Senior Creative Director, Energy, Global Jordan

Nike; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike's Jordan Energy team is seeking a Senior Creative Director to shape and lead the creative vision for exclusive Jordan footwear and apparel. You will oversee a small, agile design team and partner with design, product, merchandising, and brand partners to translate strategy into world-building concepts and cohesive seasonal collections.

Reporting to the Chief Design Officer, you will set direction, build design foundations, and ensure consistent Jordan Energy experiences across products and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design or related field.
• 10+ years of professional creative experience in footwear, apparel, or product creation.
• Senior design leadership experience at scale.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams and influence cross-functional partners.
• Excellent storytelling and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Build long term vision and seasonal creative direction.
• Develop a strategy in collaboration with the GM, Brand Director and Product Directors.
• Initiate design explorations with teams to build seasonal direction.
• Create seasonal creative direction including concepts, product direction, colors, graphics and materials.
• Build design foundations for Jordan Energy: elevate brand standards across footwear and apparel.
• Create an engaging & high-performing design environment: build best-in-class environment for designers and teams.
• From creative direction to products in store: ensure end to end design approach.

Skills

Creative leadership

Storytelling & presentation

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in design or related field

Job description

Senior Creative Director, Jordan Energy

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

In this position, you will report directly to the Chief Design Officer and manage a team focused on footwear & apparel, product, graphic, color, and material design. You'll work closely with colleagues in design, external partners, product management, global merchandising, brand marketing, and development across various business areas to maintain consistency and alignment. Additionally, you'll collaborate with the wider Jordan Design teams to support a unified strategic direction.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a Senior Creative Director of Jordan Energy to shape, inspire, and guide the creative vision, collaborative projects, and teams through world-building concepts, Jordan exclusive products, and collaborator-focused key looks, ensuring a comprehensive approach from start to finish. In this role, you will oversee a small, agile team and be responsible for setting the design direction and implementing initiatives that will shape the future of design for Jordan Energy.

• Bachelor’s degree in design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
• 10+ years of professional creative experience in footwear, apparel, or product creation.
• Prior senior design leadership experience in design, brand, innovation, and/or leading a creative team at scale.
• Expertise in setting and driving comprehensive design strategy and creative direction at scale.
• Experience working across multiple initiatives and objectives across the enterprise.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams and influence cross-functional partners effectively.
• Exceptional storytelling, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to operate at visionary, strategical and tactical levels.
• Strong design intuition combined with business acumen and strategic thinking.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

This role requires agility, managing ambiguity, a prioritization mindset, and the ability to connect across multiple functions including brand, merchandising, geos, collaborators, and product creation teams.

• Build long term vision and seasonal creative direction.
• Develop a strategy in collaboration with the GM, while partnering alongside the Brand Director and Product Directors.
• Initiate design explorations with teams to build seasonal direction.
• Create seasonal creative direction including seasonal concept(s), product creative direction, colors, graphics and materials direction in collaboration with the Jordan design leadership team and leveraging Brand creative direction from Design Leadership.
• Build design foundations for Jordan Energy: elevate and hold brand standards on products, design best practices and ground in fundamentals for Jordan Energy across footwear & apparel and blend with end-in-mind expertise (consumer and retail).
• Create an engaging & high-performing design environment: build best-in-class environment for designers and build high performing teams.
• From creative direction to products in store: ensure end to end design approach through concept, products, head to toe looks and cohesive Jordan Energy in House seasonal collections (new styles + carry-overs).

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.