Lead, Digital Product Designer, Marketplace Partners

Nike Inc; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike Inc. seeks an experienced product designer to join the Marketplace Partners Digital Product Design team in Beaverton.

You will lead end-to-end design for complex B2B commerce experiences, partnering with product, engineering and business teams to shape extraordinary partner workflows. You will mentor designers, drive user-centric design processes, contribute to the design system, and craft AI-assisted experiences that scale across web and mobile.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of end-to-end digital product design experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in design or related field.
• Proven experience leading design for complex B2B, ecommerce, enterprise or workflow-heavy products.
• Strong understanding of product thinking, interaction design, data, experimentation and execution.
• Hands-on creative and systems thinker with strong UX/UI/IA design expertise.
• Demonstrated user-centric, insights-based design process.
• Proven collaborator with product managers, engineers, writers, researchers and business operations.
• Strong design process; ability to contribute new processes or enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Developing deep understanding of partner and account executive needs and translating them into differentiated experience concepts.
• Rapidly visualizing, prototyping and exploring multiple product design directions in response to hypotheses with business and technical impact considered.
• Designing polished work that represents the Nike brand through wireframes, flows, visual comps and prototypes.
• Designing with for agentic and AI-assisted experiences and contributing to the design system.
• Owning an entire product space or large projects with multiple features.
• Mentoring fellow designers and interns to uplevel their craft.

Skills

End-to-end design

UX/UI design

Prototyping

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Design systems

User research

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in design or related field

Tools

Cursor

Figma

Job description

Who you will work with

You'll be part of the Marketplace Partners Digital Product Design team, fueling Nike's B2B initiatives with our unmatched network of multi-brand retailers. We craft best-in-class Commerce experiences that make Nike's product the most effortless and inspiring for Partners to choose, plan, order, and sell to their consumers. To supercharge Nike's partnerships, we become experts on Partner and Account Executive workflows, integrating customer and competitor insight throughout the design process. As a member of the team, you'll partner closely with product, engineering, program, content strategists, the Podium design system team, and cross-functional business partners in Sales and Geographies to craft new digital experiences driving growth and value to both Nike and our customers.

Who we're looking for

You're known for your well-honed design craft and your ability to navigate teams through high-visibility initiatives. You're the glue between the design team and cross-functional counterparts. You lead projects, solving complex design challenges while inspiring others through your work and collaboration. You're also growing your leadership skills by mentoring other designers.

• 8+ years of relevant experience with end-to-end digital product design, with proven experience in visual, UX/UI and prototyping
• Bachelor’s Degree in design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• Proven experience leading design for complex B2B, e-commerce, enterprise or workflow-heavy products
• Strong understanding of product thinking, interaction design, data, experimentation and execution (expert in one or more areas)
• Hands-on creative and systems thinker with strong UX/UI/IA design expertise
• Demonstrated user-centric, insights-based design process
• Proven collaborator with product managers, engineers, writers, researchers and business operations
• Strong design process; ability to contribute new processes or enhancements to cross-functional teams
• Experience working with user research and data
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Exceptional time management, providing accurate estimations and often helping the team deliver early
• Ability to influence or create design patterns or standards that are adopted by other teams
• Highly proficient with design and prototyping tools such as Cursor and Figma
• Cross-platform design experience (web, mobile web, email)
• Ability to communicate a vision for the work in a way others can relate to and buy into
• Ability to establish a holistic look and feel between all pieces of a large project
• Experience launching software at scale in a fast-paced product organization
• Passion for the Nike brand, sport and for creating high-quality work
• A fascination with innovation and technology and a solid understanding of digital tools and trends
• Proven ability to define workflows for wholesale, marketplace, sales enablement, order management or planning tools
• Experience designing best-in-class Commerce experiences
• Fluency designing AI-assisted and agentic experiences, from concept through shipped product
• Comfort extending and evolving shared systems alongside a design system team

What you will work on

• Developing a deep understanding of partner and account executive needs and workflows, and translating them into differentiated experience concepts
• Rapidly visualizing, prototyping and exploring multiple product design directions in response to hypotheses, with sharp consideration of the business and technical impacts of the solutions
• Designing incredibly polished work that represents the Nike brand and product experience through wireframes, flows, visual comps and prototypes
• Designing with and for agentic and AI-assisted experiences, and working within and contributing to the design system
• Owning an entire product space or working on large projects that encompass multiple broad or undefined features
• Thinking big, innovating and driving execution on cross-team products or a domain
• Rapidly iterating and refining design concepts, from initial briefing through final delivery
• Facilitating and leading brainstorms and workshops
• Working closely and collaboratively with product, engineering, program, content strategy, the Podium design system team and fellow designers
• Inspiring new ways of thinking and exploring the unknown using fresh and unique approaches to design problems
• Mentoring and providing helpful feedback to fellow designers and interns to uplevel their craft and skills
• Evangelizing the Nike brand and driving initiatives that strengthen Nike's design culture internally

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.