Senior Manager, Immersive Retail Storytelling

Nike

Beaverton (OR)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Nike seeks a Senior Manager, Story Designer for Retail to lead consumer‑driven concepts across immersive environments and digital displays. You will mentor in‑house designers and contract talent, shaping seasonless storytelling that reflects Nike’s brand standards at scale.

You’ll collaborate with Design, Retail Brand, Visual Merchandising and external partners, travel 5–15% across North America, and champion a culture of creativity, inclusion and continuous learning while delivering high‑impact

Qualifications

10+ years of progressive, technically sophisticated design experience in graphic, experiential, spatial, or brand design and a demonstrated ability to apply these skills in ways that elevate brand excellence.
Bachelor’s degree in architecture, graphic design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education and experience, and training.
A passion for the Athlete*, Sport, and Culture.
Demonstrated strength in managing a design studio in the delivery of progressively complex projects of varying scales, budgets, and timelines.
Proven ability to work independently as well as drive a clear vision to lead others in the development of concurrent projects.

Responsibilities

Support and partner with the Design Director to lead seasonless story design and long-term vision, strategic and tactical direction, and design continuity.
Manage team workload, project assignments, and resource planning to ensure the right creative talent is aligned to business priorities and project needs.
Lead a design process of clear ideation focusing on strategy and exploration of color, materiality, texture, spacing, proportion, scale and use of the environment.
Lead, coach, and develop a team of in-house Story Designers and contract design talent, providing clear creative direction, performance feedback, career development, and day-to-day support.
Foster a culture of creativity, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning by mentoring team members and creating opportunities for professional growth.
Develop presentation materials that effectively communicate creative strategy and design concepts to all levels of leadership and partners.
Collaborate with producers, design counterparts, internal partners (Brand, Retail Brand, Visual Merchandising, Brand Creative, Digital, etc.) and external partners to ensure project goals and priorities align with Nike retail brand and business strategies.
Attend retail installs across North America to ensure projects execute to the highest standard.
Actively gain knowledge and contribute to the development of Nike’s brand standards, design ethos, products and processes.
Constantly seek new and innovative ways to tell stories through graphics, styling, lighting, sculpture, photography, video, animation and more.
Drive education and inspiration across the team, sharing knowledge and exposure to current and future trends influencing the innovation of consumer experiences and technology.
Ensure results, timelines and budgets are met.
Strong ability to work upstream, effectively elevate strategic concerns and assert influence in final outcomes.
Partner with Design Leadership to identify staffing needs, support hiring efforts, and build a strong and diverse team capable of delivering best-in-class retail storytelling experiences.
This individual will create presentation documents, 3D and 2D files to communicate design concepts to the Design Director, cross functional and external partners.
You may travel 5 – 15% of the time.