Executive Assistant - Chief Design Officer / Nike jobs at Nike in United States, Beaverton

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Distilling this cultural and consumer information to create best-in-class graphic narratives that inspire and surprise our consumer. This role requires a high level of passion and creativity, along with the versatility and focus to contribute to graphic direction and strategy through the product creation process. It takes a dedicated leader and teammate that knows how to collaborate and translate sophisticated insights into authentic narratives, while driving design solutions that elevate the future of Nike Kids apparel.

• 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. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• 8+ years' experience of graphic design, preferably in product (footwear and apparel) creation in-house or at an agency.
• Ability to adapt to change and handle multiple, competing priorities.
• Master visual and verbal communication skills, able to effectively present design intent to internal and external audiences.
• Passion and understanding of current and emerging design trends, as well as visual culture.
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives.
• Master of graphic craft, typography, graphic applications, prints, processes and tools.
• Strong Adobe CC skills (Illustrator & Photoshop) and comfortable working within new digital spaces.
• Passion for empowering our Athletes* and Kids and making their dreams come true.
• Ability to embrace diverse points of view while fostering an environment of inclusivity.
• Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You’ll be responsible for creating original and trend-driven designs for Nike Kids Sportswear Apparel. This role requires a keen eye for detail, a strong sense of graphics and composition, and the ability to translate design concepts into commercially viable on trend designs. The ideal candidate will be a highly creative problem solver who brings engagement and curiosity to the kids apparel graphics.

Concepting and building out narratives that will inspire and influence our consumer. To accomplish this, you will collaborate with your design, development and business partners to ensure all details are recorded and delivered as presented. From trims to print applications and cost considerations you will be challenged by a wide range of responsibilities and experiences. Accountabilities include but are not limited to speaking with athletes, consumers, external partners and contributing to the creative vision of Nike Kids. Leading team meetings and cascading critical information to ensure the project hits all deadlines. Presenting design concepts and seasonal initiatives to internal and external audiences while always keeping to Nike Kids best interests.

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WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

As an Apparel Color Designer, you will create color palettes to link into seasonal narratives, build strong presentation tools, and color line art to detail the creation of each product. You will research and deliver color, design, and directional work that influence and impact the product aesthetic, application, and target audience. You'll use sophisticated design skills to build original, innovative color solutions for the Women’s Performance/Sport product range.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

**You must submit a design portfolio to be considered for this role.

WHAT YOU BRING

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in design or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2 + years professional design experience
• Minimum of 2 years of technically challenging color design experience
• Understanding of color trends, color mixing, color compatibility, and color placement
• Knowledge of apparel design and development process
• Familiarity with product manufacturing processes including materials/fabrics, trims, dye techniques
• Strong verbal, written, visual, and high-profile communication skills in local market language, including meeting facilitation and presentations
• Ability to understand challenges or underlying concerns, share ideas and develop effective responses or elevate to higher management; work independently and harmoniously in a diverse group
• Ability to network, influence, and utilize internal and external resources as well as to articulate how color can affect product and sales
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Keynote on a Mac Platform

You are highly motivated and a self-starter with excellent communication and analytical skills. You have broad tax experience with exposure to various tax disciplines while also possessing good business acumen. You will have project management skills and the ability to prioritize multiple projects in this rapidly changing economic environment. As an effective communicator, you are a confident leader equipped with strong people skills with a genuine passion to make things happen.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Reporting to the Global Tax Director – Tax Planning and Transfer Pricing, your primary responsibilities include:

• Perform research and analysis to lead federal, state, local, and international tax planning strategies.

• Collaborate with Geography Tax teams to drive local country tax optimization strategies, structures, and entity rationalization.

• Assist Treasury with evaluating funding mix and repatriation strategies.

• Assist with developing global transfer pricing strategies including supply chain structure, DEMPE, management/service charges, and IP/royalty analysis.

• Research and document federal, state, local and international tax law changes and rulings affecting business operations including Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules.

• Collaborate with Tax External Reporting to analyze US GAAP and local statutory income tax accounting aspects of tax planning strategies and tax controversy (FIN 48) analysis.

• Coordinate with Tax Compliance team to understand compliance requirements are met and positions have necessary support for compliance.

• Coordinate with the Tax Controversy team to develop audit defense strategies and assist with audit requests.

• Manage and coordinate with outside tax advisors (accounting and tax counsel) to drive tax planning, structuring, and compliance initiatives.

• Engage with external auditors as needed related to financial audit procedures.

WHAT YOU BRING TO NIKE

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Finance, Tax, Accounting or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent preferred.

• 8+ years of experience leading or supporting US Corporate Tax at a large multinational company or public accounting firm.

• Experience in US Taxation of International operations and transfer pricing.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, SAP and SharePoint systems.

• Excellent written and verbal communications, interpersonal skills, and ability to effectively communicate issues/risks and opportunities.

• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and managing multiple, competing priorities and requests, while maintaining high standards for quality and attention to detail.

• Proven track record in developing collaborative cross-functional relationships.

• Strong enthusiasm and passion for the NIKE brand!

