Director, Kobe CMG Design

The Director, Kobe Expression Design leads colour, graphic, and material design for the Kobe brand within the Kobe Footwear & Apparel Product Design team. This role collaborates with a diverse design community and cross-functional project teams, and reports directly to the Senior Creative Director. The director is responsible for elevating product expressions, driving innovation, and helping bring the vision for the future of the Kobe Brand to life.

• Lead colour, graphic, and material design for the Kobe brand.
• Elevate new techniques and expressions that influence brand-new models.
• Develop seasonal narratives that elevate existing materials for classic and iconic products.
• Partner with key stakeholders cross-functionally on the product creation process.
• Bring the vision for the future of the Kobe Brand to life.
• Unleash creativity with a focus on industry-leading design.
• Leverage consumer insights to inform creative response.
• Drive innovation and cultural connections embedded in designs to create separation.
• Collaborate and mentor within the design community (concept designers, industrial designers, materials, colour, graphics, computational designers, etc.).
• Work hand in hand with a large project team of different professionals (product managers, developers, researchers, marketing, costing, etc.).
• Lead a team of designers across footwear and apparel.

• Bachelor's degree in Design or related field (any suitable combination of education, experience and training accepted).
• 10+ years working in Design or related field.
• 2 years in a management or leadership role.
• Ability to translate consumer knowledge and insights into product solutions and narratives.
• Exceptional knowledge of design, art, and fashion, as well as passion for sport and youth culture.
• Ability to build seasonal concepts and narratives, exploring new innovations, techniques, and ideas, with both short- and long-term vision.
• Solid knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials.
• Experienced with presentation and design programs:
  Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong communication and relationship leadership skills, ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners.
• Ability to lead and mentor designers, build opportunities for development, make hiring decisions, and drive performance management, recognition and rewards.
• Open-minded, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view.
• Must provide a design portfolio (PDF or URL with password if applicable).

• 5 years in a management or leadership role.

Reasonable accommodations are available for the interview process.