Nike Local Creation GC is one of the fastest product engines at Nike, enabling designers to connect with geo-specific consumers quickly and effectively. Reporting to the Local Creation Design organization, this role focuses on creating inspiring products tailored to specific marketplaces and geographic audiences, capturing fast-moving trends and delivering regionally relevant narratives with flexibility and speed. Local Creation team’s mission is to amplify and incubate new ideas while driving and extending consumer favorites, serving local consumers with executions that offer greater relevance and immediacy. We seek a candidate who embodies our values of authenticity, accountability, collaboration, and courage—someone eager to grow, challenge themselves, and act independently as a self-driven contributor.
We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Apparel Design Local Creation GC to join our dynamic and fast-paced design team. This role will be based in Shanghai, China and will work closely with cross-functional partners across design, product management, development, merchandising and marketing. The ideal candidate is a seasoned creative leader that has diverse experience in the apparel industry who is able to manage a team of designers to drive and execute apparel products within our brands . They will work on creation of apparel products across various GC Consumers Sport & Lifestyle business opportunities and be able to run and execution of multiple categories in a hyper-local lens for our target consumers. This designer has a strong eye for detail, a passion and expertise for premium craft, and the ability to create highly covetable product that connects with the Greater China consumer through authentic local narratives. They can operate independently, drive brand vision and mentor creativity within the team, navigate ambiguity, manage multiple timelines, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to bring ideas from concept through execution.
This is a people leadership role reporting to the Director, Apparel Design, Local Creation GC. In this role, you will partner closely with cross-functional teammates across the product creation process to deliver innovative and consumer-right product solutions for the Greater China marketplace.
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GC Apparel and Footwear Design teammates across categories
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GC Product Management and Development teams
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GC Merchandising and Marketing partners
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Global Design counterparts and Nike Creative stakeholders
You’ll also engage with external vendors and suppliers to bring your designs to life, ensuring alignment with Nike’s brand standards and regional consumer expectations.