Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership: Lead creative development for Global Brand Creative across multiple consumer touchpoints, including 2D, retail, digital, branded content, campaigns, and moving image.
• Concept Development: Develop concepts and creative strategies that deliver against category objectives, project briefs, and the broader adidas brand vision.
• Brand Direction: Advise Communications, Business Units, Creative Direction, and other partners on the creative interpretation of strategic and project-specific needs.
• Creative Excellence: Lead creative strategies from internal sell-in through consumer-facing execution to ensure consistent end-to-end quality and brand expression.
• Team Leadership: Set creative and assignment priorities while directing internal teams and external creative resources toward world-class outcomes.
• Creative Community: Build a strong creative culture by developing distinctive opportunities for inspiration, learning, collaboration, and creative growth.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with brand, product, design, marketing, communications, and creative partners to maintain a strong consumer and brand focus.
• Creative Direction: Direct agencies, freelancers, photographers, videographers, art directors, and other creative resources to deliver cohesive and elevated creative execution.
• Creative Approval: Review and approve creative work throughout development and execution to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with brand standards.
• Resource Management: Maximize creative impact within established budgets, timelines, and project requirements.

Requirements

• Undergraduate-level education in Design or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• At least 8 years of experience in the sporting goods, fashion, creative, or design industry, including experience at a managerial level.
• Minimum of 2 years of people management experience.
• Advanced experience developing creative communications and branded creative solutions.
• Proven experience across the end-to-end design process, including project scoping, timeline planning, design development, production, execution, and pre-press processes.
• Expert proficiency with relevant design applications.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong visual and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop and communicate impactful creative ideas.
• Excellent English-language communication skills.

Preferred

• Demonstrated experience concepting and executing branded content and campaigns for global audiences.
• Experience directing multidisciplinary creative work across 2D, retail, digital, and moving image.
• Experience leading internal creative teams and external agencies, freelancers, photographers, videographers, and other creative partners.
• Strong understanding of sport, performance, fashion, and the cultural influences shaping consumers and brands.
• Demonstrated passion for creativity, design, sport culture, and the adidas brand.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage including HSA with employer funding or FSA options, dental, vision, and prescription plans.
• Short and long term disability coverage.
• Basic life and AD and D insurance with supplemental employee paid options.
• 401(k) retirement savings eligibility subject to applicable service, hours, and age requirements, plus access to the adidas Stock Purchase Plan subject to eligibility requirements.
• Flexible Time Off accrued at one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 80 hours per year.
• Eleven Company-Designated paid holidays. LTD employees are not eligible for the Floating Holiday.
• Eligible leave programs, including applicable parental leave and income replacement benefits.
• Employee product discounts and access to wellness and Employee Assistance programs.
• Access to eligible voluntary benefits, including legal, pet insurance, commuter, and voluntary time off programs.