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divh2Senior Creative Director/h2pIn this position, you will report directly to the VP Creative Director of Sport and manage a team focused on footwear apparel, product, graphic, color, and material design. Youll work closely with colleagues in design, product management, global merchandising, brand marketing, and development across various business areas to maintain consistency and alignment. Additionally, youll collaborate with the wider sport design teams to support a unified strategic direction./ppWe are seeking a Senior Creative Director to shape, inspire, and guide the creative vision and teams through world-building concepts, Nike-exclusive products, and athlete-focused key looks, ensuring a comprehensive approach from start to finish. In this role, you will oversee a small, agile team and be responsible for setting the design direction and implementing initiatives that will shape the future of design for Nike Tennis./ppKey experiences we are seeking for this position:/pulliBachelors degree in design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training/lili10+ years of professional creative experience in footwear, apparel, or product creation./liliPrior senior design leadership experience in design, brand, innovation, and/or leading a creative team at scale./liliExpertise in setting and driving comprehensive design strategy and creative direction at scale?./liliExperience working across multiple initiatives and objectives across the enterprise. ?/liliDemonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams and influence cross-functional partners effectively?./liliExceptional storytelling, communication, and presentation skills?./liliAbility to operate at visionary, strategical and tactical levels?./liliStrong design intuition combined with business acumen and strategic thinking./li/ulpThis role requires agility, managing ambiguity, a prioritization mindset, and the ability to connect across multiple functions including brand, merchandising, geos and product creation teams./pulliBuild long term vision and seasonal creative direction./liliDevelop a 3-5 year strategy in collaboration with the GM, while partnering alongside the Brand Director and Product Directors./liliBuild and land the design innovation roadmap for Tennis in partnership with NXT design leaders./liliInitiate design explorations with teams to build seasonal direction./liliCreate seasonal creative direction including seasonal concept(s), product creative direction, colors, graphics and materials direction in collaboration with the Tennis design leadership team and leveraging Brand creative direction from Design Leadership?./liliBuild design foundations for Nike Tennis: elevate and hold brand standards on products, design best practices and ground in fundamentals for Tennis across footwear apparel (science) and blend with end-in-mind expertise (athlete and retail).?/liliCreate an engaging high-performing design environment: build best-in-class environment for designers and build high performing teams./liliFrom creative direction to products in store: ensure end to end design approach through concept, products, head to toe looks and cohesive Tennis seasonal collections (new styles + carry-overs)./li/ulpWe 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./p/div