Nike
My role:
ACD Copywriter
Project type:
Campaign
Year:
2026

The early mornings. The late nights. The reps you put in day in and day out. The pride in getting better. The courage to start at all. It's the stuff of winners. What makes athlete an athlete—and what makes a Nike employee a Nike employee.
We partnered with Nike to bring their latest in-store talent campaign to life, drawing parallels between the world of sport and the retail floor. We highlighted the hustle, heart, and skill it takes to excel, at work and in life. And we did so with real Nike employees, every step of the way. Knowing each of Nike’s in-store employees are referred to as “athletes,” we applied the lens of sport and Nike’s huge brand equity to our concepting and scripting—bringing to life a motivating campaign that communicates a job at Nike is just the starting line to so much more.
Crafting "Make Your Move"
Nike is no stranger to bold, gritty, hardworking taglines, and we wanted this one to feel no different.
Knowing our campaign was full of motion—both in its visual treatment and in its spirit of momentum and motivation—our tagline needed to do the same. "Make Your Move" put the autonomy in our prospective talent's hands, while alluding to the career move they could make with that very decision. It's also a flexible tagline—ie, translatable into the 15+ languages needed for global markets.
A peek behind the scenes
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Hey, I'm Kaitlyn! I write and produce content that helps brands and organizations tell their stories.
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