Sports Recruitment International

Background

Li Ning Company Limited is one of the leading sports brand enterprises in the PRC, possessing brand marketing, research and development, design,, distribution and retail capabilities. The Group's products mainly include footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for sport and leisure uses under its own LI-NING brand.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Creative Director on performance wear design for specific categories including Badminton, Basketball, Running, Football and Tennis
• Initiate the creative design direction and further transfer the creative concept to the design of products
• Create innovation roadmap for specific category needs
• Responsible for the integration of cross categories
• Assist Creative Director with category collaborations
• Responsible for preparation for relevant fashion shows
• Lead/ Coach Chief Designers/ (Senior) Designers in the team; drive the creativity in product design in the whole team
• Meet deadlines and deliver high quality products and leading trends to the market

Skills & Experience Required

Essential:

• Minimum 8 years of creative design experience with brands
• Creative thinker, originality creator, and ideas implementor
• Strong abilities to set up strategic creative direction for specific categories
• Knowledge of the current sports apparel market; knowledge of sports of specific categories
• Extensive knowledge and experience in sportswear creation
• Excellence verbal, visual and written communication skills
• Strong leadership to lead the whole team to work more cohesively

Desired:

• The successful candidate should come from a Performance sportswear design background
• While mandarin is not required it is essential that the candidate has an understanding of Chinese culture and a real desire to embrace living and working in China
• A sports lover and active participant is preferred

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