Product Design and Development - Product Designer - Specialized 4

Job Details:
Job Title: Apparel Designer Basketball (Women's & Men's)
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 6 months
Type: Full-Time, Contract

Note: Portfolio required must demonstrate understanding of insight-driven design, concept/narrative development, problem-solving, and polished execution of women's and men's performance & style apparel product.

Description:
This position will report to the Design Director of Basketball Apparel and will work alongside a team of designers that are dreaming up Nike's vision for the future of basketball. This role requires experience developing and managing cross-functional relationships with Graphic & Color designers, Product Management & Merchandising, Material/Trim development, Technical Development and Sourcing teams. This role requires translating cultural, consumer & athlete insights and trends to performance & style-led product. The right candidate for this role understands that the best way to predict the future is to create it. We are looking for an apparel designer that blends style and performance through seasonal narratives that result in beautiful and functional product. A keen eye to design, creative thinking, problem solving, passion for apparel craft/innovation, understanding of the basketball consumer and sport culture are critical traits to the role. This role requires distinct talent for responding to business objectives with creative design solutions that lead the market both in terms of culture/style and performance. This candidate has Expertise in men's & women's apparel design, fit, materials, fashion, with motivation to evolve style and function for the basketball consumer. We are looking for a candidate who is resilient, collaborative, and able to juggle fast pace competing priorities. Strong communication skills both visually and verbally with teammates across the organization, collaborative problem solving, deep emotional intelligence, process proficiencies, and thoroughness in executing detail oriented design assets are skills that will make the candidate successful.

Top 5-7 Skills:

1. Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

2. Comprehensive understanding of materials and fit

3. Apparel design men's & women's performance & style

4. Concept/narrative development

5. Cross-functional collaboration (Graphic, Color, Product Management, Merchandising, Technical Development, Sourcing)

6. Translating cultural, consumer & athlete insights into product

7. Vizcom/3D/Miro experience (plus)

Requirements for the role:

• Bachelor's Degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, trims, design, and fit

• Outstanding ability to apply foundational design skills, including illustrations across analog and digital platforms. Adobe illustrator, photoshop, comprehensive understanding of materials/fit. Vizcom/3D/Miro experience is a plus.

• Compelling portfolio demonstrating understanding of insight-driven design, concept/narrative development, problem-solving, and polished execution of women's and men's performance & style apparel product.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with proven success collaborating across cross-functional teams and presenting concepts to stakeholders

• Demonstrate creative agility, positive attitude, self-awareness, and the ability to manage competing priorities of varying complexity through ambiguity to completion.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, trims, design, and fit

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