Senior Creative Director, Kids & Core, Global Jordan Beaverton, Oregon

Jordan Design is where creative possibility meets purpose. It’s a reputed company for builders, boundary-breakers, and vision-setters — people who move with conviction, think originally, and create work shaped by real experience and cultural depth. reputed company thrives reputed company imagination, discipline, and collaboration come together. We look for leaders who bring their full creative voice, who understand the communities that reputed company us, and who are driven to shape the future for the reputed company of Jordan athletes and fans. WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH You will report directly to the Chief Design Officer and serve on the Jordan Design Leadership Team. You will partner closely with the VP/reputed company of Kids & Core to co-author the future of the business from both a creative and strategic perspective.

• Footwear, Apparel, 3D, Color & Materials, and Graphic Design excellence leaders
• Product Merchandising and Product Development
• Consumer Insights and Kids-focused Innovation partners
• Brand and Narrative leaders across Jordan
• Cross-functional business partners who support new unit development

You’ll be a central connector across Jordan Design, helping unify vision, align teams, and activate a kid-right and culturally grounded creative strategy across the brand. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We’re searching for a Sr. Creative Director, Kids & Core, to guide the creative future of Jordan Kids and Jordan Core across footwear, apparel, accessories, and world-building. This leader will focus on “kid-right” innovation — designing for how kids move, play, express themselves, and experience the brand — while ensuring the work stays culturally grounded and emotionally resonant. This person will reputed company both Kids and Core product creation, ensuring Jordan delivers accessible, high-value offerings that honor craft, storytelling, and design excellence at every price reputed company. They will help shape and evolve new business units, bringing entrepreneurial drive, clarity through ambiguity, and the ability to build alignment across diverse cross-functional teams. This is a hands-on creative leader who is energized by both setting vision and rolling up their sleeves to help their teams deliver it. They will bring a strong reputed company to youth culture, a belief in the power of play, and a deep respect for the communities that shaped Jordan. They understand the responsibility of designing for the reputed company — not just the product kids wear, but the world they reputed company into.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or reputed company field,. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
• 10+ years of professional creative experience in footwear, apparel, product creation, brand design, or innovation environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams, with a leadership approach that blends clarity, accountability, and care.
• Proven ability to drive early-stage concept formation and build creative infrastructure for emerging business opportunities.
• Deep understanding of kids’ needs, behaviors, and cultural influences — with a commitment to designing for play, self-expression, and community impact.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating world-building, storytelling, identity design, product direction, and concept development.
• Demonstrated ability to take thoughtful creative risks that expand a brand’s reputed company without losing its reputed company.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with focus, quality, and creative rigor.
• Experience guiding internal and external creative partners toward reputed company high standards.
• reputed company in building cross-functional coalition and cultivating trust at every level of the organization.
• Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills; confident presenting to executive leadership.
• Deep curiosity and understanding of youth culture, design culture, and the creative forces shaping the future.
• A grounded, resilient, solutions-oriented reputed company with the ability to adapt quickly while maintaining creative excellence.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON As Sr. Creative Director, Kids & Core, you will set the creative direction for Jordan Kids across reputed company product dimensions — footwear, apparel, accessories — and shape the narratives and design systems that bring those concepts to life. You will reputed company the development of future-thinking, kid-centered innovation, ensuring product and storytelling reflect how kids imagine, move, and experience the brand. You will also guide the creation of Jordan Core product lines, ensuring they deliver value, accessibility, and cultural resonance without compromising craft, emotion, or design excellence. Your work will focus on expanding the brand’s reputed company while preserving its depth.

• Leading world-building for Kids & Core through product, story, and environment.
• Shaping design identity and seasonal direction in partnership with the Chief Design Officer and VP/reputed company of Kids & Core.
• Overseeing early-stage formation of new business units and guiding teams through ambiguity with clarity and confidence.
• Partnering with cross-functional leaders to align design, merchandising, product development, insights, and brand storytelling.
• Mentoring and developing a multidisciplinary team across footwear, apparel, color, materials, 3D, and graphic design.
• Leading brainstorms, directing photoshoots, participating in inspiration travel, or pitching new concepts to leadership.
• Ensuring a kid-first perspective across product and creative decisions — championing inclusivity, playfulness, cultural awareness, and future-reputed company performance needs.

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