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Nike

Senior Creative Operations

Nike, Beaverton, Oregon, us, 97078

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Our Brand Creative team is at the heart of Nike’s storytelling, pushing boundaries and creating powerful stories about sport, athletes, and innovation. We take risks, break rules, and craft the unexpected. We flourish on bold creativity, fearless experimentation, and radical collaboration.

Creative Operations manages creative ways of working, improving collaboration, reducing bottlenecks, increasing efficiency and managing resources. In short, Creative Operations drives operational clarity and establish the seasonal project priorities for Brand Creative.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR Brand Creative Operations is seeking an experienced operations professional who is highly organized, detail-oriented, and a strategic problem-solver. You’ll collaborate with teams across the organization to find efficient and effective solutions that support the smooth running of the creative studio. In this role, clear communication is key. Curiosity and attention to detail are essential, along with the ability to scope and estimate project size and volume, and support the team in managing creative staffing, capacity, and bandwidth.

Key Capabilities

Adaptability & Strategic Support:

Support senior team members in tasks that enable strategic planning. Demonstrate flexibility and initiative in ambiguous situations.

Organization & Detail Orientation:

Maintain highly organized workflows to deliver clear operational information.

Tech Fluency:

Use tools to centralize documentation and stay current with technology (e.g., AirTable, Figma, Keynote).

Communication:

Share updates clearly, lift issues appropriately, and contribute actively to team dialogue.

Initiative:

Show curiosity and initiative in learning, seek feedback and apply it quickly.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Up-front Seasonal Project Planning:

Support the Brand Creative Operations Director and Brand Creative Planning team to vet seasonal project requests and estimate project needs to ensure accurate scoping and resourcing.

Project Scoping and Timelines:

Establish realistic schedules based on key project dates and marketing codes to inform project kick-off.

In-Season Scope Management:

Flag and assess scope increases in collaboration with Production, Creative Leadership and Creative Operations.

Project & Time Off Tracking:

Provide accurate updates through centralized tools and ensure visibility into policies.

Conduit Between Global, Geo, and City Workstreams:

Facilitate communication across Nike divisions to establish clarity, consistency, and efficiency.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Relationships:

Partner with brand and creative teams to understand project details, expectations, and process alignment.

Process Innovation:

Identify operational opportunities and develop new processes to streamline and improve efficiency.

Tool Improvement & Alignment:

Drive tool alignment and improvement initiatives to enable streamlined collaboration.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH Reporting to the Creative Operations Director, you will collaborate with other Senior and Lead Creative Operations team members. Key partners include Brand Planning & Operations, Brand and Creative Leadership, Finance, and Production Leads.

WHAT YOU BRING TO NIKE

3+ years of experience in Creative Operations, Creative Project Management, Creative Administration, or Production

Proven experience managing complex timelines, budgets, and deliverables

Ability to streamline and optimize complex processes

Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong team-player mindset

Forward-thinking, solutions-oriented, and entrepreneurial approach

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment

Passion for creativity and staying current with technology (AirTable, Figma, Keynote, AI)

Understanding of brand marketing initiatives and frameworks

Familiarity with Nike’s internal matrix (bonus)

Experience in digital environments (bonus)

Demonstrated alignment with team principles

Embraces the unknown and adapts confidently to ambiguity and change

Seeks inspiration in new challenges and opportunities

Obsessed with craft, striving for excellence in every detail

Prioritizes team success, collaboration, and mutual support

Speaks up with conviction, contributing ideas and feedback openly and respectfully

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.

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