John Jowers

John Jowers is the Vice President of Global Nike Brand Communications at NIKE, Inc. In this role, John is responsible for setting the storytelling strategy for a world-class communications team based in Beaverton, Oregon. Since joining Nike in 2018, he has held communications roles in North America, Jordan Brand and within Nike’s Global Purpose Communications team.

John joined Nike in 2018 from Ogilvy in San Francisco where he led the sustainability practice, OgilvyEarth. Prior to Ogilvy, John worked at agencies in Boston and nonprofits in Atlanta, although he began his career as a high school teacher in England. The son of an African immigrant and a blue collar Englishman, his passion for basketball brought him to the US from the UK 20+ years ago, ultimately putting his life on a very different path. However, John’s first love will always be football, and his hometown club, Ipswich Town FC. John’s favorite thing to do is spend quality time with his children, Zion, Quentin, Hazel and Juniper.