Senior Manager, Energy Graphic Design, Global Jordan

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Jordan Design is where creative possibility meets purpose. It’s a place for builders, boundary-breakers, and vision-setters; people who move with conviction, think originally, and create work shaped by real experience and cultural depth. Our team thrives when imagination, discipline, and collaboration come together. We look for leaders who bring their full creative voice, who understand the communities that inspire us, and who are driven to shape the future for the next generation of Jordan athletes and fans.

To excel in our Senior Manager, Energy Graphic Design role, you must hold a passion for street, sport and fashion cultures and/or adjacent sub-cultures and communities. Jordan Energy greatly values a keen sense and deep understanding of the communities, worlds and spaces that embody originality, self-expression and a mindset of defiance. Platforming the rhythm, language, icons, and unsung heroes and their global influence, this role will inspire and challenge traditional convention in translating these points of connection into ideas and concepts that honor the past, elevate the present, and ignite the future of sport and style.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Based in Beaverton, OR, as the Senior Manager, Energy Graphic Design you will be a part of the Global Jordan Energy team. This team is responsible for taking risks that drive relevance for all Jordan Sports, while exploring new spaces to incubate meaningful, net-new growth opportunities.

As the Senior Manager, Energy Graphic Design, you are an exceptional Product Design Storyteller with proven design excellence, curiosity, problem solving tenacity, and a passion for making those around them better. You will play a key role in authoring powerful narratives that inspire athletes, creatives, collaborators, franchises, and fans worldwide. You thrive in ambiguity, are driven by curiosity and lead with optimism. Your creative talent is equaled by your ability to think strategically and consciously champion ground-breaking thinking and the thinking of your teammates. You play a key role in the conceptualization, design, and development of head-to-toe graphics and branding elements. You have an affinity for world-building and storytelling through graphic design, integrating narrative elements that resonate with our consumer muse. You also play a key role in the mentoring and development of junior designers, fostering their growth and skills within the design team and Jordan Design community.

You have a passion for innovation and an eye for blending sport culture and irreverent style. You are skilled and experienced at driving a design vision and direction and strategy, while remaining hands-on in product creation, ideation and the product development process. You thrive in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environments and embraces ambiguity and a dynamic workflow. You navigate diverse personalities with ease and can bring a partner’s vision to life while staying true to our brand ethos and identity.

You listen deeply, respond quickly, and step into gaps without being asked. You bring purpose to your craft and take pride in delivering work that is both imaginative and impactful. You know how to rally cross-functional partners around a compelling vision, and do it with clarity, ownership, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. You are a creative leader and teammate who elevates the room.

You know how to push an idea further, clarify what’s missing, and bring structure to ambiguity. You work confidently across product categories, from trend discovery and experiential direction to product storytelling and graphic language. You stay tapped into the communities and cultures that drive the game and bring that fluency into every concept you touch.

• An experienced Graphic Designer and leader with a strong foundation across footwear, apparel, accessories, and lifestyle, capable of leading graphic design expression across all pillars within the Energy category construct.

• A true player/coach, expected to actively design and contribute at a high level; owning key bodies of work, seasonal moments, and special projects, while simultaneously coaching, reviewing, and elevating the output of the broader graphic design team.

• A trusted creative partner and cultural translator, skilled at collaborating with internal teams and external partners; including collaborators, entertainers, artists, and retail doors, while upholding brand standards and ensuring work feels authentic, intentional, and grounded in culture.

• A strong creative lead with refined taste and point of view, able to set clear direction for the graphic design team, translate seasonal concepts into compelling visual systems, and know when to push, refine, or edit to deliver high-quality outcomes.

• A highly organized systems thinker, comfortable operating in ambiguity, managing multiple timelines and workstreams, and navigating cross-functional constraints while maintaining clarity, momentum, and creative excellence.

• A people-focused leader and coach, responsible for overseeing graphic design talent across the category, fostering growth, accountability, and collaboration, and creating an environment where designers feel supported and challenged to do their best work.

• A strategic contributor who understands how graphic design supports brand equity, storytelling, and commercial impact, and can balance long-term creative vision with near-term seasonal and business needs.

• Deeply curious and culturally fluent, plugged into design, music, fashion, sport, and emerging creative communities, using insight and observation and not trend-chasing to inform graphic design decisions.

• Comfortable operating with senior leaders, presenting work clearly, incorporating feedback effectively, and partnering closely with the Sr. Global Creative Director and Energy Design Directors to bring category-wide creative vision to life.

• An innovative problem solver, capable of translating big ideas into scalable graphic systems and executions, moving work from concept through production with rigor and consistency.

