Senior Specialist Designer at adidas Group

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Design and produce industry leading creative solutions for market campaigns (brand and commercial), digital content and assigned projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and produce elevated design solutions for assigned campaigns (brand and commercial) and digital content.
• Working and adapting design templates for all commercial channels including specific templates for wholesale partners.
• Create design solutions for variety of touchpoints internal, 2D, retail and digital
• Collaborate with brand communications team members to ensure holistic storytelling and holistic brand look and feel
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure consumer and brand focus
• Present and communicate objective design solutions with clarity, effectively selling in ideas to variety of stakeholders
• Execute the production stages of creative, ensuring creative excellence and technical precision throughout the project
• Maximise results within given timeframes
• Identify opportunities of improvement and change, and initiate own proposals/projects
• Work collaboratively with agency on ad hoc campaigns

Key Relationships:

• Global retail activations
• Global concept and visual merchandising
• Emerging Markets Omni-channel
• Emerging Markets Brand Planning
• Emerging Markets BU Directors
• Emerging Markets Brand Activation 
• Country cluster Omni-channel leads
• Country cluster Trade marketing (Own Retail, Franchise and Wholesale)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Expert knowledge Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign and video editing
• Basic understanding of HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
• Strong graphic design and verbal skills
• IT skills:  Excel, Word, PowerPoint: advanced /Outlook

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Undergraduate education and/or advanced experience in Graphic or Communication Design, or related Design specialty
• At least 5 years' experience in Sporting Goods/Fashion Industry or Design
• Experience and understanding of end to end Design process
• Passion for sports, culture, design