Expert Designer, Golf Footwear Product Design Create
Nike Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Retail · 10,001+ employees
About the role
You will lead the design and execution of innovative Nike Golf footwear, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and aesthetic excellence. The role involves creating technical drawings, prototyping concepts, and defining the future look of golf products through athlete-informed insights.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in product design or a related field and at least 8 years of experience in footwear design. Proficiency in design software like Photoshop and Illustrator, along with strong sketching and manufacturing knowledge, is required.
Benefits
Full description
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
We’re looking for an Expert Designer, Golf Footwear Design. This is a role that is deeply focused on craft, problem solving and design execution. You will help create the future look of Nike Golf Footwear design product that delivers athlete-right, industry-leading solutions.
As an Expert Designer in Golf Footwear, you will be working together with a project team of different professionals (engineering, product management, marketing, merchandising, testing, product development, costing) and collaborating within the design community (industrial designers, materials, color, graphics, 3D).
You'll partner with your category team members in design, development and product management to ensure feasibility of designs, meeting price point, merchandising needs and product creation timelines. You will work under the direction of our Golf Sr Creative Director and will present your design concepts to various audiences.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Expert Designer, Golf Footwear Design is a critical partner to help define the future of Golf at Nike. We are looking for an exceptional designer with proven design excellence, enthusiasm, curiosity for creative problem solving, and a passion for sport. Other key skills include:
- Bachelor's Degree in product design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- Ability to work by sketching, cobbling and with 3d tools to bring to life your ideas.
- A future thinker that is curious to seek and solve problems, serving Golf athletes.
- Ability to create technical drawings of designs to communicate with factories. Bachelor's Degree in product design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- 8+ years experience designing and developing innovative footwear products
- Previous footwear design experience required
- Proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator skills; 3D design program experience a plus
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes, plastics, and other engineering materials are ideal
- Engagement with athletes and external partners
- Cobbling and prototyping skills are a plus
- Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills
- Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials
- Must be able to generate a broad range of concepts and solutions for each project
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
In this role, you will shape the future of Nike Golf Footwear—crafting new standards of fit, form, and construction at the intersection of performance, innovation, and style. You'll build innovative, athlete insight-informed footwear designs that advance the product and performance and aesthetic for the Golf consumer. You'll actively seek authoritative recommendations to develop designs with regard to testing, manufacturability, sustainability, and aesthetic finish.
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.
