Lead Designer, Training Womens Apparel Product Design

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH This position will report to Design Director of Women’s Training Apparel and will work alongside a team of designers that are dreaming up Nike’s vision for the future of training. 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 consumer & athlete insights and trend to performance product. The right candidate for this role understands that the best way to predict the future is to create it. This role will not have any direct reports WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for a Lead Apparel Designer who expertly marries style and performance through seasonal narratives that result in beautiful and functional apparel product.

A keen eye to design, creative thinking, problem solving, passion for apparel craft/innovation, understanding of the women’s training 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 trend and performance for her.

This candidate has Expertise in women’s apparel design, fit, materials, fashion, with motivation to evolve style and function for her. 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.

Bachelor’s degree in apparel/fashion design or related field, or an equivalent combination of education, experience and training. 5+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, trims, design, and