Assistant 3D Designer (6 months) (m/f)

Job description

Country: Germany                                              
Job Function: Design

State / Province: Germany                               
Position Type: Temp

City / Location: Herzogenaurach                                   
Brand: adidas

Relocation: No Selection

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

Purpose
Ensure new technologies and design processes are implemented into the creative teams, supporting the creators as a key strategic asset to the brand

Support design operation within new and existing tools, keeping the teams across the brand at the leading edge of innovation

Test solutions and Execute design creation processes within BU’s, with the 3D design team to meet the brands goals and maintain leadership in the sporting goods industry

Key Accountabilities

Leadership and Innovation

·  Partner with designers across the brand to support the use of new tool and process innovations within your business units, ultimately helping position our brand as a technology and thought leader in the creative realm.
·  Facilitate communication on innovative and complex technologies to inspire and lead your BU in the adoption of design methods and tools.
·  Engage with creators across the organisation to support adidas in being recognized as the creator brand.
·  Identify opportunities of improvement and change the end to end process.

Strategy and Implementation

·  With your team lead, successfully implement tools fallowing the digital creation strategic goals, helping plan and deliver for designers in your BU.
·  Empower and engage the creators in your team rolling out solutions with clarity, effectively on-boarding creative partners
·  Organize testing new technologies and processes helping provide fact-based feedback and requirements to IT
·  Collaborate with designers to ensure targeted results and community awareness
·  Consult with cross-functional team members to ensure end-to-end benefits are achieved

Knowledge, Capabilities and Experience

·  Highly knowledgeable about creative technologies
·  Enjoy communicating with the creative teams
·  Skilled in Modo or comparable 3D applications, including creating 3D modeling of product and advanced knowledge of rendering/lighting setup, color and shading.
·  Advanced in sketching and drawing methods, in Adobe Suite
·  Strong visual skills with the ability to create impactful/exciting visuals
·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills
·  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to vendors, designers, and other employees of the organization
·  Experience designing footwear and/or apparel product is a plus
·  Under-graduate level Design, 3D, or related education experience
·  Solid education and advanced experience in the creative development of communication tools
·  Experience in 3D Visualization or Design
·  Experience with the entire design process (project scope and time planning, design steps, production/execution of design solution)
·  Passion for adidas and it’s mission
·  Passion for sports, culture, design