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We're looking for someone who has experience with design thinking, graphic design, field research and/or environmental psychology applied to workplace strategies, with a proven track record for uncovering unmet needs, driving actionable insights to inform a future vision. The role will work collaboratively with WD+C teams and bring in external resources to help drive the vision for enhancing the employee experience and productivity. 
 
The role requires a strong and vocal employee advocate with excellent communication and visualization skills. The ideal candidate will have passion for uncovering insights, creating new concepts and driving visual communications. S/he should have knowledge of different user research methodologies, past experience with developing a brand-wide approach and managing through change to introduce new approaches that create impact and value.
 
The Design Researcher needs to able to: partner with teams and functions across WD+C; leverage external networks to investigate and customize new design methods; bring energy and curiosity to understanding complex process and experience design challenges and imagine new ways to solve them; inspire others to test assumptions, think and act differently and elevate their creative practices.
 
The Researcher should be highly adaptable, comfortable with constant change, and capable of quickly rallying colleagues and resources around key issues and events. This is an exceptional opportunity to join the Nike team and through design research, help our employees and leaders better understand themselves and ultimately inform our future vision.    
 
Other considerations:
- 3+ years design, visual communications, concept development, or equivalent, driving product, service and/or environmental design initiatives, and change management processes
- Excellent graphic design skills and fluency in design and presentation software (including InDesign CC, Adobe Photoshop, Keynote, and PowerPoint)
- Strong command of user experience principles, design methodologies, strategy and collaborative problem solving
- Proven track record conducting interviews, usability tests, site visits, card sorts, focus groups, user profiling, task analysis and diary studies
- Experience designing and executing test plans in the field, in the lab or using digital methods
- Clear communication, facilitation and presentation skills
- Portfolio of past work/case studies that illustrates a drive towards customer understanding and actionable design direction
- Mastery of a variety of qualitative research methods
- Established experience in collaboration and connectivity technologies
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Ability to work independently and take initiative to solve problems
Strong academic background. Bachelor’s degree or MA/MBA (or other advanced degree) in Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE), Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, would be advantageous.