Senior Designer, Running Footwear

Shanghai
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

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 RUNNING 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 speedKey Relationships:

Direct Design reports
Product Marketing
Product Development
Global Design counterparts

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Have key insights into RUNNING FTW market landscape
Solid experience in RUNNING FTW creation

Strong communication skills to articulate concepts, ideation and collections seamlessly to various members of the organization
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 RUNNING 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● Basic communication skills in English

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