Lead Designer, Kids & ACG Styling Excellence

Part of the Global Nike Concept Team, the Styling function sits at the heart of the product lifecycle process from conceptual ideas to retail reality. The team co-creates the head-to-toe styling strategy and supports the end-in-mind vision for how Nike products come to life. Candidates for this role must be collaborative, imaginative, and tactical, as they will turn creative strategy and big ideas into a head-to-toe styling perspective for Nike Kids & ACG. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR The candidate is an editor, effective communicator and a collaborative teammate, focused on crafting styling direction for Kids & ACG, and capable of bringing it to life through presentations, physical spaces, and photoshoots. You must have a passion for sport and fashion, committed to staying on top of current and future trends in design, creative and youth culture, with the ability to turn insights and research into a styling strategy that can guide how our products come to life. You can think strategically, demonstrate your expertise and influence decision making. You are a multi-faceted stylist who loves bold thinking and crafting compelling materials that will bring it to life. WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• As part of the Global Concept Team, you will co-create the vision for how Nike Kids & ACG come to life for the consumer, supporting the delivery of an upstream strategy that has end-in-mind reach.
• You’ll work with the Creative Directors, Concepts, Product Design, Merchandising, Marketing and VM teams to build direction that will influence Brand Campaigns, the Retail Experience and our Digital Channels.
• A given week can consist of brainstorms, photoshoots, inspirational moments gathering styling insights, planning and building tools, all while pitching your work to cross-functional teams.
• A Nike Product expert, you will juggle multiple seasons at any given time supporting various internal & external productions.
• You’ll collaborate with the Creative Directors, Concepts & Merchandising to identify key looks for seasonal projects. You will then partner with Styling Excellence & Brand Creative to ensure the design vision is brought to life.
• You will support building tools and brand standards to demonstrate styling excellence.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH The Senior Stylist for Kids & ACG reports to the Senior Director, Styling Excellence, and works end-to-end to define and support the process for how we bring our product to life. Primary functional relationships include:

• Concepts
• Design
• Merchandising
• Operations

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• Solid portfolio of relevant work, displaying a passion for the art and science of Styling, preferably from editorial to everyday.
• A positive mentality with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external stylists.
• Ability to orchestrate collaboration across a network of functions to influence decisions and drive change upstream.
• Bachelor's Degree in Fashion, Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Design or related field.Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• Ideal candidate has some experience styling in-house at a Brand.
• Highly developed curiosity and knowledge of fashion and youth culture, current and past.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, proficient in Keynote, Excel and Photoshop.
• Mac proficiency and experience in Figma, Miro and Airtable strongly preferred.
• Excellent influencing & negotiating skills required.
• Ability to travel approximately 2 times per year.

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. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job