NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

The NIKE, Inc. Communications team develops, establishes and strengthens authentic connections with diverse audiences through the lens of innovation and sport. The team creates premium and innovative brand stories, builds and enhances corporate reputation and brand equity, and engages audiences such as consumers, media, athletes, investors, non-governmental organizations and Nike’s own employees. The team focuses on information, inspiration and connection to accelerate the growth of NIKE, Inc. Communications, ignite conversations, envision the possibilities, and influence and deliver new levels of creative and strategic thinking to advance the brand around the world.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a transformative and passionate Sr. Professional to join our Global Employee & Executive Communications team. This role helps lead our internal global activations and experiences strategy for employees and drives innovative, experiential and high visibility programming globally, from our World Headquarters in Beaverton, OR. The role also supports our Executive Communications strategy and execution, both internally and externally. The role is responsible for ensuring we think globally and our employee engagement resonates in other locations and across our distributed workforce around the world.

A strong candidate brings a background and love for concepting, focused on immersive and engaging employee experiences through new approaches, formats and platforms. They are savvy when it comes to virtual and hybrid physical/digital experiences, executive and editorial communications, and brings ideas for demonstrating new ways to reach global employee audiences in creative ways.

They are bold and strategic when it comes to pitching ideas, and at the same time, they understand how to oversee a well-run and efficient event/experience including the basics of budgets, timelines, etc. They love sports and have a strong knowledge in sport culture, and they are excited to create some magical moments for employees centered around sport, product innovation, brand and athlete storytelling, anchored by Nike’s mission. 

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll be an important part of our Global Employee and Executive Communications team. You will create, socialize, direct and deliver a global strategy that brings our NIKE, Inc. narrative to life in meaningful, fun and innovative ways for employees.

You will:

• Design and produce experiences on a global scale, at our World Headquarters, and create events and programs that Nike locations around the world can implement, in support of our company narrative
• Play an integral role leading and driving strategy, planning and production for global employee engagement, and executive-focused leadership engagements, across all employee audiences
• Partner closely across the Employee & Executive Communications team to drive collaboration across experiences, editorial, and executive comms workstreams.
• Support Nike’s Executive Communications as we continue to build our Executive communications journey, both internally and externally
• Provide partnership, guidance, toolkits and best practices to Communications teammates working across our geographies and functions to amplify and deliver on the global plan
• Oversee agency relationships and cultivate new relationships with creative partners to ensure the experiences we deliver are best in class
• Work collaboratively across the Employee & Executive Communications team, partnering closely with editorial and retail to build one cohesive plan
• Bring a strong writing skillset with the ability to draft copy for internal stories, event posts and additional copy for all internal global channels as needed.
• Proactively recommend editorial stories and ideas that resonate with all NIKE, Inc.’s employee audiences
• Experience and understanding on engaging a distributed workforce; retail background a plus

In a typical week, you and the team might create an unforgettable experience for employees with a visiting athlete at our World Headquarters, meet with potential external partners to explore a new digital event format, drive our Leaders Unplugged strategy forward, and develop an editorial strategy to support our overall employee engagement plan.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As part of the Global Employee & Executive Communications team, you will work closely with teammates passionate about content creation, comms platforms, design and editorial, and partner with various communications teams across the company, such as Enterprise, Storytelling & Publishing, Consumer, Brand & Product and Geo communications teams. Your network will also extend well beyond Global Communications to include partners from Marketing, Sports Marketing, Design, Product and more.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience and training
• 3+ years of professional experience in a creative environment, event concepting and production and/or communications
• Love of trying new things and concepting and implementing innovative ideas
• Experience producing and leading large-scaled events or experiences
• Digital experience, particularly in strong virtual or hybrid events
• Ability to prep senior leaders and be a trusted advisor ahead of and during moments that have executive presence
• Skilled in overseeing timelines, budgets and workback schedules to drive efficiency and results
• Passion for and knowledge of sport
• Strong skills for managing multiple projects at once with competing deadlines
• Experience working within a large team and ability to clearly communicate ideas and influence plans across team members and leadership levels
• Strong verbal communications and writing skills
• Curiosity; love of learning and exposure to new insights
• Resiliency, adaptability and comfort in ambiguity; ability to guide others through a dynamic work environment
• Great relationship building skills and a collaborative approach
• Ability to travel (10-15% at times)

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.