Senior Designer, Apparel and Accessories
adidas
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Tokyo • Japan
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About the role
- Create and drive apparel and accessories product expression for Originals, Basketball, and Partnerships with a focus on Japan and South Korea.
- Collaborate closely with Product Marketing to translate strategies into impactful creative concepts and projects that contribute to overall brand success.
- Partner with Development counterparts to innovate, elevate, and continuously improve product solutions.
- Lead the execution of creative strategies, ensuring end-to-end creative excellence.
- Deliver clear, best-in-class designs and creative solutions for key projects, demonstrating leadership and setting a high standard of design excellence.
- Stay deeply informed on consumer cultural trends, fashion, sport culture, and industry insights across relevant categories and disciplines to bring forward culturally connected design.
- Maximize results within given resources and timelines, applying agility and strong problem-solving skills to drive efficiency and impact.
- Role-model adidas values and actively shape a collaborative, creative, and inclusive team culture.
Requirements
- Undergraduate level design education
- A minimum of 6-8 years of experience in the sporting goods, fashion, or design industry, with experience operating at a senior or managerial level
- Strong foundation and advanced experience in creative development, including the creation of communication tools, visual storytelling, and design presentations.
- Proven experience with the entire design process (project scope and time planning, design steps, production/execution of design solution, pre-press processes)
- Passion for adidas and it’s mission
- Passion for sports, culture, design
- Strong visual and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create impactful, inspiring, design visuals.
- Deep product design knowledge with credible expertise in apparel and accessories design, materials, construction, and industry trends.
- High proficiency in design and creation tools, including Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft applications, AI-enabled design tools, and 3D software.
- Language skills: English (fluent required); Japanese (preferred); Korean (preferred).
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Competitive salary
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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Certifications
undergraduate level design education