BIO

DAVID OLIVA



SELECTED  WORK


Nike Football Brand Identity

Creative direction and rebranding for Nike Football.

Summary

After nearly 15 years of sunsetting Nike Football’s last brand identity, in 2025, we reinvigorated the brand with launch of a new one. A process of revisiting the brands roots, determining its distinction, and establishing a lonterm vision for Nike Football’s global brand, geographies and territories to adapt. 
Team

Andy Walker, David Frank, Enrico Baleri, Caroline Bleeker, David Oliva, James Dolence, Lindsey Krahn, wwwesh, I Love Dust.




Erling Haaland Too Big To Miss
For EH9’s SU25 product drop, we took inspiration from his style of play depicting him as a giant of the game, coming to a stadium near you.

Summary

Taking queues from widly known movie culture, we treated this entire campaign as though it were a movie launch. The campaign consisted of athlete and product movie posters, seeding kits and activations.

Team

Andy Walker, David Frank, Caroline Bleeker, David Oliva, Steven Oey, Lisa Zandi, Afnan Altimimi, and many more.





Feed the Phantom

Creative Direction for Nike newest Phantom 6 innovation.
Summary

As part of Nike Football’s Scary Good campaign, we positioned the Phantom as a boot that has a mind of its own and is hungry for goals. 

Every detail was obsessed in this end-to-end campaign, from getting the iconic product key visual pixel perfect, to podiums and fixtures being built in thousands of nike and partner retail storesworld wide.

Team

Andy Walker, David Frank, Caroline Bleeker, David Oliva, Beau Bernstein, Jamie Oelrich, James Dolence, Steven Oey, Brian White, Lindsay Krahn, and many more.




Vini Jr Player Edition

Creative direction for Vini Jr’s SU25 player edition.

Summary

A fresh take on Vini’s athlete positioning “Vini Voa (Fly Vini)”. For his first ever player edition, we opted to celebrate his brasilian spirit wth a nod to Nike Football’s iconic brasilian past. 

 
Team

Andy Walker, David Frank, Caroline Bleeker, David Oliva, John Akira Harold, Dina, Jessica, Gabe Folick, Afnan Altimimi, Convoy, Nico Gerard, Tomas and many more.



Kylian Mbappe Player Edition
Creative direction for Kylian Mbappe’s SU25 player edition.

Summary

Ahead of KM’s first season playing for Real Madrid, we revealed how Kylian has been steps ahead since childhood, striving to achieve his dreams one goal at a time.

 
Team

Andy Walker, David Frank, Caroline Bleeker, David Oliva, John Akira Harold, Dina, Jessica, Gabe Folick, Afnan Altimimi, Convoy, Nico Gerard, Tomas and many more.





Nike Running Pegasus 41 

Art Direcion for the Nike Pegasus 41. 

Summary

The first  product innovation story to drop after the 2024 Nike Running rebarnding.


Team

Kamauri Yeh, Nick Parkisons, David Oliva, Tim Cheng, Vincent Lowe, Swanson Studio.


BIO
Advertising + Experiential Design

I’m currently the Sr. Expert in Design & Art Direction for Nike Football at World Headquarters in Portland, OR. I lead a studio of designers who create athlete and product storytelling and set global creative directions for longterm initiatives and seasonal campaigns.

With over 15 years of experience, I am a leader who creates a culture of trust and belonging. I bring people and teams together through a shared vision, set ambitious goals while enabling risks and championing achievements.  



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