<div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0.0cm 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0cm"> Design Director – Originals APP & Graphic COE </div> Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: Lead and establish a team and help create the seasonal creative direction of the Originals and Graphic together with category head. Maintain and nurture the product strategy, design, material and color direction with the Design team. Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop the seasonal Direction of Originals APP & Graphic according to market trends as well as overall Design Direction and ensure consistency though products and ranges</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Be at a global forefront of design trends and innovation as well as their application</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Steer and drive the conceptualization process within of the category </li> <li style="margin:2.0pt 0.0cm 2.0pt 0.0px;line-height:14.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage a team toward Category’s objectives and implement process changes</li> <li style="margin:2.0pt 0.0cm 2.0pt 0.0px;line-height:14.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Steer and coach team members and their creative processes and drive development of direct reports.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Inspire and motivate teams to pursue cutting edge ideas that are innovative and original in the market, by researching functional criteria for product and product concepts and outlining area of innovation</li> <li style="margin:2.0pt 0.0cm 2.0pt 0.0px;line-height:14.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure the correct execution of Corporate Identity guidelines and against legal restrictions within the category.</li> <li style="margin:2.0pt 0.0cm 2.0pt 0.0px;line-height:14.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Verbally present category strategies with clarity and expertise.</li> <li style="margin:2.0pt 0.0cm 2.0pt 0.0px;line-height:14.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Disseminate Design Strategy into category and x-functional teams</li> <li style="margin:2.0pt 0.0cm 2.0pt 0.0px;line-height:14.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Create professional level presentations of ideas; from loose sketch to detailed renderings to Digital Presentation</li> <li style="margin:2.0pt 0.0cm 2.0pt 0.0px;line-height:14.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure efficient processes and communication between external and internal teams</li> </ul> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Product Marketing </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Product Development & Sourcing</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Senior Design Director</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Business Units</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Brand Communications</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">External partners</li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Profound knowledge of fashion product and fashion design/industrial product or industrial design </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Innovative and collaborative leader and coach</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Excellent communication skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong influencing skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">High level of initiative & maturity</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to inspire, think creatively and strategically as well as to act tactically</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Problem solving attitude & can-do personality</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Fluent in English & Mandarin (spoken and written)</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">IT skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel, Word, PowerPoint: advanced /Outlook</li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university in a relevant Design subject or equivalent combination of education and experience </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Minimum of 8 years practical experience in a relevant area</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Minimum of 5 years of management including team leadership</li> </ul>

Director, ORI/BB APP Design (Shanghai, SH, CN) @ adidas

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