Design Innovation Director
Job Location: Beaverton, OR
As our Designer Innovation Director for the Nike Foundation, you will
drive and lead the creation of extraordinary and innovative products
and experiences for girls in the developing world that will equip
them with the assets required to elevate them out of poverty. You
will evolve, lead and own a range of girl effect products and
experiences that deliver global results for girls. You will work with
Global Partnerships Director to inspire partners to customize and
deliver products themselves. You will be the ambassador for design
innovation, sharing inspirational thinking and work across the
organization. You will build strategies with a view to long-term
sustainable growth opportunities for girls. You will identify and
embrace potential partners and resources from all sectors that
support such strategy. As part of the Creative Development team, you
will direct/design and develop integrated ground-breaking products
and experience solutions to revolutionize International Development
and energize the design/communications industry. You will become an
ambassador for the work, undertaking high profile speaking
opportunities as appropriate. You will innovate and embrace
in-country opportunities including extensive digital solutions to
achieve massive scale in challenging environments. Working with HR
and the GM Creative Development, You will appoint, assign and lead a
world-class team located in London and Beaverton and co-manage a
country design team. You will extend the team to embrace a range of
highly talented external design leaders to add value to the team. In
conjunction with the GM, Creative Development, You will appoint and
direct design and innovation agencies and resources to develop
world-class, ground-breaking youth-focused design solutions for the
girl effect. You will convene and facilitate a wide-range of
stakeholders and innovators to maximize effectiveness of all design
projects. You will ensure girls are fully integrated into the design
process. You will work closely with the Technical Girl Expertise and
Insights teams to ensure deep understanding of girls. You will
incorporate a range of existing internal and external girl expertise
to maximize design effectiveness and credence. You will work with the
Technical Girl Expertise team and Country Directors to develop
in-country teams that deliver ground-breaking solutions in focus
countries (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Northern Nigeria). You will support
development of locally sourced teams and resources to ensure deep
cultural relevance. You will form a close working relationship with
the GM, Creative Development, Insights and Creative Planning Director
and Brand and Creative Director such that this leadership team builds
a reputation for ground-breaking insights, communications, innovation
and tangible, measurable results for girls. You will advise and
support a range of DFID (and potentially other partner) scale design
projects to maximize the impact of the girl effect beyond direct Nike
Foundation/Girl Hub projects. You will allocate budgets and manage
funds for multi $M projects. Additionally, you will work with key
partners to measure and prove the impact of our design innovation in
delivering results for girls.296344
Qualifications
Requirements for this position include:
- Bachelor's degree in Design or related field preferred
- Minimum 8-9 years related experience
- Design innovation mastery
- Product and/or experience design
- Brand leadership experience
- Communications and networking
- Resourceful
- Entrepreneurial and commercial
- Innovative
- Insight driven
- Cultural sensitivity
- Curious and perceptive
- People management skills (approx. 6 core team+fellows+country teams)
- Ability to travel
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Received on 2012-01-27 12:19:49