Design Director, Digital Product - Decide & Buy

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

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, Inc. it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

NIKE, Inc. designs the future. At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build what's next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact.

Who we're looking for
As the coach of the design team, you drive the overall design direction and strategy for the work. Having perfected your craft, you're a source of inspiration to all your designers and lead your team through the creative and product design process. You have the trust of your product partners, working with them to inform roadmaps and new initiatives. As a leader, you know how to encourage your team, while also cultivating their career development and personal growth.
Who you'll work with
The Core Commerce Decide & Buy Team is responsible for the UX and design of digital product features and capabilities that deliver the best possible brand experience across Nike's decide, and buy - defining how users engage with product details, customization, size & fit, as well as the buying, and promotions experiences on nike.com and in the Nike App. As a key member of this team, you'll report into the Sr. Design Director of Commerce Design.
The team's objectives

Build trust in Nike by providing accurate, essential product information

Create inspiration and connection with our brand and physical products

Simplify the consumer's decision making

What your responsibilities will be

• Managing a large, well-rounded team across multiple, broad initiatives
• Defining and prioritizing the problems being tackled, approach to initiatives and coordinating the efforts of your design team and the broader organization
• Being responsible for the overall product execution, culture, process and results of your product areas and the Nike Digital Product Design org
• Driving the creation of objectives and key results and defining resourcing plans - assessing needs, making changes accordingly and advocating for headcount as needed
• Leading your team to consistently demonstrate impact on company-level objectives and key results and improving quality across the design discipline
• Setting the career development strategy, cadence and template for managers and designers
• Empowering your team to own their area's strategies based on the organization's vision
• Sourcing, attracting and retaining diverse key and senior talent - proactively building hiring pipelines and seeking and attracting the best candidates
• Evangelizing the Nike brand and Nike Digital Design culture externally as an active member of the design community
• Identifying, owning and successfully driving substantial and challenging Nike Digital Design org wide initiatives that materially improve the caliber and efficiency of the Nike Digital Design org

What you bring to Nike

• 10+ years of relevant experience in the design industry
• 2+ years of relevant experience leading a digital product design team
• A bachelor's degree in design, UX/UI design, human-computer interaction, or related field is preferred, but not required or combination of relevant education, experience, and training
• Experience managing and growing careers for designers
• Can shape the look and feel of an experience based on your vision and taste
• Works enthusiastically and collaboratively with cross-functional partners, building trusting relationships
• Impeccable attention to detail in all aspects of your team's work
• Can identify great design and provide relevant critiques of discrepancies/opportunities in the team's work
• Ability to drive initiatives that substantially increase the team's impact, influencing decisions and pursuing big ideas
• Able to clearly articulate vision and strategy to leadership
• Big picture thinking that defines and drives toward an ambitious future vision for your teams, users and the business
• Have successfully led and launched large scale cross-platform design projects (Web, Android, iOS, emails)
• Exceptional storytelling and communications skills - able to distill your work into narratives that motivate and influence cross functional/cross org teams
• Ability to champion a culture that supports and encourages diversity and inclusion
• Passion for the Nike brand, sports and for creating high-quality work
• A fascination with innovation and technology and an authority understanding of digital tools and trends
• Must submit an online portfolio with samples of design work done, to be considered for the position

Nike requires all applicants for this position to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of hire, unless otherwise required by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Nike will make accommodations to individuals who cannot be vaccinated in accordance with applicable law.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.