I spent 8 years at my dream job on Nike's design desk. Here's why I left and what I'm leaving behind as I grow my own business.

Dec 13 2022 by Business Insider

 

MLTI NYC founder Kristen Shenk

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Kristen Shenk worked as a senior designer at Nike before leaving the company in 2016. After a brief stop at PepsiCo, Shenk founded the creative agency MLTI NYC in 2018. Shenk said Nike helped her develop the ability to ideate but that it could be overly competitive.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristen Shenk, the 36-year-old founder of MLTI NYC. Shenk is a former senior designer at Nike and started at the company...

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