דרושים Designer Ftw Future City ב-Adidas ב-China, Yangpu District

At adidas we have been challenging the status quo for70 yearsand we’re not done yet.

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• Availability must be flexible and include evenings and weekends.
• Must possess and consistently exhibit the competencies relative to the position.
• Skilled in operating personal computers, POS systems, and various software packages including MS office.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to lead discussions in diverse groups of varying size.
• Ability to operate independently and with discretion and work effectively under pressure.
• Demonstrates an inspirational attitude that contributes to a positive team environment.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with team members along with willingness to set and maintain high standards of performance.
• Well-developed ability to speak, read, comprehend, and write English
• Ability to maintain reliable and consistent attendance and punctuality.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and operate a Brannock device.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Minimum 12 months experience working in a retail environment.
• Advanced selling experience and comprehensive product, retail and industry understanding.

At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which require attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, office attendance is required even on Friday.

A generous Benefits Package which includes:

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn monthly and quarterly incentives. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .3512 hours per day that increases with years of service, seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Responsible for driving a creator culture to deliver against leading stories and product collections in the Kids' 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 and materialization

● Motivate and guide junior 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

● Always stay up to date on the latest trends both externally and internally

● Be responsible to drive team members and work within the constraints of close to market dynamics and speed

● Live the behavior philosophy of the brand built around creativity, collaboration and confidence

Key Relationships:

• Fellow designers
• Product Marketing
• Product Development
• Global Design Lead

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

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

● Have key insights into kids FTW market landscape

● 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 8 years related work experience

● Experience in Kids' footwear design with totally new experience being a must

● 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, AI, etc.

● Basic communication skills in English

Key Responsibilities

Creative Direction & Design Excellence

• Actively shape and develop compelling design concepts that push creative boundaries for key product initiatives.

• Ensure visual identity and design language remain consistent and aligned with the brand’s creative direction at every stage.

• Champion originality and innovation in apparel design.

• Translate concepts into refined sketches and tech packs with precision, handing over complete, accurate design packages to the development team within deadlines.

• Good cross-functional collaboration and communication ensure shared creative ownership and in-house synergy.

Project & Workflow Management.

• Enforce disciplined design processes that uphold quality, timelines, and creative integrity.

• proactively address potential delays, ensuring flawless execution from concept to delivery.

Innovation & Market Insights

• Conduct continuous trend research across sport culture and technology to ensure Adidas Sportswear stays culturally relevant and forward-thinking.

• Integrate new materials, technologies, and sustainable innovations into the design process to future-proof product offerings.

• Maintain a sharp understanding of the China consumer landscape, using those insights to influence design direction and product storytelling.

Key Relationships

• Design Director / Senior Designers

• Product Marketing

• Product Development

• Sourcing & Materials Teams

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Exceptional design sensibility with a keen eye for form, function, and aesthetic balance.

• Expert-level proficiency in industry-standard design software (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and etc.).

• Strong storytelling and communication skills—both visually and verbally.

• Understanding of product creation from concept through to production.

• Proven ability to work in fast-paced environments and manage multiple priorities with agility.

• Fluent in English (written and spoken); Mandarin proficiency is a plus.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Fashion Design, Sportswear Design, or a related field—or equivalent industry experience.

• 6–8 years of proven design experience in outdoor brands, fashion, or sports industry.

• Demonstrated success in owning and driving design projects end-to-end, with tangible impact on brand and business.

• Experience working in or for the China market preferred.

• Passion for sport, fashion, and innovation—and a strong belief in the Adidas brand mission.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

As a key member of the China Creation Center, this role is critical in driving both strategic long-term planning and agile short-term execution across the Sportswear apparel calendar. You will lead with creativity and purpose, delivering progressive, culturally relevant design solutions tailored to the China market. By crafting compelling products that blend global innovation with local insights, you will elevate brand desirability and deepen Adidas’ connection with next-gen Chinese consumers.

Creative Direction & Design Excellence

• Actively shape and develop compelling design concepts that push creative boundaries for key product initiatives.
• Deliver visually powerful storytelling and design assets that clearly communicate strategy and creative intent.
• Ensure visual identity and design language remain consistent and aligned with the brand’s creative direction at every stage.
• Champion originality and innovation in apparel design, inspiring excellence through breakthrough ideas and high-caliber execution.
• Translate concepts into refined sketches and tech packs with precision, handing over complete, accurate design packages to the development team within deadlines.
• Drive strong cross-functional collaboration and communication to ensure shared creative ownership and in-house synergy.

Project & Workflow Management

• Lead design workflow across multiple capsule collections, ensuring smooth and efficient project execution.
• Partner across milestones with marketing and development to steer product direction toward excellence.
• Enforce disciplined design processes that uphold quality, timelines, and creative integrity.
• Maintain a strategic, priority-based approach to managing complex design initiatives across varying timelines and scopes.
• Monitor critical path and proactively address potential delays, ensuring flawless execution from concept to delivery.

