Senior Designer, KIDS FTW

Job description

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Responsible for driving a creator culture to deliver against leading stories and product collections in the Running Footwear segment. Be unapologetically consumer obsessed generating relevant stories and products that excite the China market. Have a professional balanced approach to work within a dynamic and creative environment whilst balancing the need for operational excellence and speed to market.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a Consumer Obsession champion with a special emphasis on winning the China consumer
• Extend KIDS FTW strategy in the given segment and maintain connectivity to Germany HQ creatives to ensure a one brand consumer facing message
• Advocate story telling throughout the design team and drive intuitive visual solutions in product concepts
• Design concepts and products that maintain consumer advocacy whilst delivering against the product brief
• Be a creator and an innovator always exploring fresh executions, materialization and color expression
• Motivate + lead fellow designers on the journey to winning consumers and market share whilst adhering to the strategic vision articulated by management
• Present stories and ideas cross functionally with effectiveness to gain consensus
• Be responsible to drive team members and work within the constraints of close to market dynamics and speed Key Relationships: Product Marketing Product Development Global
• Design counterparts Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Have key insights into fashion or lifestyle FTW market landscape, kids experience is a plus
• Solid experience in FTW creation and with expertise in color/material/graphic exploration or strategy creation of seasonal story
• Strong communication skills to articulate concepts, ideation and collections seamlessly to various members of the organization, English is a plus
• Ability to excel and thrive in a team environment with a high level of diversity Deep knowledge of footwear creation process and how cross functional members contribute
• Ability to create leading propositions whilst also being a guru of commercializing trends with adidas codes Mature approach and ability to persuade, negotiate and compromise to produce win/win scenarios
• Knowledge of design, development and marketing processes with a passion for ideation sharing Intellectually curious and always seeking the new Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor or University Degree in industrial design or related educational experience and at least 7 years related work experience
• Experience in FTW totally new design with colors, materials and graphics experience being a preference
• Cross functional expertise in addition to Design would be advantageous

IT

• Superior experience in usage of all key design software and systems, expert in Design apps, software that are impactful to conveying ideation visually
• Professional level communication skills in English