Senior Color & Materials Designer

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION

Work on Impactful Industry-Leading Executions: Play a key role in shaping cutting-edge apparel and footwear direction through color and material design.

Drive Brand Innovation: Collaborate with North America creation teams and the global Creative Direction Function to build a forward-thinking, cohesive color and material strategy.

Strategic Partnerships & Insights: Work closely with Color Directors, Business Unit Leads, and Material teams to gather insights and needs.

Trendsetting & Market Influence: Identify and establish long-term and seasonal color and material trends that captivate creators and drive a modern and relevant retail representation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Stay up to date on information needed to design consumer and brand relevant products through various sources:

Trade fairs, cultural events, and sporting events, athlete insights

Trade publications, general interest press, trend services, fashion and sportswear magazines and websites

Verbally and visually presents color, new material, and trim ideas/details with clarity in small and large group meetings

Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with various departments, including Trend & Insights, Product Design, BU color design teams to ensure cohesive visual communication

Store checks, market visits, material fairs and team travel as provided

Creating 3D concept representation, 3D assets, digital product information for an accurate development and decision-making process

Drive and work with the global team in seasonal and long-term design direction for the brand with a specific North America focus within the following topics:

Future Apparel and Footwear Color concepts and stories

Apparel and Footwear Materials concepts and stories

Accessories Color and Material

Key person in defining, directing, & curating aforementioned design direction by, but not limited to:

Providing trend forecasting content around colors and material relevant to our consumer and brand

Providing advanced conceptual direction and allocation in developing materials with the Creative Direction Color, Material, & Graphic Teams, Product Design, & Development.

Working with Local and Global counterparts to provide category relative Color and Material direction when required cross-location or cross-category alignment is concerned.

Directs as a Color, Material conduit to Designers from the categories need in support of the direction for North America.

Acts as a brand ambassador between all categories looking for opportunities to connect direction, product, and people

Support to create, presents, and applies Creative Direction specific presentations

Drives content to Concept To Consumer Team to enhance Creative Direction strategy and storytelling Support in providing a curated context, to enable success among the business with a North American consumer in mind.

PRODUCT EXECUTION

Drive Apparel/Footwear Color & Material executions for Creative Direction Exhibition. This includes but is not limited to:

Vision and expectations for seasonal prep and research stated above

Creates product design presentations; both physical and digital

Travel to Asia for development trips (not always required)

Drives, shapes, and informs communicating inspiration and storytelling tools to North America Creative communities.

Assists in designing Footwear Color and Material executions for Inline and/or Key Account ranges with input from Design, Marketing, and Development. This includes but is not limited to

Seasonal prep and research stated above

Assists in creating color design presentations; both physical and digital.

Exploratory process to reach final solution

Creates Color CADs and Material Maps & Graphic Maps

Works closely with material supplier to assist in development process and calendar deadlines per seasonal milestone.

Assists in communicating inspiration and storytelling to BUs

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Computer Skills inclusive of:

Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop

Power Point/Key Note

Apple Mac Operating system

3D not required, but beneficial

Ability to understand design concepts and think conceptually

Ability to create designs that meet category needs and commercial opportunities

Ability to operate in a fast pace, ever changing work environment

Works well in a team environment. This position requires employee to engage with many stakeholders, as well as manage various information and relationships

Ability and desire to push themselves, others, and the brand forward.

Ability to influence and collaborate with key business partners

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Min. 6 years of work experience in color, concept and/or materials design for apparel and/or footwear including university education

Thorough knowledge of art and design with clear understanding of visual design or any design related environment

Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree'

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, eleven 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 $140,000 to $165,000. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role. adidas is an equal opportunity employer and will consider requests for accommodation in accordance with all relevant laws. 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, CA. Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.