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We’re looking for an exceptionalFootwear Materials Designer to combine their experience, problem-solving abilities, and creativity to help create the future of Nike Footwear Materials. The category you will be working in is the
Women’s Sports & TrainingFootwear team. The ideal teammate will be a highly creative problem solver. This is someone who doesn’t settle for anything less than the best design and materials solutions, to meet the needs of the consumer on and off the court. They’ll be focused on elevating the consumer experience by creating materials that are performance and trend-relevant for a range of products while driving an emotional connection to materials for the consumer through the use of narrative and storytelling and by pushing the edges of sustainable footwear material design.

• YOU MUST SUBMIT A DESIGN PORTFOLIO TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE
• Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, related field, or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
• At least years’ experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products
• Knowledge of form, color, materials, human factors, related to elevating the consumer experience
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives
• Experience in technical footwear design
• Strong Photoshop, Illustrator skills
• Must be able to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs)
• Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
• 3D design program experience is a plus
• Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
• Knowledge and experience with sustainable design and manufacturing are a plus
• Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.
• Ability and passion to lead, mentor, and onboard Design teammates
• Contribute and align to shared team culture and behaviors
• Catalyst to make connections with other Design groups
• Motivated and hardworking about bringing others along
• Extraordinary teammate, and humble leader
• Collaborator with skill in connecting the dots
• Speaks up with courage for self and the team
• Open-minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view

Is that you? If so, you will be creating concepts and developments on a range of material designs for thesegments of Nike sports and lifestyle. You will work on elevating new technologies that influence brand-new models, as well as on seasonal narratives elevating existing materials for our classics and iconic products. Your goal is to aim for product excellence by partnering with key stakeholders cross-functionally on the product creations process, and help bring the vision for the future of NikeFootwear products to life. You will unleash creativity with a focus on sustainability and leveraging consumer insights to inform our creative response. and focus on how we drive innovation and cultural connections embedded into our designs to create separation. The daily responsibilities of this role are wide-ranging, ambitious, and exciting.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

This position will report into the Men’s Basketball Apparel Design Director and will work alongside a team who works on Branded Basketball, Signature Athlete, NBA and NBA Uniform Apparel. This role requires experience developing and managing cross-functional relationships with Athletes, Graphic Designers, Product Management & Merchandising, Material/Trim Development, Technical Development and Sourcing teams. This role requires translating consumer & athlete insights and trend right performance product. The right candidate for this role understands that the best way to predict the future is to create it. This role will not have any direct reports.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's Degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, trims, design and fit.
• You have an outstanding ability to apply and perform foundational design skills, including drawing/sketching, illustrations across analog and digital platforms. 3D experience is a plus.
• You are proficient in Adobe Illustrator, concept ideation, color theory and have strong presentation skills along with the ability to convey your design point of view through a variety of visual tools to both internal and external partners.
• You have a comprehensive understanding of materials, fit and performance design.
• You have relevant Apparel/Fashion/Design experience through on-job training and strong portfolio representation. Extra consideration will be given to those with a background in sport performance and sport style innovation.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

This candidate will be our Lead Designer working on a variety of apparel products in Men’s Basketball such as Branded/On Court Performance and potentially Signature Athlete collections while working with an amazing design team to create the future of Basketball Apparel at Nike.

• You are a Listener, a Learner, and a Leader.
• You are a Culture-builder who prioritizes team, collaboration and relationships.
• You have a Passion for apparel design, understanding of collection-based design, can balance strong performance acumen as well as style and are a creative problem-solver.
• You are a highly skilled Designer with a focus on Research, Athletes and Basketball Style Culture.
• You are an Elite storyteller with a passion for narrative and improving product.
• You have Strong Focus, Excellent Time-Management and Prioritization Habits.
• You Ask Clarifying Questions and Adapt.
• You Know Why you’re coming to work at Nike.

Bachelor's degree or higher in textiles design or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST SUBMIT A CREATIVE DESIGN PORTFOLIO. PLEASE PROVIDE WEBSITE LINKS OR ATTACH PDF WHEN YOU APPLY
• 8+ years’ experience designing and developing innovative footwear and other products
• Previous people management experience is a plus
• Creates/sets design direction and material toolbox for silo or product collection within a dimension
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives
• Experience building inspiration/concept presentations, and mood boards for seasonal concepts and direction
• Experience building 3D samples and crafting mockup samples by hand
• Ability to present new insights or seasonal concepts to small and large groups
• Highly organized and self-sufficient
• Experience working and communicating directly with manufacturing partners to ensure the accuracy of intent and Materials executions
• Ability to build and edit files using Adobe programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Ability in participating in multiple seasonal projects with challenging resources and deadlines
• Understanding of the Footwear Product Creation process
• Passion for Design.
• High interest in sneaker culture

If this is you, you will be creating concepts and new material designs on a range of products for Jordan Sport. You will work on elevating new technologies that influence brand new models, and seasonal narratives. You will also work on Athlete signature products and manage that relationship to help guide the team to creative executions and evolutions. Your goal will be to aim for product excellence by partnering with key stakeholders cross-functionally on the product creation process and help bring the vision for the future of Jordan Sport products to life.

You will unleash creativity with a focus on sustainability, leveraging consumer insights to inform our creative response. Your focus will help drive innovation and embed cultural connections into our designs to create separation from our competition. The daily responsibilities of this role are wide ranging, ambitious, and exciting!