Costing Analyst Ii Apparel/acc jobs at Nike in United States, Beaverton

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

In this role you will partner cross-functionally across the broader Men’s licensed basketball (grassroots, NCAA and NBA) Apparel Product creation team. The key partners you will work with include:

• Primarily licensed basketball product management
• Secondarily branded and signature basketball product management
• Global design
• Global apparel materials, technical development and product creation centers
• Global and geography merchandising
• Consumer insights
• Margin, finance, sourcing, costing and planning
• External partners across grassroots, NCAA and NBA

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Product Development, Sports Product Management, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
• 1+ years of experience in product, merchandising, or similar consumer-oriented role
• Creativity and passion for product, consumers, lifestyle fashion/trend, sport, color and style
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Able to lead and influence a team and enable collaborative working relationships
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively in a diverse group
• Attention to detail and proven record of delivery against deadlines
• Necessary Skills/Tools: Excel, SmartSheets, Visual ToolCreation (Powerpoint/Keynote/Miro);MMX understanding is a bonus
• Domestic and international travel (limited Int’l) required (±5%)

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL

• Support the product management team and product strategy as we work towards building industry leading apparel that inspires the next generation of basketball athletes
• Facilitate Product Line Management team deliverables and work closely with a variety of cross-functional partners to ensure excellence in data and product integrity and sample needs
• Own the creation and maintenance of foundational tools and processes, including brief tools, Visual Line Plans (VLPs) and Product Toolkits.
• Be seen as a leader for the business, expected to keep projects on task and communicate regularly to partners.

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

The Sr. Technical Designer coordinates the fit and construction from initial concept through to commercialization and production for assigned styles to lead to on time development and delivery according to critical dates, product specification, and sustainability, performance and profitability goals.

The Sr. Technical Designer will also create and revise Tech Packs for assigned styles and ensure all appropriate development documentation is maintained including product specs and prototype notes. In addition, the Sr. Technical Designer will execute fit and construction standards for a team or product group to ensure consistency. You will track and facilitate prototyping for styles; identify and address key issues and challenges in construction/manufacturing and plans accordingly to deliver proven and tested product. Additionally, you will monitor and communicate progress and challenges throughout the product testing process to meet product integrity requirements.

In this role you will also be responsible for the Technical Design of assigned styles product in Women’s Apparel. Working with Design, Product Management and Product Creation Center (Asia) on tailoring the product to the specific consumer needs.

You will report to the Technical Design Manager.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING?

• Bachelor's degree in apparel design, textile science or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• Two years additional product creation experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Minimum 5 years technical design experience in the apparel industry, which includes the apparel development process from inception through production including pattern making, grading, construction, materials, costing, manufacturing and quality.
• Strong problem solving, organization and communication skills.
• Experience interpreting design intent and offering alternative solutions.
• Experience writing product specs and construction standards instructions.
• Experience working with factory vendors to ensure and improve manufacturability.
• Experience working with Plus Size Women’s Apparel desired but not required.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Experience using Adobe Illustrator, CAD Pattern Design software (Optitex) and 3D software (Clo/Browzwear) highly desired.
• Proficiency with MS Office programs.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time (domestic and international).

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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.

As a technical training FW Program Specialist II on the Bowerman Creation University team (BCU), you will be part of a highly motivated, technically focused learning and development team. We are responsible for foundational footwear education and advancing experiences that aid in accelerating the skills and knowledge of functional roles within the Footwear Product Creation organization. We build and deliver engaging learning experiences that fuel passion for creation and manufacturing expertise. Within our work, we strive to cultivate a dedication to innovation, team, and product excellence. In this role you will provide project coordination support to your programming and content creation teammates. You’ll be engaged in projects to elevate and improve our experiences and operational standard methodologies. In partnership with team leads you will support initiatives to improve accessibility, awareness, and delivery of our training content. You will also be involved in efforts to identify and use opportunities that will make direct and significant impact to elevate the technical footwear expertise within our organization.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Associate’s degree or 2-4 years orequivalent combination of education, experience and or training.

• Proficiency with MIRO and Air Table, whiteboarding and database tools.

• Adobe LMS and Articulate Rise360 experience is a plus.

• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite programs. (InDesign, Illustrator, Premier)

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Strong project management skills, ability to prioritize, and deliver outcomes.

• Ability to manage and adapt to changing priorities quickly.

• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

• Demonstrated ability to research and resolve problems and initiative to identify and address needs.

• Dynamic self-starter and strong results orientation.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

In your day-to-day work you will collaborate with your teammates and technical subject matter experts to support creation and facilitation of new and existing training programs and plans based on technical priorities and needs. You will play a supporting role in launching new technical training courses and experiences created by the team, including instructor-led classroom, eLearning, virtual, and immersion training. The goal is to aid our Footwear learners in acquiring knowledge, skills, and proficiencies in an effective and engaging manner that best supports organizational and business objectives.

• Help prepare, deliver, and assess class learning experiences.

• Support instructional exercises and activities in classes and programs.

• Support developing criteria for evaluating effectiveness of training and developing plans for the required updates.

• Responsible for taking action to update and improve content and experiences with oversight from team leads.

• Help develop and maintain supplemental learning tools and resources as needed (checklists, one-pagers, user guides, etc.) for targeted audiences that aid in the understanding of technical subjects.

• Manage and maintain project plans, related documentation, and program playbooks.

• Create instructions, schedules and develop dashboards that highlight critical programming landmarks for the team and partners.

• Document meeting decisions and next steps. Share the recaps with teammates and SMEs.

• Track project progression through to completion with on-time and continuous communication with project sponsors, teammates, and stakeholders.

• Support continuous development and execution of operational best practices.

• Research, evaluate and make recommendations of digital tools and platforms that will enhance, elevate, and modernize our training content and delivery methods.

• Manage inventory and supplies for classroom and program training needs.

• Ensure a diversity and inclusion lens across all learning content and approaches.