Director, Mens Sportswear Apparel & Footwear Color Design

Who we are looking for

We're looking for a Director of Color Design to combine their experience, problem solving abilities, and creativity to help lead the future of Nike NSW Apparel & Footwear through a cohesive Head to Toe approach. The ideal candidate needs to elevate the Nike NSW product experience with a focus on both the art & science of Color. In this role, you will drive an emotional connection to footwear & apparel through the use of narrative and storytelling.

In this role you will be accountable to build and define the future look of NSW through color, and you will be leading the Color Design team to implement and deliver a product color strategy that combines Nike innovation and athlete insights into a cohesive Color vision across the NSW consumer journey, while partnering with additional Color, Materials and Graphics team.

What you will work on

If this is you, you will collaboratively set Color direction with other NSW Color Directors and product design leaders, to define the seasonal and evergreen color vision and execution.

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Design or related field or combination of relevant education, experience, and training
• 10 years' prior design work experience
• 2 years minimum in a management or leadership role (5 years preferred)
• Ability to mentor staff, build opportunities for staff development, make hiring decisions, and drive performance management, recognition and rewards.
• Ability to build seasonal concepts, explore new color innovations and technologies and ideas, as well as short- and long-term vision.
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge/insights to narratives and product executions.
• Ability to plan and execute the product color details and review all samples, troubleshoot for achievability issues and clearly communicate changes in order to ensure timely completion of each project
• Strong communication and relationship leadership skills
• Strong knowledge of fashion, design, design and youth culture, current and past.
• Presentation/Communication style: Clear, Concise, and Thoughtful (strong verbal and written skills). Ability to present new insights or seasonal concepts to small and large groups, including presenting to executive leaders, and external partners or customers
• Passion for storytelling with the ability to translate narratives onto physical product
• Love of sport culture, curiosity for athlete insight and connection to street style trends
• Ability to conduct in-depth research on athlete insights in order to drive innovative design solutions
• Creates and delivers powerful presentations of seasonal design proposals that effectively communicate the concept behind the line for internal and external audiences
• Shows ability to self-manage and lead a team through change and ambiguity.
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Keynote on a Mac Platform
• A positive mentality with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
• A passion for the Athlete, Sport and Culture