Materials Designer 3Hybrid

Title: Materials Designer 3

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 3 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Deliver materials vision and point of view for seasonal projects, aligned to creative direction & project briefs.

• Create original product designs or refresh existing products with supervision from Design leadership
• Ability to leverage manufacturing process to elevate new ideas, process, and materials
• Execution of base track and more long track design solutions (broad range of product price points and model types)
• Active and proficient participant in the creative process and cross-functional communication
• Support projects that are broader in scope and more complex (ex. Innovation, multigender/dimension/activity, supporting classification vs. collection)
• Communicate and present design concepts to internal and external audiences
• Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally with key partners
• Significant engagement with external partners (ex. athletes, league, collaborator, etc.)

WHAT YOU BRING

Education

• BA/BFA/MA/MFA preferred
• Associate Degree preferred

Experience

• Preferred design experience: 5-7 years
• Creative experience (consumer/segment/dimensions)
• Knowledge of creative culture

Technical Skills

• Digital design acumen (design-based software needed: Creative Suite)
• Preferred knowledge and experience with advanced digital tools/3D skills
• Expert of make and manufacturing

Core Competencies

• Proficient presentation & communication skills
• Proficient design skills, brief to presentation to manufacturing
• Proficient creative process
• Basic business context
• Basic understanding of insights
• Actively seek outs and creates more sustainable materials