Designer - Brand Design (m/f/d)

Designer - Brand Design (m / f / d)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization :

Design industry leading creative solutions for assigned projects within BU’s brand design.

Key Responsibilities :

• As part of a team and under the direction of the Design Director Brand Design, create world class design solutions for adidas BU brand design, with a focus on creative direction, communications, digital and experiential design projects.
• Participate and contribute to franchise specific, seasonal, and annual creative direction development in guidance with the Originals label and brand direction.
• Contribute to the execution of creative strategies to ensure end to end creative excellence from briefing stage to roll-out (consumer-facing).
• Collaborate with a variety of creative resources (Cross-functional teams, freelancers, agencies, etc) on creative execution to ensure holistic creative excellence.
• Create design solutions for a variety of touchpoints from sell-in to sell out, internal and consumer facing that deliver an impactful and authentic aesthetic look and feel.
• Develop creative solutions that fulfil objectives and ambitions for the Originals label.
• Collaborate with Brand Comms, Product marketing and Product Design team members to ensure holistic storytelling and brand look and feel.
• Contribute to creative brainstorming, research and ideation exercises within the wider brand design team. Share cultural insights to bring authentic meaning to storytelling.
• Ensure efficient process and communication flow between cross-functional team members for an aligned vision.
• Present and communicate design solutions with clarity, effectively selling in ideas to a variety of stakeholders.
• Review and approve production stages of creative execution, ensuring creative excellence to the end.
• Self-Manage own creative process and execute towards given design languages and timelines. 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 Director / Senior Design Director
• Brand Design colleagues
• Product Design
• Brand Communications
• Digital Teams
• Freelance Creative Resources

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Strong knowledge, experience and insights pertaining to culture (streetwear culture / sneakers / music / fashion / art)
• Passion for Design, branding, typography, photography, packaging and spatial design.
• Knowledge and use of Macintosh computer design software / systems (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Powerpoint and additional design apps or tools beneficial.
• Strong graphic and verbal skills with the ability to create impactful / exciting visuals and presentations.
• Language : English : excellent

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications :

• Undergraduate education and / or advanced experience in Graphic Design, Event Design, Visual Merchandising Design, Communication Design, or related Design specialty.
• 3 years of practical experience in design environment (Studio / agency / brand or similar design related areas).
• Passion for adidas, its cultural legacy and its future.
• Passion for style, culture, design.

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