Senior Designer Home, Furniture and Seasonal

Senior Designer Home, Furniture and Seasonal
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD Contract type: Permanent Business area: Non Food Closing date: 24 November 2025 Requisition ID:

Joining the team at Argos, you'll find yourself at the forefront of UK retail, in a brand that is loved by millions of customers across the country. Argos is a market leader in the general merchandise sector, with the third most visited retail website and a market leading same day delivery and click&collect service. Whether it's working across our amazing owned-brands of Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, or working with the biggest global consumer brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox or Samsung, we have a breadth of opportunity to nurture your career. With roles across Buying, Merchandising, Design, Technical, or Commercial Planning or Operations, we have teams that always strive to make amazing product to delight our customers. The Argos Commercial teams work closely with many other functions across the business like Digital, Marketing, Retail and Logistics to deliver for our customers, allowing you to develop connections and learn from teams across the business. Development is important to us and you'll have the full support of your line manager in developing and growing your skill set and aiding your career aspirations.

About the team

Join the Argos GM Design team at Ansty Park, Coventry, where innovation meets customer obsession. At Argos, we're passionate about creating original, exclusive, and trend-setting product ranges for our Own Brands, Habitat, and Argos. Our collaborative and entrepreneurial team thrives on delivering designs that delight millions of customers, setting the pace in the UK retail market.

More about the role

As a Senior Designer at Argos, you'll take ownership of your category, delivering commercial and inspirational designs that support our brand ambition and category vision. You'll manage and mentor a team of Designers and Design Assistants, ensuring briefs are completed, deadlines are met, and objectives are achieved. Your responsibilities will include developing successful product ranges across home, furniture, seasonal, and gifting, managing relationships with suppliers and product developers, and representing the Design Team with stakeholders. You will be entrepreneurial and forward-thinking, with the ability to think creatively and inspire those around you. You should be adaptable in designing for a variety of categories, including Home, Seasonal, and Garden, whilst collaborating and working with our numerous external licensees.

You'll be accountable for the delivery of the design strategy, from concept to launch, working closely with product development, buying, and supplier teams. You'll identify new product opportunities, ensure quality and compliance, and use market data to inform your product strategy. Your entrepreneurial approach and leadership will help drive innovation and commercial success at Argos.

More about you

You are a creative and commercially minded design professional with experience managing teams in a fast-paced retail environment. You have a strong portfolio of relevant design work and a proven ability to deliver results through innovation, stakeholder engagement, and a deep understanding of customer needs. Your communication and relationship management skills enable you to influence across diverse audiences, and you thrive on mentoring others and driving continuous improvement.

You are adaptable, open-minded, and proactive in seeking feedback and new ways of working. Your technical expertise, commercial awareness, and passion for design ensure you consistently deliver high-quality, competitive products that delight Argos customers.

Essential criteria

• Relevant design experience in a comparable product design and development role, including team management
• Proven ability to deliver commercial and creative results in a dynamic retail environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence in presenting and influencing
• Technical expertise in product design, manufacturing processes, and use of design software (Photoshop and Illustrator)
• Demonstrated commercial awareness, customer insight, and market knowledge

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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.

Please see for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).

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