Assistant Designer

About the role
We are delighted to share that a position has arisen for an Assistant Designer on Kids Essentials.

The role involves a focus on print design, colour forecasting and spec creation along with product development. You should be inquisitive and challenging with a proactive approach to projects. As a key part of the Essentials Design there will be a requirement to support the Designers ensuring our customers can buy good quality and inspirational products at the best price.

You will be responsible for
- Helping the design team to deliver well researched trend presentations to key members of the team in line with customer and business vision.
- Work well as part of a bigger design team, making sure that admin tasks are completed efficiently & the department is kept organized so that the critical path can be followed.
- Help to create accurate and clear brief sheets to provide all the information needed for ‘Right first time’ samples.
- Consistently be knowledgeable on current social and graphic trends, catwalks, youth movements and competitors to feed this into the Design & Buying teams.
- Work closely with the buying, merchandising and technical teams, assisting from a design perspective when needed.
- Be reactive to the needs of a multi-product department & have a strong initiative to know which admin tasks need prioritising to help the team perform.
- Work alongside graphic designers, helping with creative brainstorming, current graphic trends & knowing what is trending. Playing your part in briefing Print designers clearly so high quality print specs are generated.

You will need
- Completion of a fashion based course
- Strong Adobe Creative suite background (Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign)
- Powerpoint presentation skills
- Outlook & Excel
- Strong graphic eye and editing skills
- Involvement in License Product Design
- Ability to plan and organise
- Responsive and clear communicator
- Self-Motivated
- Time management and logical thinking
- Keen to learn and develop

About us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

What’s in it for you
We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work These include but are not limited to:

- Annual bonus scheme.
- Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus 8 Bank holidays).
- Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution.
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay.
- Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home.
- Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues.