Senior Designer - Footwear Innovation(m/w/x)

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION Develop industry leading creative solutions for assigned concept or category, to create a highly relevant, desirable and distinct adidas brand image, to serve for athlete-led brand moments and system solutions for categories. 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