Every day, we focus
on new ways to improve performance. Athletic performance. Product performance.
Most importantly, our own performance. To that end, we demand excellence
of ourselves every day – because that is what athletes demand of
our products. We feel lucky to have a genuine, altruistic reason for
being: the service of human potential. That's the great benefit of sports,
and we're glad to be in the middle of it.
We do a lot more than make shoes. Our design team is a bellwether for
global trends and commerce. Our IT department is the envy of the industry.
Our Finance and Legal departments do groundbreaking work. Whatever your
expertise, if you have a desire to perform at the very highest level,
there is opportunity for you at Nike.
In the words of our founder Bill Bowerman:
"If you have a body, you are an athlete.”
And as long as there are athletes, there will be Nike.
Our World Headquarters is in Beaverton, Oregon. The Pacific Northwest
is Nike's hometown, but like so many ambitious companies, we have expanded
our horizons to every corner of the world. Nike employs more than 22,000
people, and every one of them is significant to our mission of bringing
inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. In the U.S.
we have over 100 retail locations across the country, as well as manufacturing
operations in Missouri and Oregon and distribution centers in Tennessee,
California and Oregon.
Nike operates on six continents. Our suppliers, shippers, retailers
and service providers employ close to 1 million people. The diversity
inherent in such size is helping Nike evolve its role as a global company.
We retain the zeal of youth yet act on our responsibilities as a global
corporate citizen.