Chief Design & Visioneering Officer, Jordan Brand
Jason Mayden: Biography at a Glance
- As Chief Design & Visioneering Officer of Jordan Brand and former Senior Global Design Director at Nike, Jason Mayden brings more than two decades of experience shaping billion-dollar brands and equipping teams to lead culture rather than chase it.
- Having pioneered innovation within Nike’s Digital Sport division and designed for global icons like Michael Jordan, Jason translates elite performance principles into practical frameworks that help sales teams compete with conviction, clarity, and differentiated value.
- A Stanford GSB Sloan Fellow and 2025 Catalyst Award recipient, Jason blends executive-level business strategy with world-class creative leadership, showing organizations how to transform imagination into measurable growth and sustained market relevance.
- As founder of Trillicon Valley, advising organizations across sport, entertainment, and technology, Jason helps cross-functional teams move beyond incremental thinking and build innovation ecosystems rooted in purpose, collaboration, and long-term vision.
- From his journey as Nike’s first Black Industrial Design intern to leading one of the most culturally influential brands in the world, Jason inspires teams to unlock creativity at scale, demonstrating how belief, ownership, and visionary thinking drive both cultural impact and commercial success.
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Jason Mayden is a visionary designer, entrepreneur, and educator whose work bridges sport, design, and social impact. As the Chief Design & Visioneering Officer of Jordan Brand, Mayden leads the creative vision for one of the most iconic names in global culture, shaping the future of performance, innovation, and storytelling through design.
Before returning to Jordan, Mayden founded Trillicon Valley, an award-winning design and strategy consultancy specializing in new venture creation and multi-stakeholder partnerships for athletes, entertainers, and global creatives. At its core, Trillicon Valley is centered on empowerment—championing belief, inclusivity, and giving people from all walks of life a platform to be heard and achieve more. The firm’s past clients include the NBA, NFL, MLB, Disney, Google, Spotify, ESPN, and Andreessen Horowitz, among others. He also co-founded Super Heroic, an acclaimed youth-focused play brand, and served as Co-Founder and President of Fear of God Athletics, further solidifying his reputation as a leader who merges creativity with purpose.
Mayden’s career began with Nike, where he became the first Black Industrial Design intern and later rose to Senior Global Design Director for the Jordan Brand, designing for legendary athletes including Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter, Russell Westbrook, and Chris Paul. During his 13+ years at Nike, he also directed innovation for Nike’s Digital Sport division, advancing the company’s early exploration of wearable technology and athlete data.
A Sloan Fellow at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he earned his MS in General Management & Social Innovation, Mayden has since been recognized with the Stanford GSB Catalyst Award (2025) for his legacy of impact. He has also served as a d.Fellow at Stanford’s d.School and as a Designer-in-Residence at Accel Partners, bringing a human-centered approach to the intersection of design, business, and technology. In addition, Mayden was selected as a Henry Crown Fellow in 2024, joining a small group of accomplished leaders recognized for their professional success and commitment to community impact. As a Fellow, he began a two-year leadership journey through the Aspen Institute, focused on personal growth and meaningful leadership
Rooted in his South Side Chicago upbringing, Mayden overcame a life-threatening illness as a child—an experience that shaped his enduring belief in creativity as a superpower. His mission today is to help young people discover their own.
Named among Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” and EBONY’s “Power 100,” Mayden is celebrated for his authenticity, imagination, and ability to inspire others to lead with purpose. A sought-after thought leader on design, innovation, and ethical entrepreneurship, he continues to share his philosophy “to build stronger children rather than fix broken adults” through keynotes, workshops, and mentorship worldwide.
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Jason Mayden: The Rise of the Cultural Alchemist
Growing up on the Southside of Chicago Jason Mayden often wondered if he would find a way to navigate society’s ills. As a Black intellectually curious child, his method of engaging the world gave birth to a new class of curious leaders, the Cultural Alchemist. They can be defined as the ultimate multi-hyphenate creative. Cultural Alchemists are driven by genuine interactions, exchanges of ideas, collective aspirations, and access to experiences that lead to meaningful opportunities. They are not just looking for a job, they are looking for a mission and a purpose. They are the champions of the future.
Today, there are no ifs, Mayden is making the world a better place and making history while he does it. In this conversation, listen, learn, and dive into the world as Jason Mayden – the Cultural Alchemist, CEO and founder of Trillicon Valley, President of Fear Of God Athletics, and formerly CEO and Co-Founder of Super Heroic, and Senior Global Design Director for the Jordan Brand – sees it.
Curious Me: How Curiosity & Creativity Change the World
At seven years old, after being diagnosed with septicemia, Jason Mayden was rushed to the hospital where he was rescued from death’s looming presence. While recovering, Mayden would rummage through old comic books to feed his imagination and fuel his creativity. As he read about his favorite superhero Batman, he was introduced to an intellectually curious, innovative, and well-respected Black man, Dr. Lucius Fox — the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and the inventor of Batman’s gadgets. Filled with imagination and wonder, he was motivated to find his own inner Dr. Fox. After overcoming septicemia and tapping into his unique superpower, he would grow up to become the real-life Dr. Lucius Fox of the Design world.
In this event, join visionary Designer, Educator, and Entrepreneur, Jason Mayden to learn how to navigate life with child-like wonder and how meaningful innovation happens at the intersection of curiosity and empathy for humanity.
Faster Than the Future: Raising the Next Generation of Superheroes
After several years of designing innovative products, services, and experiences for the world’s greatest athletes as a senior Design executive at Nike, Jason Mayden walked away from his childhood dream job. Inspired by his son’s courage as he fearlessly battled health challenges, he was embarking on a new mission- “to build stronger children, rather than fixing broken adults.”
In this conversation, Mayden unpacks how the power of immersive and imaginative play can strengthen the physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being of the next generation of breakthrough leaders, builders, and creators.
We Rise as One: Designing Our Own Table
Jason Mayden, a Designer, Educator, and Entrepreneur, has worked with some of the world’s most prolific artists, athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs. Over the last 20 years, he has learned the methods and mindsets that have shifted and influenced culture. Mayden believes that modern leaders should create organizations that serve as catalysts for the professional aspirations of their employees. By leveraging the power of cultural competency, empathy, advocacy, and inclusion within organizations, we can spark a revolution in entrepreneurship simply by building companies that have thriving alumni versus unfulfilled former employees. Mayden believes that it is not enough to simply have a seat at the table, we must all learn how to build our own.
From our education systems to corporate boardrooms, join Jason Mayden in discussing how we can design systems of thinking that empower leaders to leverage their positions of influence for the betterment of the collective by advocating for the well-being of others.
Boys Break Too: Exploring Intersections of Race, Masculinity, and Mental Health
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