[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Adidas jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adidas/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Adidas · Shanghai, SH, CN # Designer APP Originals Shanghai, SH, CN Design Listed on Adidas’s official careers site. Posted October 13, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Adidas’s careers site →](https://jobs.adidas-group.com/job/Shanghai-Designer-APP-Originals-SH/1446441233/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Adidas](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adidas/) / Designer APP Originals ## Job description ### Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization - Develop short calendars industry-leading creative solutions to extend the global adidas Originals apparel collection for the China market and amplify the relevancy and desirability of adidas brand image, from sell-in to sell-out (consumer-facing) ### Key Responsibilities - Lead the creative development of concepts that extend the Originals apparel strategy with a clear focus on China market needs across women’s and unisex category - Develop consumer-centric creative strategies with a heavy focus on the outerwear category - Collaborate with Product Design team to ensure holistic storytelling - Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure consumer- and brand-focus - High-frequency communication to Germany HQ key design team members to maximize harmonization between local product creation and originals global collection - Lead the execution of creative strategies to ensure end-to-end creative excellence from sell-in to sell-out (consumer-facing) - Create together with the direct reports highly relevant top-class design solutions and ensure the accurate translation of those into tech packs, which include all relevant sketches, artworks, fit, material, color, and trimming information - Follow up on creative strategy on sample level and ensure maximum market and consumer relevancy - Review and approve production stages of creative execution - Maximize results within the given budget and timeframes - Can-do mindset, seeking solutions driven within the complex multiple overlapping creation calendars with limited time and resource - Present and communicate creative solutions with clarity, effectively selling ideas to a variety of stakeholders - Identify opportunities for improvement and change and proactively initiate own proposals/projects - Grow, mentor, and support the direct reports - Seek out new Design resources that can deliver world-class results Key Relationships: - Design Director, Senior Designer, direct Design reports, Graphic designers - Product Marketing - Product Development, pattern maker - C2C - External Creative Resources (agencies, freelancers, ateliers, photographers, etc) ### Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Abode Creative Illustrator, Photoshop & other design apps: expert level required - Strong visual conceptualization and verbal presentation skills with the ability to create and showcase impactful, exciting visual concept - Strong knowledge of apparel products that must include a good level of understanding of fabrication, material, trimming, pattern, and graphics as a product design owner - Art Direction of photoshoots, pre-press reviews, and approvals are bonus ### IT skills - Excel, Word, PowerPoint: advanced /Outlook ### Language - English: excellent; Knowledge of Chinese is an advantage Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: - Under-graduate level Design education or a combination thereof - Solid education and advanced experience in the creative development of communication tools - At least 5-7 years experience in the Sporting Goods/Fashion Industry or Design on a managerial level - Design experience in the Outerwear category will be an advantage - Design experience in both gender Menswear & Womenswear will be an advantage - Proven experience with the entire design process (project scope and time planning, design steps, production/execution of design solution, pre-press processes) - Passion for adidas and it’s mission - Passion for sports, culture, fashion, design ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 13, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 18, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 5 days - Location: Shanghai, SH, CN[Apply on Adidas’s careers site →](https://jobs.adidas-group.com/job/Shanghai-Designer-APP-Originals-SH/1446441233/) ## More jobs at Adidas ### [Assistant Designer APP Originals](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adidas/jobs/c8d86a616edb129fed78/) Shanghai, SH, CN ### [Assistant Designer, Kids FTW](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adidas/jobs/fa49c95b55d9a9dedafc/) Shanghai, SH, CN ### [Designer, Kids APP](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adidas/jobs/7d5a9cd5e5b4fd6c03cc/) Shanghai, SH, CN ### [Director, Kids Footwear Design](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adidas/jobs/97148cf69cdc3ce9aeaf/) Shanghai, SH, CN ### [Senior Designer Apparel Sportswear](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/adidas/jobs/56c319a957e8478dd391/) Shanghai, SH, CN ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Required. 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