Desi Director Footwear - Womens - BU Originals in Herzogenaurach bei Adidas

Design Director Footwear - Womens - BU Originals (m/f/d) in Herzogenaurach bei Adidas

Adidas

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Develop and direct industry leading creative solutions for concepts and categories, to create a highly relevant, desirable and clear adidas brand image, from sell in to sellout (consumer-facing)
Lead and manage the internal creative team to achieve worldclass results

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the Creative development for multiple concepts or categories across multiple consumer touchpoints, from 2D to retail to digital
Develop concepts and creative strategies that fulfill objectives of category, concept, brief
Collaborate with Product Design team to ensure holistic storytelling
Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure consumer- and brand focus
Set priorities, creative and assignment-related, of team
Lead the execution of creative strategies to ensure end to end creative excellence, from sellin to sellout (consumer-facing)
Direct variety of creative resources (agencies, freelancers, writers, photographers, etc) on creative execution to ensure holistic creative excellence
Review and approve production stages of creative execution
Maximise results within given budget and timeframes
Participate in creation of annual and long-term Creative Direction strategies
Present and communicate creative solutions with clarity, effectively selling in ideas to variety of stakeholders
Identify opportunities of improvement and change, and initiate own proposals/projects
Seek out new Design resources that can deliver world class results

Key Relationships:

Design Directors, Creative Directors
Product Designers
Brand Communications
Retail, C2C
Product Teams
External Agencies and Art/Creative Directors
External Creative Resources

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

IT skills: Excel, Word, PowerPoint: advanced /Outlook
Design apps: expert
Strong visual and verbal skills with the ability to create impactful/exciting visuals
Language: English: excellent

Another European language: fluent

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

Under-graduate level Design education or combination thereof
Solid education and advanced experience in the creative development of communication tools
At least 10 years experience in Sporting Goods/Fashion Industry or Design on managerial level
3 years personnel management experience
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, design

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..

OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.

RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

JOB TITLE:

Design Director Footwear - Womens - BU Originals (m/f/d)

BRAND:

adidas

LOCATION:

Herzogenaurach

TEAM:

Design

STATE:

COUNTRY/REGION:

CONTRACT TYPE:

Full time