Adidas SENIOR DESIGNER 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

486735739

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the creative development for concept or systems across multiple athlete and consumer touchpoints, from solution/product to the event or to category handover.

• Develop concepts and creative strategies that fulfill objectives of category-/concept briefs.

• Collaborate with Creative Direction and category to ensure holistic storytelling on product level.

• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure consumer- and brand relevance on projects.

• Lead the execution of creative strategies to ensure end to end creative excellence to the event (consumer facing)/ to the category.

• 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.

• Maximize 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

• Innovation Teams

• Business Units

• Global Operations

• Creative Direction

• External creative resources (agencies, freelancers, photographers, etc.)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• IT skills: Outlook, Miro, PowerPoint, Word, Excel

• Design skills: Sketching, 2D software (Illustrator/photoshop/…), 3D software (i.e Blender, Gravity Sketch, Rhino, …), 3D renders software (i.e. Blender, Keyshot, …), Scripting (grasshopper, AI generated imagery/3D, etc., …)

• Strong visual and verbal skills with the ability to create relevant and

impactful Design solutions

• Art direction of photoshoots, pre-press reviews and approvals.

• Fluent in English (verbal and written).

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 5 years of experience in sporting goods/fashion industry or design related industry on managerial level

• Proven experience with the entire design process (project scope and time planning, design steps, production/execution of design solution, athlete interactions, pre-press processes)

• Passion for adidas and its mission.

• Passion for sports, culture, design