Creative Director

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As a Creative Director, you will lead a small team to develop innovative digital storytelling for the adidas Sports Apps, both in the app and for social channels. You will bridge the gap between marketing stakeholders and creatives to develop best-in-class content that showcases the adidas Running app, meets marketing goals and reinforces our brand attitude: Impossible Is Nothing. As a digital native with an infectious energy, you champion deep creative thinking, driving the team to be bold and push boundaries.

**You’ll contribute by**:

- Developing and driving creative development and concepting in line with the adidas brand and our business goals
- Creating and maintaining the overall creative look and feel for the brand and all content
- Guiding the video content and 2D production process providing thoughtful and constructive feedback throughout every stage
- Understanding how to brief craft specialists (designers, directors and writers) to deliver projects against your creative vision
- Clearly translating the needs and asks between creative and marketing teams as well as other business units
- Directly managing a small team and creatively leading a larger production team
- Understanding the functions, opportunities and production constraints of different content types across different channels
- Working with marketing colleagues to ensure briefs are actionable for creative teams before heading into creative concepting
- Aligning with adidas counterparts to establish closer collaboration, regular exchange, and best practices

**What makes you the right match**:

- 5+ years of experience in Creative Direction and omni-channel asset production, preferably in a creative agency or similar environment
- Preferably, 3+ years of leadership experience
- Deep understanding of what’s trending with our core audiences (female and gen Z athletes)
- Very strong experience and knowledge of film making process, 2D creative development and asset creation
- Proactive attitude and a passion for creativity, with a hands-on approach
- Ability to understand the big picture and anticipate changing circumstances in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Excellent English skills
- Ideally, passion for sports, health and fitness
- Degree in Design, Video Production, or a related field

**About Runtastic**:
Scroll over the icons to learn more- 6 weeks of paid vacation (instead of the Austrian standard of 5 weeks) and up to 20% of your annual working time can be done remotely from abroad-
- Hybrid work set-up with the flexibility to work from home or from the office depending on your personal preferences as well as the team’s needs-
- Fancy offices with plenty of space for creativity and informal meetings, including the obligatory table tennis and foosball area-
- Workations (work remotely from abroad for up to 20% of your annual working time while getting to know a new place or visiting friends and family)-
- Learning and development budget for courses or conferences, in-house soft skills trainings and German language courses-
- Attractive discounts on adidas products and access to our corporate benefits platform that contains over 1.500 different discount offers and shops-
- Working café, terrace, and a play zone with table soccer for the well-deserved breaks-
- Ongoing company parties and sponsored team events-
- Quarterly "days of new ideas" (DONI) to try out new concepts & work with a variety of team members-
- Holistic health package including subsidized massages, free psychological support, and health screenings-
- Free fitness activities like running and yoga, free gym access, a calisthenics park on the rooftop terrace in Linz as well as budget for participating in sports events-
- Grocery vouchers of € 2 per working day as well as fresh fruit and vegetables, healthy snacks, ice cream, and beverages all day long in our offices-
- All-team breakfast, provided by the company, every 2 weeks-
- Visa sponsorship (incl. assistance from our in-house experts) and relocation packageNationalities
**46**

Number of employees
**183**

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And here’s the fine print: Compensation throughout the company includes fixed and variable monetary compensation as well as our benefits package. Our fixed salary for this position starts at EUR 72,042 gross per year (based on a 38.5 hour working week plus all-in component of 15 overtime hours per month). Your actual offer depends on your skill set and experience. As variable component we have a Short-