Senior Administrative Assistant

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

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 innovators. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Nike, Inc. is in perpetual motion. Administrative employees help Nike teams around the world keep up with the company’s rapid pace. They act as liaisons embedded in business functions and geographies. Their talents — problem-solving, organization, time management, and more — help fuel the success of their teams. Nike’s diverse group of administrative assistants and receptionists embodies professionalism and models core Nike values to guests and fellow employees.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We’re looking for a Senior Administrative Assistant who has a proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment. You have strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks. You can take initiative, follow through on requests until completion, and use a keen attention to detail. 

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?

You’ll perform a wide range of administrative duties, including complex calendar management, booking travel, coordinating meetings and events, producing, editing, and reformatting documents and correspondence; preparing expense reports and purchase orders; updating organizational charts; coordinating department or equipment moves; and providing support to a large diverse team of people with a variety of management styles.

This opportunity also involves using your computer skills to create high-quality graphic and text PowerPoint or Keynote presentations often under tight timeframes. In addition, you’ll prepare special reports requiring the selection of relevant information from a variety of sources, incorporating that information into complex Excel spreadsheets. You may also be required to maintain ongoing reports or databases, department websites, shared drives, and SharePoint sites.

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH?

As our Senior Administrative Assistant, you will support Leaders in Global Technology, Geographies and Marketplace Experiences. We will be filling multiple roles across all of Global Technology so the direct leaders will vary.

What you bring to Nike

• Typically requires a high school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience 
• Minimum of 3 years of administrative work experience required
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with a variety of personalities including senior-level executives
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with sometimes high levels of ambiguity and independence with sometimes varying working hours
• Action oriented, ability to take initiative, follow-through on requests until completion, and show an attention to detail
• Be a connector – take initiative and seek connection on behalf of other people to solve problems and answer questions
• Be a calming force in high-stress situations
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented, team environment with sometimes high levels of ambiguity and independence
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work and communicate effectively with a variety of personalities including senior level executives
• Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and appropriately handle highly confidential and sensitive information
• Experience creating high-quality presentations using PowerPoint is required
• Highly Proficient in Keynote, Illustrator, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook
• Ability to take initiative, follow through on requests until completion, and use a keen attention to detail
• Experience working with budgets is strongly preferred
• Previous Nike work experience is a plus
• Ability to occasionally work outside of core business hours

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, a 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.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. 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.