Director, Kids Footwear Design (Shanghai, SH, CN)

Adidas
Shanghai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Creativity","Team management","Influencing"]

Lead and grow the Kids Footwear (FTW) design team in Shanghai, steering seasonal direction, maintaining material and color strategy, and ensuring brand identity across products. Drive global design trends, coach the team, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver innovative, market-relevant footwear concepts.

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Director, Kids Footwear Design (Shanghai, SH, CN)

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Job Summary

Lead and grow the Kids Footwear (FTW) design team in Shanghai, steering seasonal direction, maintaining material and color strategy, and ensuring brand identity across products. Drive global design trends, coach the team, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver innovative, market-relevant footwear concepts.
Location: Shanghai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop the seasonal direction of the Kids FTW category according to market trends as well as overall Design Direction and ensure consistency though products and ranges
  • •Be at a global forefront of design trends and innovation as well as their application
  • •Steer and drive the conceptualization process within of the category
  • •Manage a team toward Category's objectives and implement process changes
  • •Steer and coach team members and their creative processes and drive development of direct reports

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university in a relevant Design subject or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • •Minimum of 10 years practical experience in FTW design (kids’ FTW experience is must have)
  • •Minimum of 5 years of management including team leadership
  • •Profound knowledge of fashion product and fashion design/industrial product or industrial design
  • •Fluent in English (spoken and written)
Experience:FashionFootwearDesignRetail
Education:Bachelor's in Design
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationCreativityTeam managementInfluencing
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PhotoshopIllustratorExcelWordPowerPointOutlook

Company Brief

Adidas
Global sportswear company designing, manufacturing, and selling athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serves consumers and athletes through branded products, direct-to-consumer retail, and wholesale channels worldwide.
Industry: Fashion & Apparel
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Herzogenaurach, Germany
Founded: 1949
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