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Kelsey Amy’s first job at Nike wasn’t as a designer. When she interned with the company in 2013, she didn’t even know her current role, a senior color designer for Jordan Brand’s sport and promo product, existed. But after spending a few months doing marketing for the brand and getting a taste of the Portland life, Amy caught the Swoosh bug.
She went back home to Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania a two-hour drive from Penn State, where she had played field hockey and studied fine arts and soon decided she was dead set on returning to the Pacific Northwest for a job with Nike. She credits this determination with carrying her to where she is today, designing exclusive colorways for Jordan Brand athletes like Russell Westbrook and Jayson Tatum as well as promotional pairs for universities and special events.