Senior, Studio Manager APLA

Nike’s Asia Pacific Latin America (APLA) Creative Operations team is a team of enterprise thinkers, who are experts in bringing Marketing Concepts and Ideas to life. We operationalize, resource, track, manage and execute creative projects in partnership with APLA’s Brand Marketing team (Digital, Social, Retail + Integrated Media). We sit at APLA’s headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, but we serve five Territories throughout Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Latin America. We pride ourselves on our diverse team dynamic and the close partnerships we foster to serve our Consumers around the world.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a Creative Producer who can manage and drive multi-faceted projects, ensuring on-time, on-scope and on-budget delivery of final content, driven to Nike’s Brand Standards. Creative Producers are responsible for intaking briefs from Brand partners, buiding workback schedules, managing Creative + Production budgets, ensuring work is reviewed by key partners, and ultimately producing content for multiple workstreams at any given time. The Creative Producer knows the exact status of their project(s), works cross-functionally to solve problems, and elevates opportunities and risks as needed. They are the key driver of creative workstreams and are responsible for managing and delivering creative deliverables on time to the Marketplace.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Manage Production and Post-Production workstreams within the APLA Brand Creative Studio.

• Project contact for Global, Geo + Territory partners

• Drive the Creative process aligned to Nike Code and Marketing process

• Responsible for on-time, on-budget and on-scope delivery of final content to Geo/Territory partners

• Brand Creative Production Expert

• Project planning and tracking, schedule + process driving, vendor relationships and contracts, budget management (estimates, POs, invoicing, + actuals)

• Content Production—manage external partners to produce and deliver photo/video shoots within Nike Production best practices

• Communicates risks, opportunities and solutions to key partners and team members

• Fosters positive ways of working and implements strategic solutions to keep the workstreams on track

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Nike functions in a matrix, meaning Creative Producers will work horizontall and vertically with various cross-functional teams. They will work closely with their Project Management and Studio Operations partners to define partnerships, communications and touchpoints that will ensure all key partners remain consulted and informed throughout the life of the project. Key partners Producers will engage with are:

• Geo Brand Leads

• Geo Creative Operations

• Geo Project Management

• Territory Creative Leads

• External Agencies

• Geo Finance

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Sales, Fashion, Marketing, Design or a related field

• 5+ years experience in Brand or Design Operations

• Ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple business partners

• Stills and Motion production and post-production experience for national or international marketing

• Strong collaboration skills. Curiosity in ambiguity. High performance standards. Entrepreneurial attitude. Excitement for the Nike Brand!

• Interesting, curiosity, and/or experience working in a multi-cultural office

• Proven track record of managing complicated creative worktreams and deliverying on time & within budget

• Travel 10% of the time