Description Designer (Beachwear) Let’s Take it on Womenswear Non-Clothing Leicester, Head Office 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 Womenswear 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 Non-Clothing design field - this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive. 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, trend led designs across Womenswear Non-Clothing. We are looking for someone who is highly experienced within the beachwear category for Womenswear Non-Clothing. 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 a big part of this role, whether for inspiration or building on supplier relationships. About you You will be highly experienced working within a UK brand or high street retailer. Previous experience working within Womenswear and beachwear would be essential. Print is key to this role so a strong sense of print trends is essential when working with the print team collaboratively. 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. Your benefits We’ll discuss more of what you’ll get interview, but here’s an overview of what you can expect: Profit–related bonus 25 days holiday and the opportunity to buy more Company car scheme 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. We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careersnext.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail. We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.