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Jordan Design is where creative possibility meets purpose. It’s a place for builders, boundary-breakers, and vision-setters; people who move with conviction, think originally, and create work shaped by real experience and cultural depth. Our team thrives when imagination, discipline, and collaboration come together. We look for leaders who bring their full creative voice, who understand the communities that inspire us, and who are driven to shape the future for the next generation of Jordan athletes and fans. The Jordan Streetwear TCOE Graphics Team creates the future of sport by exploring the intersection of Fashion, Community, and Culture through authentic, narrative-driven graphic design. This team brings inspiration and innovation to some of the world’s biggest stages and the most passionate athletes all over the world. WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON The future belongs not to those who repeat the past, but to those who dare to reimagine it. To create something that matters. In this leadership role you will be responsible for the conceptualizing narratives across multiple tee collections through Graphic Visual Centers and Presentations. If this is you, you’ll be working with Product and Design leads aligning on construction, development, insights, and various presentation gates. A typical day/week consists of working closely with your Apparel Design and Product Management leaders and teammates to ensure we’re creating the future of Jordan Streetwear. This can range from leading brainstorm sessions on creative strategies to meetings designed to review graphics, apparel and color designs to achieve the desired goal. Responsibilities include: Help shape and drive graphic design direction across the Men’s and Women’s Collections across multiple seasons, Geographies, and Distribution. Create T-Shirt graphics that can be translated across apparel, footwear, and accessories. Drive execution of graphic concepts from idea through delivery, championing product integrity, innovation, and performance while overseeing multiple initiatives across timelines and platforms. Develop and apply graphic design strategies that elevate seasonal storytelling, ensuring excellence through strong conceptual thinking, craft, and attention to detail. Manage design presentations and communication, clearly articulating graphic intent and decisions to cross-functional partners, ensuring projects meet creative standards, timelines, and business requirements. Serve as a driver of innovation within the category, identifying opportunities to push graphic expression into new spaces while maintaining alignment with Jordan Streetwear and Jordan Brand principles. Act as a creative partner to internal stakeholders, navigating complexity, incorporating feedback, and balancing creative ambition with operational realities and brand integrity. WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH This role reports to the Director of Jordan TCOE Graphics of Jordan Streetwear. You will partner closely with the Design Leadership and designers across Streetwear Apparel, Color, and Footwear Design, along with cross-functional leads across Tech Design, Product Management, and Merchandising. You will contribute to a team of graphics designers across various levels; fostering a culture of collaboration and encouraging the exploration of new ideas and taking calculated risks to generate unseen possibilities. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR As the Expert Designer, Jordan Streetwear TCOE Graphic Tees you will help define and lead the future of the Streetwear Offense at Jordan. We are looking for an exceptional Graphic Design Storyteller with proven design excellence, enthusiasm, curiosity for creative problem solving, and a passion for sport. Their creative talent is equaled by their ability to think strategically and consciously champion ground-breaking thinking and the thinking of their teammates. They play a key role in the conceptualization, design, and development of apparel graphics and branding elements. These designers have an affinity for world-building and storytelling through graphic design, integrating narrative elements that resonate with consumers and athletes. WHAT YOU BRING TO JORDAN A successful candidate will be expected to clearly demonstrate and articulate experience in the essential requirements below, to be considered. Candidates that meet these criteria will then be assessed based on the competencies also outlined below. Essential Requirements: TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST SUBMIT A CREATIVE DESIGN PORTFOLIO. PLEASE PROVIDE WEBSITE LINKS OR ATTACH PDF FILES WHEN YOU APPLY. Minimum of 8+ years relevant Design work experience in a related field BA/BFA preferred in Graphic Design, or will accept equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, and training Well-curated portfolio showcasing a variety of projects that demonstrate a strong, effective methodology for research, inspiration, design development, problem solving, process, and final execution. Expert-level graphic design skills, including ideation, design development, specification, and final execution, with a strong understanding of typography, color theory, brand identity, and visual systems across product and storytelling platforms. Contribution to the initiation, development and implementation of in-depth research leading to distinct product story-telling A positive attitude while working on projects with challenging briefs and through ambiguity to successful completion. Experience working across multiple timelines and levels of complexity, effectively prioritizing workload across short- and long-term projects while maintaining creative excellence and attention to detail. Prioritizing workload across short-term and long-range projects with varying levels of complexity. Demonstrates self-awareness, with ability to articulate their strengths, opportunities, and takeaways. Well informed and stays connected to sport, cultural and graphic design trends. Advancing knowledge of product design, including ideation, development, specification, and final execution of designs that balance innovation, performance, and style. High Degree of proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop is a must. Familiarity with Rendering/3D design tools is a plus, with curiosity and willingness to learn expected. Creatively agile and adept in innovative thinking, visioning and problem solving. Expert narrative development and communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver project presentations to Senior leadership and External Partners A deep understanding of Typography, Color Theory, Brand Identity, and Design Principles Excelling communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams Must have a passion for storytelling and the ability to translate narratives into compelling visual elements that can translate to product Excellent collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure product and team excellence A proven ability to present design concepts and strategies to key stakeholders, articulating the vision and rationale behind creative decisions. A passion for mentorship and team development, demonstrating self-awareness and the ability to reflect on strengths, growth areas, and learnings; both personally and in support of others. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form. 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.
