Cheresse Thornhill

Bringing creativity and inspiration to the world one design at a time.

Specializing in the following creative offerings:

- Footwear Design
- Brand Design
- Graphic Design
- Product Design
- Concept Creation
- Design Education

Faculty member of AiFL's Industrial Design Department instructing students on the basics of art, observational drawing, design, footwear design, history of industrial design, model making, personal branding and portfolio development.

As the professor and chairperson of the Industrial Design Department I was charges with curriculum development and delivery across Product Design, Transportation Design and Advanced Placement Illustration courses for grades 10 through 12.

-As the Footwear Design Lead of Nike's Emerging Markets Product Creation team I am charged with leading all of our footwear creation from a design standpoint (overall performance and aesthetics including color, graphics and materials).
-Responsible for designing our statement level running and cricket footwear.
-As the manager of two direct reports I am charged with inspiring the design team as well as defining/ driving our FY15 Coaching for Excellence Goal Setting/ Career Planning/ Mid-YR & YR End evaluations.
-Led Design Direction of 2015 Cricket footwear line & designed statement level Cricket models (Lunar Dominate 2 & Lunar Accelerate 2).
-Manage Design calendar, workload metrics, assignment allocation and internal/ external footwear design stretch assignments.
-Manage footwear design team budget.
-NDCC (Nike Design Community Council) Member- FY15: Collaborate with fellow Designers to drive Academic Outreach efforts.

-Responsible for serving the athletes/ consumers of Nike's Emerging Market Territories (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and India) by creating consumer relevant cross-categorical (running, soccer, cricket, lifestyle, sandals & kids) footwear concepts that optimize local (Brazil, Argentina, India, Mexico, Asia) source capabilities.
-Led Design Direction of 2015 Cricket World Cup footwear line & designed both statement level Cricket models.
-Accountable for overseeing design, color, graphics and material application on footwear as well as managing special projects and collaborations with apparel team.
-Manage Design calendar, workload metrics, assignment allocation and internal/ external footwear design stretch assignments.
-Drove FY14- FW Design Team Coaching for Excellence Goal Setting/ Career Planning/ Mid-YR/ YR End evaluations.
-NDCC (Nike Design Community Council) Member- FY14: Collaborate with fellow Designers to drive Academic Outreach efforts.

-Accountable for growing Kobe’s signature footwear business in Asia by driving performance innovation through his three Asia exclusive models: Zoom Venomenon, Zoom KB24 and Zoom Dreamseason and presenting these concepts to Kobe Bryant himself.
-Responsible for growing Nike's global basketball footwear business by creating compelling innovative design solutions that captivate the global hoops consumer.

-Charged with creating innovative compelling designs that resonate with Jordan professional & college athletes/ global consumers across both performance (basketball, running, training) and lifestyle silos.

-Accountable for delivering creative footwear design concepts that captivate female consumers, thus growing Nike's Global Women’s footwear business.

-Responsible for leveraging captivating stories that resonate with skate consumers and bringing them to life through color/ materials.
-Charged with delivering fresh footwear design solutions for the performance needs of skateboarders.