Innovation & Market Insights

• Conduct continuous trend research across sport culture and technology to ensure Adidas Sportswear stays culturally relevant and forward-thinking.
• Benchmark against global and local competitors, providing critical market insights that inform creative strategy.
• Integrate new materials, technologies, and sustainable innovations into the design process to future-proof product offerings.
• Maintain a sharp understanding of the China consumer landscape, using those insights to influence design direction and product storytelling.

Key Relationships

• Design Director / Senior Designers
• Product Marketing
• Product Development
• Sourcing & Materials Teams

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Exceptional design sensibility with a keen eye for form, function, and aesthetic balance.
• Expert-level proficiency in industry-standard design software (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and etc.).
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong storytelling and communication skills—both visually and verbally.
• Deep understanding of product creation from concept through to production.
• Proven ability to work in fast-paced environments and manage multiple priorities with agility.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); Mandarin proficiency is a plus.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Fashion Design, Sportswear Design, or a related field—or equivalent industry experience.
• 3–5 years of proven design experience in the sporting goods, fashion, or sports industry.
• Demonstrated success in owning and driving design projects end-to-end, with tangible impact on brand and business.
• Experience working in or for the China market preferred.
• Passion for sport, fashion, and innovation—and a strong belief in the Adidas brand mission.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Recognize sport and consumer insights, of Future Cities

Heavily influence category direction and drive its implementation

Execute strategies to tactical plans

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team and develop their functional and social skills using available resources to create a top performing team
• Set and manage strategic category direction; ensure cross-functional alignment
• Identify new business opportunities to drive innovation and / or commerciality
• Develop an "all for one attitude" within the team to ensure smooth cooperation with interlinked departments
• Have full understanding of the product creation process to drive it forward
• Be a role model for all team members in regards to strategic direction and the product creation process
• Show leadership through living the brand values while fostering a performance culture
• Manage and develop optimum relationship with cross-functional teams and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process
• Challenge the cross-functional team to ensure creation of industry leading products
• Analyse and report category business performance to ensure achievement of category KPIs
• Positively represent the category both internally and externally
• Work with the CtC (Concept to Consumer), Brand Marketing and Sports Marketing teams throughout the season to define strategic marketing direction
• Be a competent partner for category and ranging discussions with markets and retailers
• Define projects to optimize category performance and steer to conclusion
• Build an understanding of product information systems and the interlinking functions – clarity on respective timelines

Authorities:

• Personnel managed – yes Budget managed – no

Key Relationships:

• Steer a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with
• Your category across all functions, other categories and creation centers (if appl.)
• Cross-functional team (Design, Development, CtC, Materials, Costing, Planning)
• Markets and relevant key retailers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Manage a team to create industry leading products
• Inspire, coach and lead; set framework for performance and growth
• In-depth knowledge of respective product category
• Advanced analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented, strong business orientation
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
• Strong communication skills
• Lateral thinking and challenge status quo
• Profound consumer, market and retail knowledge especially in regards to different needs of different countries/ regions
• Step up to conflicts and work towards a diplomatic solution
• Execute change management
• Cooperate effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• Ability to travel
• Passion for sports

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• College degree, preferably in marketing/business /textile/fashion
• Minimum of 8 years Product Marketing experience with FTW
• First experience in managing and developing direct reports
• Strong leadership skills
• Experience in trade or sales is helpful
• Fluent in English
• PC skills (MS Office programs)

*We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Continuously aware and guides team on information needed to design a consumer and brand relevant collection. Should include all possible sources to gain this information
• Trade fairs, cultural events, and sporting events, athlete insights
• Trade publications, general interest press, trend services, fashion and sportswear magazines and websites
• Store checks, market visits, and team travel as provided
• Relevant forecast and sell-through numbers from our Marketing counterparts

Is a stakeholder in driving seasonal and long-term design direction and strategy for their category within the following topics
• Footwear Color and Materials
• Footwear Silhouettes
• Color and Material Direction
• Creating digital product information for an accurate development, feedback, decision-making and representation process

Is a stakeholder in curating aforementioned design direction by, but not limited to
• Providing trend forecasting content relevant to our consumer and brand
• Providing direction and assisting in developing materials with the Material Team
• Providing direction and vision in developing color & material strategies with Creative Direction
• Working with Local and Global counterparts to provide category relative Color and Material direction when required
• Leads as a Color and Trend conduit to Marketing, Product Managers, Designers and in between Key Account and Inline
• Acts as a brand ambassador between all categories looking for opportunities to connect direction, product, and people
• Assisting in creating and creating color design direction presentations

