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Design Academy - Graphics Focus
Adidas Group
Herzogenaurach, , Germany
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CALLING ALL CREATORS
At adidas, every day is a chance.
To flip the script.
To take everything we know and re-invent it.
To break new ground and write new rules.
To go after The Best and make it even Better.
Adidas is where true Creators come to raise the bar, to make something out of nothing, and to see obstacles for what they really are – opportunities for real innovation. Because at adidas, interesting, amazing, and inspiring aren’t just ideas – they’re what we do every day.
It’s not easy. It takes guts. It takes perseverance. And it takes the support of a community that never settles for “good enough”.
Calling all Creators, this is your chance to get up, to invent, to break new ground and make something the world has never seen.
So come on, join us.
Want to work with a world leader in the sporting goods & fashion industry?
Come take part in an exciting 24-month journey!
The adidas Design Academy, focused on Graphic design, includes multiple departmental rotations every 5-6 months, including one assignment abroad. You will also be able to gain cross-functional knowledge in a 4-week rotation with one of our Brand Design, Apparel Graphics Design and T-Shirt Graphics teams.
Your key responsibilities:
• Learn about what it takes to lead, drive, and change sport culture
• Learn how to take a simple consumer insights and translate it into a compelling design concept
• Submit designs and track them during the entire process, from ideation to development stage
• Learn how to communicate your designs through highly technical and highly expressive drawings
• Learn how to develop a design concept into reality
• Learn how materials and color can drive design perception and experience
• Be ready to ask for & give feedback
• Practice formally presenting your designs effectively to small and large groups across the organisation
• Understand the role of Design in our business strategies and our organisation
• Work together with international teams in design studios in Germany, Shanghai, Tokyo and the US
What you’ll bring to the role:
• Simplicity in design
• Curiousity
• Collaboration
• International experience and attitude
• Exceptionally high degree of creativity
• Passion for athletic, streetwear or fashion apparel
• Strong ambition to work for a world leader in the sporting goods industry
• Independent and highly innovative thinking
• University degree in Graphic Design (preferable)
• If not, convince us with your strong portfolio of why you should be our next future creator
• Maximum 2 years of professional experience, through internships, freelance jobs or project work
What we’ll give you:
• An international traineeship in a highly creative and diverse Design environment
• Senior Design leaders as mentors for the duration of the program
• A chance to work with the best Designers in sport and fashion
• Broad experience across various adidas products and categories
• The exceptional benefits of working inside a leading global brand
• Relocation support
Application Process
Think you should be in the running for the adidas Design Academy?
Please submit your application, including your strong design portfolio (maximum 3MB in size,) until April 15, 2017. Applicants from any global location or citizenship will be considered.
At the end of the application period, the most talented and promising designers will be selected to participate in a challenging Design Task. The top candidates from that Design task will then visit our adidas Group headquarters in Germany in July 2017, taking part in a live creative assessment center judge by our senior Design leaders (all costs will be covered by the adidas Group).
This once-in-a-lifetime traineeship program will commence onOctober 1, 2017.
\ Apply to adidas Design Academy today and shape the future of sport! \