Sporting Fashion & Goods
Expert, Brand Experience East NA
Mid Level
New York, United States
in office
Full time
Job description
About the Role
The Experiential Expert will bring Nike's stories to life through spaces, experiences, and activations across North America. The role involves translating creative concepts into physical experiences and requires spatial thinking and an understanding of how people move, gather, and participate. The position reports to the New York-based Experience Director and collaborates with art and narrative leads, designers, writers, and producers, as well as external creative agencies, spatial designers, architects, and fabrication partners on an as-needed basis.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop concepts and designs for experiences, installations, retail doors, and community events.
- Translate creative briefs into spatial ideas, consumer journeys, layouts, and design systems.
- Communicate ideas through sketches, mood boards, 3D models, renders, and presentations.
- Design across scales, from a single interactive element to a fully realised environment.
- Explore materials, finishes, furniture, lighting, signage, and fabrication techniques.
- Partner with producers, agencies, and fabricators to carry designs from concept through installation.
- Adapt designs to different locations, budgets, and production requirements while maintaining the creative vision.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in design or related field, or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
- Minimum 8 years' experience at a creative agency, experiential studio, architecture or exhibition practice, or an in-house brand design team.
- A portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking and compelling experiential, spatial, or environmental design.
- The ability to connect storytelling, graphic design, and physical space into a cohesive experience.
- Proficiency in Rhino or SketchUp for 3D modelling; Adobe Illustrator; Photoshop; Figma.
- Experience using Vizcom and other AI visualisation tools to quickly explore concepts, materials, and spatial ideas.
- An understanding of materials, fabrication, and how designs get built.
- Strong presentation skills and the ability to explain ideas clearly.
- A collaborative, resourceful approach and comfort working across multiple projects.
- A passion for sport, youth culture, and New York's creative communities.
- A strong network of freelance creatives and agencies to bring in on a project basis.
- An appetite to challenge the norm with fresh ideas and future-forward thinking.
The Application Process
Accommodations are available to complete the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. Candidates who need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability can complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
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