Works closely with members of the category’s design team. This includes but is not limited to:
• Providing Color and Material direction and content
• Collaboration and critiquing
• To understand technical details of the product
• To understand market needs and desire of product

Works closely with members of the categories design team. This includes but is not limited to:
• Providing Color and Material direction and content
• Collaboration and critiquing
• Sets a leading example within the team and mentors
• Transfers prior experiences and knowledge to those around them
• Viewed within the team as a Color and Material leader, expert and senior

Leads top-line range strategy in their categories. This includes but is not limited to:
• Leads their team in creating holistic franchise direction, category overviews, rollouts, and merchandising strategy for the category
• Communicate content to Footwear, Apparel, and Graphics Teams to align strategy
• Inform horizontal brand moments and category moments by leading products, Color and Material narratives/executions, and tiered rollout plans in partnership with Design, Marketing, and Concept To Consumer. This is a collaborative effort across disciplines & functions together.

PRODUCT EXECUTION

Manages in designing Footwear Color and Material executions for Inline and Key Account ranges with input from Design, Marketing, and Development. This includes but is not limited to:
• Seasonal prep and research stated above
• Creates product design presentations; both physical and digital
• Exploratory process to reach final solution
• Creates Color CADs, Color ranges, Material Maps, & Graphic Maps.
• Guides their team in creating a quality and merchandisable range by having a detail to top-line view of all products
• Works closely with Development to assist in development process & costing; meet development timelines and calendar deadlines per seasonal milestone.
• Travel to Asia for development trips
• Collaborate, guide and workshop with markets and accounts where applicable
• Assists in communicating inspiration and storytelling to Marketing and Concept To Consumer

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability and desire to manage others, which includes but is not limited to:
• Influencing and leading a team
• Productive critiquing and mentoring
• Creating more efficient, creative, and positive working environment
• A strong working knowledge of footwear construction and production
• A detailed understanding of the creation process
• A strong knowledge of material suppliers, material production, and technical material feasibilities
• Implement the creative vision for a multitude of color concepts with a focus on Footwear color application and expression, including Graphics
• Guide color labdip, finishes trials and graphic strikes-off process to ensure color quality meet standards and aesthetic direction.
• Computer Skills
• Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop
• Power Point/Key Note/InDesign
• Apple Mac Operating system
• Understanding of brand history and current positioning
• Understanding of marketplace (Footwear/ Running/performance Sports/ Culture/ Lifestyle) history, consumer, and current positioning
• Has a strong understanding of Color and Material trends, application, and cycles
• Ability to understand design concepts and think conceptually
• Ability to create designs that meet category needs and commercial opportunities
• Ability to design for new initiatives and products with a fresh, innovative perspective
• Ability to operate agile in a fast pace, ever changing work environment
• Works well in a team environment. This position requires employee to engage with many stakeholders, as well as manage various information and relationships
• Ability and desire to push themselves, others, and the brand forward
• Ability to influence, negotiate, and collaborate with key business partners
• Strong presentation skills
• 3D skills and knowledge of virtual tools are beneficial but not required

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Four year college or university degree in industrial, graphics, apparel or footwear design
• Direct experience in footwear design, fashion design or any design relevant environment
• Thorough knowledge of art and design with clear understanding of visual design or any design related environment
• Six years relevant work experience
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree

PURPOSE & IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION:

• Contribute to meeting or exceeding store sales and profit targets by:
• Passionately inspiring consumer loyalty to the Brand
• Effectively serving and selling to customers
• Diligently executing store operations

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be aware of store sales and KPI targets, as well as individual performance targets, take ownership over them and use all available store resources to meet or exceed them
• Execute the Brand Customer Service standards to meet or exceed customers’ expectations
• Be a Brand Ambassador, consistently exhibiting the Brand Attitude and Values
• Use Seasonal Brand and product knowledge effectively during sales interactions
• Communicate product features and benefits and unique selling points clearly to address customers’ needs and strengthen their connection to the Brand
• Adhere to all established policies and procedures
• Execute and maintain established Visual Merchandising and In-Store Communication standards
• Process merchandise deliveries quickly and effectively, and constantly replenish merchandising fixtures to ensure the store’s entire product offer is represented on the sales floor
• Complete cash register transactions quickly and accurately
• Minimize loss in both, the stockroom and the sales floor
• Perform all store operations in a safe, effective and efficient manner
• Collaborate productively and respectfully with team members
• Complete all applicable training programs and effectively apply the learning on the job
• Seek coaching and learning opportunities to continually improve your performance

KNOWLEDGE, CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Retail Professional Competencies

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Preferably between 1-2 months working in a sports/fashion customer & commercial focused retail environment
2. Basic numeracy, literacy and verbal communication skills