Assistant Designer - Womenswear Job Description Assistant Designer Let’s Take it On Womenswear Enderby, Leicester, Head Office This is a full time position, in our fantastic Womenswear Design Studio at our amazing Leicester Head Office Campus, based on 5 days a week in the office and potentially 1 day from home. Let’s talk trend led design…When it comes to UK retail, it’s hard to find a company with a bigger focus on quality within design. We sell thousands of items an hour and our repeat customer base comes back to us time and time again for our renowned trend led, quality products. For anyone in the womenswear design field - this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive. Our Assistant 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 Womenswear. We are looking for someone with great experience within the Assistant/Junior design category. 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 designs that tastefully represent and reflect the latest trends into the Next customer base. Travel is also a big part of this role as well as collaboration across the team. About you We would love you to have previous experience working within a UK brand or high street retailer. Previous experience working on multi-product would be desirable but not essential. A great taste level and a real passion for the latest trends and how to translate these to your designs, whilst having an enthusiastic attitude and team player. The team You would be joining an amazing team whose enthusiasm for 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 Your benefits We’ll discuss more of what you’ll get when you work for Next at interview, but here’s an overview of what you can expect: • Profit–related bonus • 25 days holiday and the opportunity to buy more • Contributions into a pension scheme • Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in Next and claim your share of our success • On-site nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester • A fantastic restaurant, coffees shops and juice bar • Staff shop • Free parking on-site, including car sharing • Free company bus service to and from Leicester city centre and other areas • 25% staff discount on most Next products – either in our stores or delivered directly to your desk • National and local discounts on goods and services • A digital GP healthcare service 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: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa. 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