I have applied to a footwear design position at Nike and was wondering if anyone has had previous experience with the interview process at Nike? The description is pretty vague but it sounds perfect for my level of my experience. The position is_
Footwear Designer-041778
Requirements for the position include:
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Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or Product Design
3 years’ professional experience designing innovative footwear product
Knowledge of color, textures, human factors and form as they relate to designing excellent products
A passion for performance excellence
PhotoShop and Illustrator proficiency
Experience with 3D design programs a plus
Knowledge of manufacturing processes, plastics and other engineering materials are preferred
I am curios what do they look for in a portfolio? I am sure it will need to “pop” to be considered so Please let me know if anyone can help or forward any advise. Here is the link to my coroflot page_
Andrew, your product looks good, I think they would be interested. Typically though they like to see a lot more sketch work. Exploration sketches, thumbnails, different construction ideas, final renderings…
Thanks a lot for the advise. I will post more complete design “stories”_
Initial Thumbs_Sketches_Renderings_BP’s_Complete production version. I agree that telling the whole story is a good idea. Thanks again.
good stuff, my dude. i like the snowboard stuff the best.
having said that, i hate to be the bearer of bad news but threre’s word from the wire that nike is looking to cut up to 1400 jobs?
i don’t know what percentage of that number will relate to designers. maybe they’ll be unaffected, i dunno, but it’s kinda scary when even a strong company like nike is having layoffs.