Lead Visual & Motion Designer

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.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $112,600.00 in our lowest geographic market to $251,800.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Who We Are

Information about benefits can be found here .

Nike Virtual Studios is building the future of how audiences engage with sport, product, content, and culture. We are leveraging the power of blockchain technologies to build immersive experiences that empower creator and gamer communities and shape culture like never before.

At Nike Virtual Studios, our designers are relentless in their desire to create work that goes beyond the expected. They are tenacious problem solvers who stand up passionately for our audience and experience. They are key-players across teams, are highly collaborative, and enjoy working closely with specialists striving towards a common goal.

Our brand designers set the visual design direction, establish brand frameworks, thrive in workshops and presentations, and know how to achieve the highest standards in their craft!

Who You Are

Proven in your area of expertise, youll be encouraged to champion design thinking, elevate the process of craft and be seen as a source of inspiration and knowledge beyond the design team at NVS.

You will work alongside brand designers, product designers, and other multi-disciplinary teams. You will report to an Art Director, and be expected to lead creative work streams and be part of crafting the brand approach through visuals and motion. Youll be as curious and interested in the process of visual and motion design as you are the craft and aesthetic, exploring new ways of creating and injecting current and future trends into everything you do.

You will thrive in the culture of the team, and be committed to serving the NVS goals. Pragmatic and calm under pressure, you understand how you present your work is as important as the work itself.

Key Accountabilities

Digital Brand Design

• Use advanced visual & motion design skills to create original, innovative designs that appropriately reflect .SWOOSH's design philosophy and standards
• Ensure alignment with existing design language and interaction patterns
• Understand and apply new technologies that bring innovation to your designs and development process
• Contribute to strategic thinking and understand how to create designs that can be measured against their objectives
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Work at pace in agile sprint cycles while collaborating with other team members
• Know your way around complex design systems and how to use them
• Create a range of design outputs from conceptual layouts / templates & components / design system assets / animations / motion guidelines / video editing / interactive designs / brand guidelines / social media assets / presentations

COMMUNICATION/COLLABORATION

• Communicate brand design strategy to various internal and external audiences with support of Art Director
• Effectively handle stakeholder requirements and priorities and collaborate with them as partners
• Produce presentation materials in conjunction with the Design and Category Teams that effectively communicate the concept behind the line for internal and external audiences
• Work seamlessly with a cross-functional team to create a best-in-class brand experience
• Effectively manage your time to achieve project milestones and deliverables
• Present your work to the design team and other colleagues, explaining your design process and rationale
• Have a keen interest in how people interact with brands and products, specifically in the sneaker, Metaverse, Web3, and Blockchain space

PROCESS/TIMELINE

• Ensure deliverables and deadlines are met
• Work with the defined project management tools including Slack and Asana
• Work with design leadership and category team members in Design, Marketing and Visual Curation/Creation and Product to ensure feasibility of designs, strategy needs and product creation timelines

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

• Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment!
• Participate in activities that will increase understanding and working knowledge of the product development process and commercialization process
• Build a deep understanding and groundbreaking knowledge of market trends and new technologies that may be used to enhance the digital design process

Qualities & Experience.

• Bonus: Ability to work in a 3-D environment
• Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible digital design & motion experience demonstrating solid design skills (e.g. ideation, branding, typography, illustration, animation/motion, and digital presentation)
• Experience working for a brand in-house or agency-side
• Excellent skills with design applications (Figma, the Adobe Creative Suite - specifically After Effects)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

This role is open to work in Los Angeles, CA, Beaverton, OR, or New York City, NY.

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.

How We Hire

At NIKE, Inc. we promise to provide a premium, inclusive, compelling and authentic candidate experience. Delivering on this promise means we allow you to be at your best - and to do that, you need to understand how the hiring process works. Transparency is key.

• This overview explains our hiring process for corporate roles. Note there may be different hiring steps involved for non-corporate roles

Benefits

Whether it's transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness - inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential.