Design Director - Originals Apparel & Graphics

adidas; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

adidas is seeking a Creative Director to lead innovative development within the BU Originals, Basketball & Partnerships department. This role requires extensive experience in the sporting goods or fashion industry, a strong design background, and a passion for pushing creative boundaries. The successful candidate will manage a creative team, oversee projects from conception to execution, and ensure alignment across various marketing channels. Embracing diversity and fostering inclusivity are key aspects of our work culture.

Benefits

Robust medical coverage

401k plan with employer match

Generous Leave policies

Education assistance

Annual performance bonus

Qualifications

• At least 10 years experience in Sporting Goods/Fashion Industry or Design.
• 3 years personnel management experience.
• Solid education and advanced experience in creative development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Creative development for multiple concepts or categories.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand focus.
• Direct creative resources for execution.

Skills

Strong visual and verbal skills

Creative development

Team leadership

Education

Under-graduate level Design education

Tools

Design apps

Job description

Area: adidas Brand

Department: BU Originals, Basketball &

Partnerships

Direct Reporting Line: Sr Product Director

Indirect/secondary Reporting Line

Subsidiary/country: USA

Location: Los Angeles, California

GSMS Grade: M2

Number of Personnel Managed: 1 - 5

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility: ….

Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organization

• Develop and direct industry leading creative solutions for concepts and categories, to create a highly relevant, desirable and clear adidas brand image, from sell in to sellout (consumer-facing)
• Lead and manage the internal creative team to achieve worldclass results
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Creative development for multiple concepts or categories across multiple consumer touchpoints, from 2D to retail to digital
• Develop concepts and creative strategies that fulfill objectives of category, concept, brief
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure consumer- and brand focus
• Set priorities, creative and assignment-related, of team
• Lead the execution of creative strategies to ensure end to end creative excellence, from sellin to sellout (consumer-facing)
• 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
• 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
  
  

Key Relationships

• Design Directors, Creative Directors
• Product Designers
• Brand Communications
• Product MarketingTeams
• External Agencies and Art/Creative Directors
• External Creative Resources
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• IT skills: Excel, Word, PowerPoint: advanced /Outlook
• Design apps: expert
• Strong visual and verbal skills with the ability to create impactful/exciting visuals
• Language: English: excellent
  
  

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 10 years experience in Sporting Goods/Fashion Industry or Design on managerial level
• 3 years personnel management experience
• Ideally additional experience in Apparel Graphics
• 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
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388. hours per day that increases with years of service, 20 days. paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $148,000.00 - $222,000.00. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Los Angeles California.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.
  
  

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.