Senior Designer, KIDS FTW

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