Assistant Designer (FTC) Let's Take it On Menswear - Men's Underwear & Socks (with focus on print) £31,000-40,000 Enderby, 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 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 Menswear 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 designs across Menswear. Your role Designing the mens underwear and socks ranges, print recolouring and designing waistbands will be a big part of this role. Within that would be research trips to places such as St Tropez, China and NYC You will be researching the latest trends relevant to various customer profiles, then communicate 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. Day to day roles could be things like briefing suppliers and continue to build great relationships whilst working closely with the Print Designer & Buyer to support the whole design process from planning new ranges through to product selection. About you Menswear design experience is essential. This role will encompass design, along with a nod to print for a fully unique role We would love you to have previous experience working within a UK brand or high street retailer. Experience working on a multi-product area with an eye for print and recolouring would be great A great taste level and a real passion for the latest trends and how to translate these 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. Your team You would be joining an amazing team whose enthusiasm for trend and elevation being 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 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 Life assurance Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in Next and claim your share of our success 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 On-site nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester 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 .'