• Responsible for delivering cohesive seasonal graphic narratives, blending streetwear, sport, and emerging cultural spaces across Jordan categories (Basketball, Streetwear, Global Football, American Football, Baseball, Golf, Training, etc.) in partnership with cross-functional teams.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

The future belongs not to those who repeat the past, but to those who dare to reimagine it. To create something that matters. You are a brand guardian who is curious, connected, active participants in various subculture communities. You see unique opportunities to take risks, expand perception, celebrate brand values, accelerate the business and advance the notion of sport culture through thought provoking intersections with cultural influencers.

In this leadership role you will develop the strategy to grow and maintain Jordan’s presence in the zeitgeist and ensure that we are always at the center of the intersection of court, culture and community. These responsibilities include:

• Help shape and drive graphic design direction across the White Spaces, Ignite and Sub-labels & Brand Partnerships divisions of Jordan Energy, translating category and seasonal vision into cohesive graphic systems across footwear, apparel, accessories, and emerging product expressions.

• Operate as a player/coach, actively designing and owning key graphic executions and seasonal moments while leading, coaching, and reviewing the work of the graphics design team to ensure consistency, quality, and impact.

• Lead execution of graphic concepts from idea through delivery, championing product integrity, innovation, and performance while overseeing multiple initiatives across timelines and platforms.

• Develop and apply graphic design strategies that elevate seasonal storytelling, ensuring excellence through strong conceptual thinking, craft, and attention to detail.

• Manage design presentations and communication, clearly articulating graphic intent and decisions to cross-functional partners, ensuring projects meet creative standards, timelines, and business requirements.

• Serve as a key driver of innovation within the category, identifying opportunities to push graphic expression into new spaces while maintaining alignment with Jordan Energy and Jordan Brand principles.

• Partner closely with collaborators and external entities, translating partner narratives into compelling graphic storytelling systems that feel authentic, culturally relevant, and on-brand across product and consumer touch points.

• Lead and align graphic design efforts across pillars, setting clear direction, design standards, and ways of working that enable cohesive, high-impact execution across multiple product platforms and seasons.

• Act as a senior creative partner to internal stakeholders, navigating complexity, incorporating feedback, and balancing creative ambition with operational realities and brand integrity.

• Contribute to the identification and cultivation of external creative talent, supporting collaborations with designers, artists, studios, and cultural partners.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

This role reports to the Sr. Global Creative Director of Jordan Energy. You will partner closely with the Design Directors of the White Spaces, Ignite and Sub-labels & Brand Partnerships teams respectively, along with cross-functional leads across Brand and Brand Creative, Entertainment Marketing, Product Management and Merchandising. Additionally, you will partner with leads across Streetwear and Sport Fields of Play, leading and fostering relationships with both internal and external partners to create a cohesive vision across all Energy categories. Building strong partnerships within the design community and cross-functional teams will be central to your success. You will lead a team of graphics designers across various levels; fostering a culture of collaboration and encouraging the exploration of new ideas and taking calculated risks to generate unseen possibilities.

WHAT YOU BRING TO JORDAN

A successful candidate will be expected to clearly demonstrate and articulate experience in the essential requirements below, to be considered. Candidates that meet these criteria will then be assessed based on the competencies also outlined below.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 8+ years' experience of graphic design, preferably in product (footwear/apparel) creation or in an agency

• Prior experience leading or mentoring designers in a senior or manager-level role strongly preferred.

• A strong, well-curated graphic design portfolio is required, demonstrating excellence across research, concept development, visual storytelling, process, and final execution. Portfolio must show both individual craft and collaborative work across complex projects.

• Proven ability to operate as a player/coach, contributing hands-on graphic design work while simultaneously guiding, mentoring, and elevating the output of a broader design team.

• Expert-level graphic design skills, including ideation, design development, specification, and final execution, with a strong understanding of typography, color theory, brand identity, and visual systems across product and storytelling platforms.

• High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is required; working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop strongly preferred. Familiarity with 3D design tools is a plus, with curiosity and willingness to learn expected.

• Demonstrated experience translating research, cultural insight, and narratives into compelling graphic systems, balancing innovation, performance, and style.

• Strong storytelling and communication skills, both visual and verbal, with the ability to clearly present, defend, and evolve design concepts with cross-functional partners, senior leadership, and external collaborators.

• Experience working across multiple timelines and levels of complexity, effectively prioritizing workload across short- and long-term projects while maintaining creative excellence and attention to detail.

• Comfort collaborating across disciplines and functions, with the ability to influence diverse perspectives and personalities to achieve high-quality, aligned outcomes.

• A culturally fluent mindset, well-informed and connected to sport, streetwear, graphic design, music, and emerging creative communities; using insight, not trend-chasing, to inform work.

• A resilient, solutions-oriented approach, thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while adapting quickly to shifting business needs without sacrificing creative integrity.

• A passion for mentorship and team development, demonstrating self-awareness and the ability to reflect on strengths, growth areas, and learnings; both personally and in support of others.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.