Assistant Print Designer - Menswear

If your experience combines creativity, commercial awareness and delivering exceptional Print design in a retail environment, then this opportunity is going to be something you might be interested in…

• Next is the biggest fashion and lifestyle retailer within the UK & Europe’s largest online clothing retailer.
• There are over 500 stores in the UK, representing 8.3million square feet of retail space.
• We have around 45,000 employees.
• We have 8 million customers on the website selling in 72 countries selecting from 280 million products which are sold by us each year. 
• Our brand is highly trusted. Everything we do represents genuine value for money.
• Our customers are happy to pay a bit more for elevated quality & style.
• If this sounds inspiring to you, please apply for this role!

About the role:

● Research the latest trends relevant to various customer profiles, then communicate this information to your team and senior managers.

● Produce creative print designs that tastefully represent these trends.

● Brief suppliers on key print trends and send out print specs.

● Work closely with the Designer & Buyer to support the whole design process from planning new ranges through to product selection.

About you:

• A natural interest in trends with a good eye for colour, detail and excellent taste level
• An enthusiastic communicator with great personal skills
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment, working to set deadlines with enthusiasm and confidence
• Previous experience working within a UK brand, high street retailer or supplier
• Excellent knowledge of print design including repeats and the printing process & print aesthetics

Skills and Qualifications you have:

● Qualified to degree or equivalent in Fashion or similar subject.

● A high level of skill within Illustrator and Photoshop

● Highly organised 

Please note, as part of the application process we require you to submit your portfolio and / or examples of your work.

Please ensure you upload examples or provide a link to your work.

Unfortunately, applications without this will not be considered.

ABOUT US:

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

ABOUT SOME OF OUR BENEFITS:

• ​25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria's Secret products
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Subsidised restaurant, coffee shop and juice bar
• Access a 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking

Our aim is to support all applicants during the application process and to provide reasonable adjustments when ​​necessary and requested. If you would like to request support with your application due to any health condition, feel free to get in touch with us.