Nike Senior Studio Manager Brand Creative Retail 

Netherlands, North Holland 

226255382

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As part of the EMEA Brand Planning and Operations team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with many operational experts serving the whole EMEA Marketing organization across a variety of operational disciplines.

This role is dedicated to the Brand Creative Retail Design (365) studio, a team made up of Store Designers, Story Designers, Layout Planners and Project Managers. You will work closely with the Director for each of these disciplines to ensure the whole studio is aligned against our priorities and working effectively.

You will directly line manage two Studio Managers and report into the Marketplace Operations Director (Retail Marketing, Partner Marketing and Retail Creative Studio).

We are looking for an experienced, strategic operational lead to partner with both the Senior Retail Creative Director and the wider Brand Planning & Operations organisation to ensure the Studio team is set up to deliver against Nike’s creative and business priorities.

• Extensive experience in creative operations, across studio management, planning, production and/or project management (either in an agency or in-house creative studio).
• Experience working in a fast-paced and evolving creative environment, supporting teams to deliver high volumes of projects.
• A strong understanding of architectural and retail design project lifecycles and creative disciplines.
• Extensive experience in creating and implementing new processes and identifying areas to optimise existing ways of working.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong team player, able to develop productive relationships with cross functional senior stakeholders.
• A strong communicator in spoken and written English, and an ability to synthesize operational detail into clear overviews tailored to a variety of leadership levels.
• Experience managing multiple direct reports, with documented success across a variety of challenging managerial scenarios.
• Ability to remain focused, professional and performing effectively in a pressured environment with competing demands and priorities.
• Experience in using a variety of enterprise software (MS Office, Keynote, Smartsheet, Airtable).

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Planning

• Overseeing the planning, resourcing and intake of all new projects (new store openings, store re-fits, store improvement works and other 365 retail design projects), guiding and supporting the team through changes to the pipeline.
• Working with the Marketplace Operations Director and Senior Creative Director to create both high level strategic plans, and your direct reports to turn these strategies into actionable operational plans.
• Maintaining an overview of current and future pipeline planning, ensuring the studio has adequate resource to meet the business needs, forecasting timelines, teams and setting approaches to projects.

Operations

• Look to consistently evolve the tools and processes we use to find new efficiencies for our studio, considering not only ways of working on projects but also building frameworks to promote healthy and happy teams.
• Supporting the Senior Creative Director in managing, tracking and reporting the operating budget for our team.
• Creating best practices to be shared with your wider operational network, to drive consistency and efficiency wherever possible.

People

• Managing and coaching a team of two Studio Managers, driving consistent conversations away from the day to day, focused on their own personal and career development.
• Empowering and delegating as appropriate to ensure that business priorities can be met, while identifying opportunities for your team to develop their strategic planning skills.
• Manage administration within the studio, including: operational budget, recruiting and contracting freelance talent, software licenses, manging team holiday and ensuring workload is covered.

Application closing date: 13th April 2025