The Mission:

Nike does more than outfit the world's best athletes. We are a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be.

As part of the Global Design organization, our GC Design team at Nike Greater China HQ is looking for an experienced Design Director to help create the future Nike Membership experience for a billion athletes*.

The Individual:

You're known for your well-honed design skills and talent for leading teams through design projects. You're the glue between design, engineering and product. You own a project from start to finish - solving design challenges while inspiring others through your work and collaboration. You're also growing your leadership skills by being a mentor to other designers.

The Work:

* Create new high-impact products and experiences that better serve Athletes*.
* Lead Creative Direction and Design(UX & UI) of Nike's Membership and Metaverse Experience.
* Manager a team of talented Designers supported by multiple specialist agencies.
* Ideation and prototyping of future innovations for the Greater China Athlete*.
* Be a champion of Design in China, bringing those learnings to the Global Athlete*.

The Ask: * 10+ years of relevant experience in the design industry. * A bachelor's degree in design or a related field. * Experience leading managers and growing careers for seasoned designers. * Can shape the look and feel of an experience based on your vision and taste. * Can identify great design and provide meaningful critiques of discrepancies/opportunities in the team's work. * Can influence executives and drive broad-scale initiatives to completion by constantly thinking beyond current organizational needs. * Impeccable attention to detail in all aspects of your team's work. Ability to actively connect business leaders, design leaders and partners - empowering them to work together toward aligned outcomes. * Ability to use quality standards and available data to hold self/others accountable for examining decisions. * Able to define and clearly articulate vision and strategy to leadership. * Thinks and acts "big picture". * Ability to speak to technical constraints, data science, experimentation, product, brand, business and strategy - connecting across disciplines to foster stronger collaboration between teams. * Have successfully managed and launched multiple large scale cross-platform design projects (Tmall, WeChat, iOS etc). * Inspirational and masterful storyteller and communicator who can deliver a vision and a path forward. * Ability to foster a culture that supports and encourages diversity and inclusion. * Passion for the Nike brand, sport and for creating high-quality work. * A fascination with innovation and technology and an expert understanding of digital tools and trends.