Athletic shoe and apparel giant Nike recently announced that it is looking for a fellow to help ignite an open data revolution within the company by Justin Houk. post
Nike's vice President of Sustainability, Hannah Jones, announced the fellowship and a partnership with Code for America during a session at SXSW 2011. Nike has exposed internal data in the past and hopes to create a situation where other companies might follow suite for a greener future.
Jones went on to say that "...as of today we are going to work with Code for America and setup a Code for a Better World Fellowship at Nike." According to the official announcement, the fellow "will help Nike determine the steps needed to open our sustainability data to communities of data-obsessed programmers, visual designers and researchers."
The position reads as equal parts data guru, community evangelist, and developer. The successful candidate will be asked to come to portland to help mix Nike into the open data community. Applications are being accepted until may 15, 2011 so if you are interested act now.
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