Drive the Nike Basketball Brand’s Art Direction with Design teams, providing inspiration, mentorship, support and direction.
Encourage excellence, ambition, and team spirit.
Deliver outstanding photography, video content, experiences and digital design in service of Nike Brand Initiatives.
Develop and maintain relationships with photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, designers and writers.
Work strategically with other leads in the business to ensure the strongest approach to external talent.
Keep up to date with emerging trends in sports -> basketball, fashion, design, film, art, media and technology as relevant to Nike and the design team.
Collaborate with Brand Voice, photography, styling, marketing, digital, retail, experience, product design and concepts to lead teams through creative process and projects.
Ensure all projects are well-planned, creatively exceptional, and delivered timely.
Promotes needs for training and development, coaching and mentoring.
Review project work for highest standards of quality, consistency and success.
Presentation, public speaking skills.
You will partner with the Creative Directors, creative studio teammates, Brand Voice, Digital Marketing and Retail Marketing, Merchandising, Global Styling, the Global Brand Imaging Studio, the Content Production teams and Geo/City Studios.
Deep knowledge and expertise in all aspects of layout, typography, illustration, identity, digital and experience production and
publishing across formats and platforms.
Detailed understanding of today’s creative landscape and how people engage with content from digital products to environments and experiences.
Ability to collaborate with and creatively manage external agency relationships.
Proven ability as a manager and mentor, with a knack and passion for helping everyone on the team—especially senior-level and entrepreneurial talent—to grow, improve, succeed, and advance toward collective and individual goals.
Ability to lead team efforts while also working independently to deliver on individual responsibilities.
Proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
Laser-sharp focus with ability to work quickly and efficiently under pressure.
Strong time management with ability to toggle between daily and long-term tasks, keeping workstreams moving forward simultaneously.
Excellent verbal and visual communication skills; adept at presenting and defending creative work.
Strong interpersonal skills with highly developed ability to foster cross-functional teamwork and an open, positive and collaborative environment.
Highly developed curiosity and in-depth understanding of design culture, current and past.
Strong understanding of day-to-day editorial operations and production.