
Damion T.
5.0
Unlock Your Potential | 20+ Years in Creative Leadership | Nike, Adobe
Studied at Portland State University
Worked at Pair of Thieves
Hiring Manager
Available Tuesday at 4:00 PM UTC
I prefer to have an intro session first and then follow up with a package offering. I can add flexibility to existing clients as needed.
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Damion's Coaching Offerings
Pay as you go
Get help with Conflict Resolution, Change Management, and .
Damion’s Leadership Development Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Director
60+ people coached for Leadership Development
Damion has helped clients get into these companies:
Welcome to my profile! With over two decades of experience in creative leadership roles at top companies like Nike, Adobe, Wieden + Kennedy, and Jordan Brand, I bring a wealth of knowledge in strategic vision and brand storytelling. As a former Global Sr. Creative Director for 13 years at Nike (for various categories) including 3 years as the Sr. Creative Director for the Jordan Brand (which entailed working with Michael Jordan directly regularly), I led teams that drove significant revenue growth and brand innovation. The responsibilities were inclusive of Brand Strategy, Brand Vision, and Creative Direction while managing projects that spanned print, television, social, digital, retail, and experiential marketing. My coaching journey has allowed me to mentor over 50 individuals, helping them unlock their leadership potential and achieve their career goals. I believe in transparent servant based and empathetic leadership. I've had individuals achieve senior, director-level, and above roles at companies such as Nike, Google, Amazon, and Apple to name a few. If you're looking to elevate your leadership skills and make a lasting impact in your field, let's connect and create a tailored development plan for you!
Damion can help with:
Conflict Resolution
Change Management
Ethical Leadership
Diversity and Inclusion
Problem Solving
Emotional Intelligence
Coaching and Mentoring
Time Management
Innovation and Creativity
About Damion
Damion Triplett is a seasoned creative executive with over 18 years of experience leading high-performing teams at brands like Nike, Wieden+Kennedy, and Adobe. Known for blending strategic insight with a human-centered leadership style, he’s also a certified Life Coach and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. Damion brings a deep commitment to mentorship, resilience, and purpose—values he lives both professionally and personally, as he celebrates 30 years of marriage and raising two college graduates.
Why do I coach?
I believe that I have had a prolific professional career and I come from a diverse background which affords me a lot of experience to share. I also had a challenging childhood (moved once a year every year from kindergarten to 7th grade), along with paying my way through a state school which means, it didn't give me any head start in the business or design world. I had to do a lot to prove and overcome to be successful at some of the best design-led companies in the world, without a top-tier alumni education. So, I see coaching as an incredible opportunity to pay it forward to as many people as I can. I had a lot of great managers, mentors, and leaders that invested in me and I want to make sure that my legacy is one of generosity and individual impact.
Work Experience
VP of Design
Pair of Thieves
October 2023 - February 2025
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Senior Creative Director
Adobe
April 2023 - October 2023
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Founder
Describe+Define
January 2023 - April 2023
Hiring Manager
A visual thinking coaching/consulting services company.
Executive Creative Director
Jaanuu
March 2022 - December 2022
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This position requires setting and protecting the company's vision and the strategies for the marketing organization’s initiatives. This would include categories, product constructs, social media, and performance marketing. All of this requires the following; leading and engaging an internal design team, hiring and directing world-class agencies, production companies, videographers, photographers and digital content creators to drive consumer engagement, brand affinity, and critical business results.

Sr. Creative Director
Nike
January 2021 - March 2022
Hiring Manager
Overseeing the Brand Creative work for the Consumer Construct work for the North American Geography. This is inclusive of a multi-functional studio that consists of Brand Narrative, Retail Design, Brand Design, and Experience. This role requires the ability to manage competing priorities and providing solutions for competing stakeholders. The core responsibilities are about being able to provide and extend creative concepts, brand activations, digital experiences, social media. Seasonally we deliver comprehensive photography, video content, narrative copy/tone and the production assets that drive $2 Billion + in revenue per quarter.

Sr. Creative Director
Nike
February 2020 - December 2020
Hiring Manager
A global role overseeing the performance categories (Running, Basketball, Global Football, Golf, Tennis, and Nike SB) 3D environments, pop-ups, in-store, athlete visits, activations, and experiences. This position required extending 2D creative assets into 3D environmental and experiential marketing initiatives. As a team of one, I integrated Nike Global Football, Running, Basketball, Golf, Tennis, and Skateboarding. The creative executions included photography, video, XR (AR/VR), digital and analog retail presentations, and activations. The solutions were inclusive of strategic consumer journeys from the front of a store on the street, window displays, and initiative areas all the way to holding the product in hand at the back of the store. This required concepting, sketching, 3D visualization (SketchUp), presentations, recaps, and post-launch reporting.

Global Creative Director
Nike
February 2016 - February 2020
Hiring Manager
A global leadership role overseeing all of the components of seasonal and product storytelling for these categories. This included work from Retail, Digital, Social, and Brand Activations. Leading a team of creatives to deliver creative direction, athlete photoshoots, product launches, marketing, product photography in studio and in situ, typography, and visual guidelines. This position required leading cross-disciplinary teams to concept, execute, and deliver distinctive, impactful, and brand-defining work that kept us as the trendsetters and the disruptive youthful marketing force through digital services activations that span technology, digital commerce, and retail. I fostered the culture, driving the team and holding the standard of excellence at every touchpoint. The marketing mix of deliverables was heavier in digital than traditional print advertising, so our focus was on disruptive storytelling and unexpected opportunities to connect with youth.

Sr. Creative Director
Jordan Brand (of Nike Inc)
January 2013 - February 2016
Hiring Manager
A global leadership role overseeing all of the components of seasonal and product storytelling for the Jordan Brand. This included work from Retail, Digital, Social, and Brand Activations. Leading a team of creatives to deliver creative direction, athlete photoshoots, product launches, marketing, product photography in studio and in situ, typography, and visual guidelines. This position required leading a global vision for the Jordan brand division of Nike. I was responsible for concepting, leading, and executing all the consumer-facing creative. This was inclusive of social media, website content, blogs, retail, brand activations, and video. Under my tenure, the brand grew from $1 Billion to $2.7 Billion in annual revenue. I managed a globally distributed team that executed photoshoots, typography standards, brand campaigns, and TV commercials and lead the global launch of standalone Brand Jordan retail stores.
Education
Portland State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Design and Graphic Design
1987 - 1993
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Overall Rating
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Damion has helped clients get into these companies: