adidas

Director, Kids FTW

adidas

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Shanghai • China

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead and establish a team and help create the seasonal creative direction of the respective category together with category head
  • Develop the seasonal direction of the Kids FTW category according to market trends as well as overall Design Direction
  • Manage a team toward Category’s objectives and implement process changes
  • Steer and coach team members and their creative processes
  • Inspire and motivate teams to pursue cutting edge ideas that are innovative and original in the market
  • Ensure the correct execution of Corporate Identity guidelines and against legal restrictions within the category
  • Verbally present category strategies with clarity and expertise
  • Create professional level presentations of ideas; from loose sketch to detailed renderings to Digital Presentation
  • Ensure efficient processes and communication between external and internal teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university in a relevant Design subject or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Minimum of 10 years practical experience in FTW design (kids’ FTW experience is must have)
  • Minimum of 5 years of management including team leadership
  • Profound knowledge of fashion product and fashion design/industrial product or industrial design
  • Innovative and collaborative leader and coach
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong influencing skills
  • High level of initiative & maturity
  • Ability to inspire, think creatively and strategically as well as to act tactically
  • Problem solving attitude & can-do personality
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written)
  • IT skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel, Word, PowerPoint: advanced /Outlook
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
FTW designfashion designindustrial designcreative directionpresentation skillsprocess managementmarket trend analysisproblem solving
Soft skills
team leadershipcollaborationcommunicationinfluencinginitiativecreativitystrategic thinkingmotivationcoaching
Certifications
Bachelor degree in Design