Graphic Designer

Title: Graphic Designer 2

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 5 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

You will be responsible for the conceptualizing narratives across multiple collections through Graphic Visual Centers and Presentations. If this is you, you’ll be working with Product and Design partners aligning on construction, development, insights, and various presentation gates. A typical day/week consists of working closely with your Design teammates to ensure we’re creating the future of Running across Nike Apparel. This can range from brainstorm sessions on creative strategies to meetings designed to review graphics, apparel and color designs to achieve the desired goal.

We are currently looking for a Senior Graphic Designer, in Women’s Running Apparel to help define the future of Running and Nike. We are looking for an exceptional Graphic Design Storyteller with proven design excellence, enthusiasm, curiosity for creative problem solving, and a passion for sport. They thrive in ambiguity, are driven by curiosity and lead with optimism. Their creative talent is equaled by their ability to think strategically and consciously champion ground-breaking thinking and the thinking of their teammates.

They play a key role in the conceptualization, design, and development of apparel graphics and branding elements. These designers have an affinity for world-building and storytelling through graphic design, integrating narrative elements that resonate with consumers and athletes.

You will work closely with the Graphic, Product, and Color Design teams, Product Management and Tech Dev teams to help Nike create the future of narrative driven graphic design across the Nike Running apparel portfolio.

• TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST SUBMIT A CREATIVE DESIGN PORTFOLIO. PLEASE PROVIDE WEBSITE LINKS OR ATTACH PDF FILES WHEN YOU APPLY.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years' experience of graphic design, preferably in product creation or in an agency
• Well-curated portfolio showcasing a variety of projects that demonstrate a strong, effective methodology for research, inspiration, design development, problem solving, process, and final execution.
• Working directly with a diverse range of consumers/athletes*.
• Contribution to the initiation, development and implementation of in-depth research leading to distinct product story-telling
• A positive attitude while working on projects with challenging briefs and through ambiguity to successful completion.
• Prioritizing workload across short-term and long-range projects with varying levels of complexity.
• Demonstrates self-awareness, with ability to articulate their strengths, opportunities, and takeaways.
• Well informed and stays connected to sport, cultural and graphic design trends.
• Advancing knowledge of product design, including ideation, development, specification, and final execution of designs that balance innovation, performance, and style.
• High Degree of proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is a must, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop
• Creatively agile and adept in innovative thinking, visioning and problem solving.
• Expert narrative development and communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver project presentations to Senior leadership and External Partners
• A deep understanding of Typography, Color Theory, Brand Identity, and Design Principles
• Excelling communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams
• Must have a passion for storytelling and the ability to translate narratives into compelling visual elements that can translate to product
• Excellent collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure product and team excellence
• A proven ability to present design concepts and strategies to key stakeholders, articulating the vision and rationale behind creative decisions.