Designer - Childrenswear (Next Sourcing) - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

1 month ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Next Full time

Older Boyswear Designer 
Next Sourcing 
Let’s Take it On
From £44,000 (depending on experience)
Maternity cover 
Enderby, Head Office

We’re so much more than just a supplier. From Istanbul to Shanghai, our Sourcing teams live and work in some of the most iconic cities in the world.

They're at the heart of finding, developing and delivering the products our customers love, wear and use every day. Located both in the Next Head office and across the globe, our Next Sourcing teams specialise in all different parts of the sourcing operation, from design and technology to product development. 

Our Designers here at Next are always looking forward. Looking for that next thing, focusing on trend and pushing the boundaries of what we can offer our fantastic customer base. Working as a key part of the critical path; creating new and innovative designs across boyswear.

The role
Researching the latest trends relevant to various customer profiles, then communicating this information to your team and senior managers is a key part of this role. We would ask you to produce creative, fun designs that tastefully represent and reflect the latest trends into the Next customer base. Day to day roles could be things like briefing suppliers and continuing to build great relationships whilst working closely with the Assistant Designers & sourcing team to support the whole design process from planning new ranges through to product selection. This fast paced role is perfect for someone looking to focus on elevating their designs for the childrens garment design category.

About you
We would love you to have previous experience working within a UK brand, supplier or high street retailer. Previous experience working on garment design would be  essential.  A great taste level and a real passion for the latest trends and how to translate these in a fun way to your designs, whilst being enthusiastic attitude and team player. A high level of experience and be proficient in creating designs and tech packs using Adobe creative suite-from initial trend concepts to final tech packs would be necessary for this role. Confident communication skills and the ability to manage an Assistant Designer. 

The team
You would be joining an amazing team whose enthusiasm for childrenswear design and elevation is the main focus. A wealth of experience across multi-fabrications and innovative progression is one of the many plus points of joining this team Let’s have fun with design

Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see:.



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