex projects.
• Comfort collaborating across disciplines and influencing diverse teams.
• Culturally fluent with sport, streetwear, and fashion communities.

Responsibilities

• Shape and drive graphic design direction across divisions, translating vision into graphic systems.
• Drive execution of concepts from idea to delivery while managing timelines.
• Develop strategies elevating seasonal storytelling with attention to detail.
• Manage presentations and clearly articulate graphic intent to partners.
• Drive innovation within the category while aligning with brand principles.
• Collaborate with external entities to translate partner narratives into storytelling systems.
• Partner with internal stakeholders, balance ambition with brand integrity.
• Identify and cultivate external creative talent for collaborations.
• Deliver cohesive seasonal graphic narratives across product and consumer touchpoints.

Skills

Graphic design

Typography

Brand identity

Visual storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Cultural fluency

Project management

Communication

Adobe Illustrator

Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

3D design tools

Job description

About the Role

This Expert Designer, Energy Graphic Design role is part of the Global Jordan Energy team and reports to the Sr. Global Creative Director of Jordan Energy. The role is responsible for developing and driving graphic design strategy across the White Spaces, Ignite and Sub-labels & Brand Partnerships divisions, translating category and seasonal vision into cohesive graphic systems across footwear, apparel, accessories, and emerging product expressions. The designer will partner with Design Directors, cross-functional leads, and external collaborators to keep Jordan at the centre of the intersection of court, culture and community, while shaping the future of sport and style.

Key Responsibilities

• Help shape and drive graphic design direction across the White Spaces, Ignite and Sub-labels & Brand Partnerships divisions of Jordan Energy, translating category and seasonal vision into cohesive graphic systems across footwear, apparel, accessories, and emerging product expressions.
• Drive execution of graphic concepts from idea through delivery, championing product integrity, innovation, and performance while overseeing multiple initiatives across timelines and platforms.
• Develop and apply graphic design strategies that elevate seasonal storytelling, ensuring excellence through strong conceptual thinking, craft, and attention to detail.
• Manage design presentations and communication, clearly articulating graphic intent and decisions to cross-functional partners, ensuring projects meet creative standards, timelines, and business requirements.
• Serve as a driver of innovation within the category, identifying opportunities to push graphic expression into new spaces while maintaining alignment with Jordan Energy and Jordan Brand principles.
• Partner closely with collaborators and external entities, translating partner narratives into compelling graphic storytelling systems that feel authentic, culturally relevant, and on-brand across product and consumer touch points.
• Act as a creative partner to internal stakeholders, navigating complexity, incorporating feedback, and balancing creative ambition with operational realities and brand integrity.
• Contribute to the identification and cultivation of external creative talent, supporting collaborations with designers, artists, studios, and cultural partners.
• Deliver cohesive seasonal graphic narratives, blending streetwear, sport, and emerging cultural spaces across Jordan categories (Basketball, Streetwear, Global Football, American Football, Baseball, Golf, Training, etc.) in partnership with cross-functional teams.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years' experience in graphic design.
• A strong, well-curated graphic design portfolio demonstrating excellence across research, concept development, visual storytelling, process, and final execution, showing both individual craft and collaborative work.
• Expert-level graphic design skills, including ideation, design development, specification, and final execution, with a strong understanding of typography, colour theory, brand identity, and visual systems across product and storytelling platforms.
• High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is required.
• Demonstrated experience translating research, cultural insight, and narratives into compelling graphic systems, balancing innovation, performance, and style.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, both visual and verbal, with the ability to clearly present, defend and evolve design concepts with cross-functional partners, senior leadership, and external collaborators.
• Experience working across multiple timelines and levels of complexity, prioritising workload across short- and long-term projects while maintaining creative excellence and attention to detail.
• Comfort collaborating across disciplines and functions, with the ability to influence diverse perspectives and personalities to achieve high-quality, aligned outcomes.
• A culturally fluent mindset, well-informed and connected to sport, streetwear, graphic design, music, and emerging creative communities, using insight rather than trend-chasing to inform work.
• A resilient, solutions-oriented approach, thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while adapting quickly to shifting business needs without sacrificing creative integrity.
• A passion for mentorship and team development, demonstrating self-awareness and the ability to reflect on strengths, growth areas, and learnings, both personally and in support of others.
• A deep passion for street, sport and fashion cultures and/or adjacent sub-cultures and communities, with a keen understanding of the communities that embody originality, self-expression and a mindset of defiance.
• Ability to actively design and contribute at a high level, owning key bodies of work, seasonal moments, and special projects while coaching, reviewing, and elevating the output of the broader graphic design team.
• Strong creative lead with refined taste and point of view, able to set clear direction for the graphic design team, translate seasonal concepts into compelling visual systems, and know when to push, refine, or edit.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in product (footwear/apparel) creation or in an agency is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with 3D design tools is a plus, with curiosity and willingness to learn expected.

Workplace

• Beaverton, OR