About the role
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You will drive the graphic vision and creative strategy for NSW T-Shirts while partnering across apparel design, product creation, merchandising, storytelling, marketing, development, and product management. You will influence stakeholders, balance multiple priorities, support design feasibility, and help deliver product aligned with the Nike Design Ethos and business objectives.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for an exceptional design storyteller with proven creative excellence, strategic thinking, curiosity, and a passion for creating meaningful consumer experiences through graphic design. This designer will help shape the future of NSW T-Shirt graphics across the Men's and Women's businesses by creating compelling narratives, visual systems, and consumer-right graphic expressions that celebrate sport, culture, and lifestyle. You bring a genuine passion for understanding consumers and culture and continually explore trends, behaviors, visual culture, and marketplace dynamics to uncover opportunities for meaningful product storytelling.
- TO BE CONSIDERED, YOU MUST SUBMIT A CREATIVE DESIGN PORTFOLIO. PLEASE PROVIDE WEBSITE LINKS OR ATTACH PDF FILES WHEN YOU APPLY.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Graphic Design or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
- 7+ years of graphic design experience, with a strong understanding of contemporary design, fashion, sport, and cultural trends.
- Proven ability to translate consumer insights into authentic narratives and visual storytelling, supported by consumer research, cultural exploration, and trend forecasting.
- Strong visual, verbal, and presentation communication skills; deep understanding of apparel product creation and development processes; and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and relevant digital design tools.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
You will develop seasonal graphic narratives, concept stories, and graphic collections across the NSW T-Shirt business for Men's and Women's product. You will translate consumer and cultural insights into compelling design solutions and partner across the product creation process to bring concepts from early exploration through production.
- Build seasonal storytelling frameworks, graphic narratives, and coordinated collections.
- Research consumer behavior, cultural movements, visual trends, and marketplace dynamics to identify relevant creative opportunities.
- Translate research and insights into original graphic concepts, visual systems, and product-ready design solutions.
- Partner with design, development, product management, merchandising, storytelling, and marketing teams from concept through production.
- Create clear presentation materials and communicate design rationale, creative direction, and strategic recommendations to stakeholders.
- Balance multiple projects and seasonal priorities while maintaining creative quality, feasibility, and alignment with Nike brand standards.
- Contribute to an inclusive, collaborative design culture by inviting diverse perspectives and giving and receiving constructive feedback.
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 .
