Senior Designer – Football Graphics for Apparel

 

Adidas is at the heart of football and the culture that surrounds it, in this team you will be needed to translate the aesthetics, creativity, hype and style into the future look of the brand in new and unexpected ways.

 

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

 

Develop industry leading creative solutions for the Football Culture and Hype apparel team, to create a highly relevant, desirable and clear adidas brand image With a strong knowledge of football culture aesthetics and terrace culture, you will be responsible for shaping the visual/graphical direction of the adidas Football Culture and Hype team Driving unexpected and innovative collaborations for the football design team As a manager of 2-3 people, you will lead the graphic direction of the team

 

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Lead the Creative development for concepts across multiple consumer touchpoints and brand focus Develop concepts and creative strategies that fulfil objectives of category, concept and briefs Collaborate with Product Design team to ensure holistic storytelling Cross-functional collaboration with team members Lead the execution of creative strategies to ensure end to end creative excellence Direct variety of creative resources Review and approve production stages of creative execution Maximise 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 Creating technical drawings and schematics in 3D & 2D, digital product information for an accurate development and decision-making process

 

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

 

Design Directors, Creative Directors, direct reports, peers Product Designers Brand Communications Retail and Market teams Product Teams External Creative Resources Collaboration partnerships Licensed partners (Feds, Clubs, Players etc.)

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

 

Design apps: expert with Illustrator, Photoshop Typography Illustration Strong visual and verbal skills with the ability to create impactful/exciting visuals 3D skills and knowledge of virtual tools are required

APP tools: Clo3D, Browzwear, VStitcher or similar 3D fashion design tools

Strong English language skills

 

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 

Under-graduate level Design education or combination thereof At least 6-8 years experience in Sporting Goods/Fashion Industry or Design on managerial level Proven experience with the entire design process (project scope and time planning, design steps, production/execution of design solution, pre-press processes) Passion for sports, culture, design, sub-cultures Strong knowledge of football culture aesthetics and terrace culture