Senior Digital Designer, Design Systems

We are looking for aSenior Digital Designer for the Nike Podium Design System team. Our mission is to Co-create the design system that translates Nike’s magic into the world’s most loved digital experiences. We do this by designing and developing highly flexible reusable UI that can be used across Nike’s portfolio of digital products and accelerate team’s abilities to create elevated brand experiences for external and internal users.

We believe a design system is never done and pour our creativity into inspiring and empowering digital innovation  you’ll work with

On the Nike Podium Design Systems team, you will be working side by side with 2 Lead Designers and a Lead Engineer in a fluid collaborative manner. We hustle, we sweat the details and we constantly collaborate in and outside our team. Podium is a horizontal team that works across Nike Digital Product Design, has a strong focus on serving as a catalyst and is focused on helping drive Nike digital to move at the speed of sport.

You will be working horizontally with product team partners who are using and implementing Podium. With these partners you will collaborate, support and user test. The role will report directly to the Senior Design Manager of the Podium Team.

Who we are looking forYou're a critical team member helping drive decision making, inform strategic thinking and executing detailed design for the Podium Design System. You confidently apply your knowledge and craft, working independently on several projects at a time. You seek out opportunities to round out your skills and always present the thinking behind your work. You bring a wide-range of concepts to the table and are constantly pushing your team’s view of what’s possible.
6+ years of relevant experience with end-to-end digital product design with proven experience in visual and UXA bachelor’s degree or higher in design or related field (UX/UI design, human-computer interaction, etc.). Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training

Strong understanding of product thinking, interaction design and execution

Ability to deliver high-quality, end-to-end design solutions that uphold Nike's quality standards

Hands-on creative and systems thinker with strong UX/UI/IA design expertise

Demonstrated user-centric design approach and insights-based design process

Strong collaborator with product managers, engineers, writers, researchers and marketers

Solid design process and strong attention to detail

Experience working with consumer research and data Design systems experience:
Tokens, components, Figma code parityAI fluency:
Cursor/agents, structured content for machine readability (Podium AGENTS.md / MCP direction)
Horizontal partnership:
Works across Podium and with design-system consumers ideal experience

Enterprise / high-density internal tooling UIsReconciling sub-system libraries with a core design system

Documentation site authoring, not Figma-only delivery

Motion design

Lightweight engineering familiarity:
React/Type Script components, CSS custom properties, npm publish patternsge of concepts to the table and are constantly pushing your team’s view of what’s possible.

What you will work onAs Senior Designer, you will work on large scope initiatives that require a blend of strategic thinking and superb systems craftsmanship. You'll deliver digital experiences that make Nike's products the most inspiring and effortless for businesses to choose, plan, order and sell.

Podium Design System components, Tokens, Guidance, AI tooling and integrations into product domains

Strategic thinking and driving design execution across large scope project tracks

Designing incredibly polished work that represents the Nike brand and product experience through visual comps,…