Working Pattern: Typically 5 days a week onsite with core flexible hours between 8am to 6pm.
We’re looking for two creative and detail driven Assistant Designers to join our Next Home Textiles team, working across our Kids and Adult Bedding categories. In this role, you will play a crucial part in turning emerging interior trends into commercially successful, beautiful bedding collections that refresh and elevate our customers' homes.
Working alongside Designers, Buyers, Merchandisers, and Technologists, you will help shape everything from cozy children’s duvets to sophisticated adult bedding ranges. Whether your strength is in print and pattern development, colour story creation, or detailed CAD work, you’ll be supported with on-the-job training and guidance from an experienced team to help you build a brilliant career in home design.
Trend & Commercial Research: Track global home interior trends, colour palettes, and fabric innovations, helping to translate high end looks into accessible, volume selling bedding collections for both Kids and Adults.
Design & Artwork Creation: Produce commercial design concepts, original print and pattern artwork, and detailed CADs for duvet sets, sheets, and co-ordinating soft accessories.
Tech Pack Preparation: Prepare accurate design spec sheets and factory ready artwork files to ensure smooth development with our global supply base.
Sample Management: Support the end to end design cycle by tracking production samples, reviewing strike offs, and preparing samples for critical range reviews.
Team Collaboration: Assist in presenting seasonal concepts to Buyers and management, building strong relationships across the wider Home Textiles department.
Design Experience: A background or relevant qualification in Textile Design, Surface Pattern, or Fashion/Home Interiors, with a keen interest in both kids' and adult home trends.
CAD Proficiency: Hands on experience using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create repeat patterns, colourways, and detailed product CADs.
Commercial & Creative Eye: An understanding of the Next customer and a knack for creating commercially viable, market appropriate designs, as well as strong eye for colour & techniques
Organisation & Drive: Great time management skills, the ability to multi-task across multiple seasonal deadlines, and a calm approach in a fast-paced environment.
Communication & Teamwork: A proactive, collaborative attitude with clear communication skills and an eagerness to learn from those around you.
To help us get a feel for your style, please attach a digital portfolio to your application. We are looking for work that demonstrates a sharp eye for the future of print, how your ideas can be commercially viable for NEXT, and showcases your direct design and CAD work. To help you put your best foot forward, we’ve put together a few top tips on what makes a portfolio stand out to our team.
Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.
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 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.
At NEXT, we believe the best work happens when there are no barriers to collaboration. That’s why we are a Google-powered workspace. From your very first day, you’ll be using the full Google Workspace suite; Docs, Drive, and Meet, to stay connected and move fast. If your previous experience is rooted in other software suites, don’t worry! We’ll point you to a digital Google toolkit the moment you join, packed with handy guides and insider tips to help you transition smoothly and hit the ground running.
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You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
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