Senior Apparel Designer
Senior Apparel Designer - NIKE, Inc. - Beaverton, OR. Design Nike product through practical insights, knowledge of construction, trims, and materials to produce innovative apparel that reflect Nike design ethos and philosophies; develop concept and seasonal designs that may span across a variety of product types including lifestyle, performance, gender-fluid, knits, woven, tops, and bottoms; attend fit sessions with a discerning eye to develop premier product with a stitch-for-stitch obsession across various levels of distribution and price-point; partner across design, business, materials, and categories to ideate, present, develop, and problem-solve through every step towards commercialization; oversee wear-testing processes, managing product costs, developing concepts and mockups, and material development; prepare presentation materials around seasonal design narratives, toolboxes, and frameworks to communicate design-intent across styles and collections: help support teammates across various needs and share knowledge to develop talent across our team; work with cross-functional members within Nike in graphic design, color design, technical design, costing & sourcing, and product line management; build relationships with Nike product categories, innovation, and material development counterparts; and work across a number of functions all with the goal of achieving commercial-ready products on-time and on-budget. Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S., except from AK, AL, AR, DE, HI, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, RI, SD, VT, WV, and WY.
Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, or Apparel design and two (2) years of experience in job offered or in a designer-related occupation.
Experience must include:
Pattern making
Illustration
3D rendering (CLO)
Apparel Design
Material/Textile design
Technical Design
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
BOM Creation
Proto type fit comments
Technical drawing and specification package creation
Negotiating cost of goods
Design to factory process coordination
Presenting creative concepts
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