Design Assistant - Digital

We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other. 

The Role: 

The Digital Design Assistant will work across organic social and performance marketing channels and be responsible for assisting the Digital & Motion Designers in the day to day running of these social channels.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years’ service).
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

What you’ll be doing:

As a Digital Design Assistant, you will need to be creative and confident whilst working within a fast-paced environment and be reactive with your workload as the needs of the business changes. You’ll have a strong eye for detail and innovation which will allow you to push design boundaries and challenge the norm. You must show the ability to explore a range of ideas before demonstrating a design decision through all given projects.

Your main responsibility will be working on a variety of organic social briefs for Instagram, so animation skills are key. Additionally, you will work on banners for performance marketing channels, demonstrating a strong eye for detail.

You must have a can-do positive attitude and follow the briefs set by the wider team whilst keeping track of your time management and ensuring all deadlines are consistently met.

Who you are:

Minimum level of education or qualifications

• 6 -12 months digital design industry experience, preferably within fashion and ecommerce.

Essential skills/knowledge

• Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign & Illustrator

Behavioural Skills

• Highly motivated and enthusiastic about learning and developing design skills.
• Attention to detail and creative eye.
• Forward thinking and innovative approach to design projects.
• Good communication and confident to show initiative.
• Ability to prioritise, multi-task and manage projects.
• Good time management and can work with pace.
• Positive approach to constructive design feedback.
• Clear understanding of seasonal brand handwriting, tone of voice and style guide and applying it to all seasonal artworks.

Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change.  We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values. 

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals. 

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.