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Senior Designer, RN FTW

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Responsible for driving a creator culture to deliver against leading stories and product collections in the Running Footwear segment.

Be unapologetically consumer obsessed generating relevant stories and products that excite the China market.

Have a professional balanced approach to work within a dynamic and creative environment whilst balancing the need for operational excellence and speed to market.

 

Key Responsibilities:

● Be a Consumer Obsession champion with a special emphasis on winning the China consumer

● Extend RUNNING FTW strategy in the given segment and maintain connectivity to Germany HQ creatives to ensure a one brand consumer facing message

● Advocate story telling throughout the design team and drive intuitive visual solutions in product concepts

● Design concepts and products that maintain consumer advocacy whilst delivering against the product brief

● Be a creator and an innovator always exploring fresh executions, materialization and color expression

● Motivate + lead fellow designers on the journey to winning consumers and market share whilst adhering to the strategic vision articulated by management

● Present stories and ideas cross functionally with effectiveness to gain consensus

● Be responsible to drive team members and work within the constraints of close to market dynamics and speed

 

 Key Relationships:

  • Direct Design reports
  • Product Marketing
  • Product Development
  • Global Design counterparts

 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    • Have key insights into RUNNING FTW market landscape
  • Solid experience in RUNNING FTW creation
    • Strong communication skills to articulate concepts, ideation and collections seamlessly to various members of the organization
    • Ability to excel and thrive in a team environment with a high level of diversity
    • Deep knowledge of footwear creation process and how cross functional members contribute
    • Ability to create leading propositions whilst also being a guru of commercializing trends with adidas codes
    • Mature approach and ability to persuade, negotiate and compromise to produce win/win scenarios
    • Knowledge of design, development and marketing processes with a passion for ideation sharing
    • Intellectually curious and always seeking the new

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

 

● Bachelor or University Degree in industrial design or related educational experience and at least 7 years related work experience

● Experience in RUNNING FTW totally new design with colors, materials and graphics experience being a preference

● Cross functional expertise in addition to Design would be advantageous

● IT: Superior experience in usage of all key design software and systems, expert in Design apps, software that are impactful to conveying ideation visually

● Basic communication skills in English

 

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

  • COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
  • OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
  • INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
  • TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
  • INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
  • RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.


At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.

– Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You –

By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.

Job Title:  Senior Designer, RN FTW

Brand: 
Location:  Shanghai
TEAM:  Design
State:  SH
Country/Region:  CN
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  539072
Date:  Jan 7, 2026
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