Job Description

Working Pattern: Typically 5 days in the office, with core hours flexible between 8am-6pm.

The Role
Next Sourcing is seeking a sharp, commercially minded Menswear Tailoring Designer to join our in house global design hub. As our Tailoring Specialist, you will be the creative driver behind the suits, blazers, formal trousers, and smart separates that define our menswear collections. You will blend modern tailoring trends, elevated fabrications, and precise technical construction to create suits and formalwear that strike the perfect balance between contemporary style and commercial viability.

We’re so much more than just a British retailer. 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 and wear every day. Located across the globe, our Next Sourcing teams specialise in all parts of the sourcing operation, from design and garment technology to full product development.

What You’ll Take On

• Design Elevated Menswear Tailoring: Create compelling, market leading collections across soft tailored blazers, structured suits, formal trousers, coats, and smart-casual separates.
• Translate Global Tailoring Trends: Continually research international runway collections, contemporary tailoring movements, and global street style, adapting high level formalwear trends into commercial "must-have" ranges for the NEXT customer.
• Inspirational & Development Travel: Embark on seasonal trend research trips to global fashion capitals, while also visiting international mills, suppliers, and tailored garment factories to oversee sample development, fit sessions, and fabric sourcing.
• Master Fabrications & Construction: Design intelligently with a deep knowledge of tailored garment construction, canvas types, shoulder pads, linings, and high performance fabric blends to deliver a premium fit and finish at a competitive price point.
• Drive Rapid Design Cycles: Respond quickly to fast turnaround briefs with precision, delivering detailed, accurate CADs and clear range plans without compromising on design aesthetics or quality.
• Partner with Global Teams: Collaborate daily with Sourcing Specialists, Garment Technologists, Buyers, and Pattern Cutters to ensure designs align seamlessly with production capabilities, target margins, and overall range plans.
• Ensure Tech-Pack Accuracy: Produce precise, fully detailed technical specification packs and CAD layouts for international factories to guarantee exact execution in production.

What You’ll Bring

• Menswear or Womenswear Tailoring Expertise: A strong design background focused specifically on commercial menswear or womenswear formalwear and tailoring, demonstrating exceptional attention to silhouette, proportion, cut, and detail.
• Design Software Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create realistic CAD renders, detailed construction callouts, and clean technical packs daily.
• Technical & Fabric Knowledge: A solid understanding of tailored garment construction, pattern-making principles, lining details, and how different suiting fabrics (wool blends, linens, performance textiles) behave during wear and pressing.
• Industry Background: Experience working within a high-volume retailer, established tailoring brand, or major global supplier, bringing a clear understanding of retail calendars, lead times, and commercial scale.
• Team-First Mentality: Strong interpersonal skills and a highly collaborative approach, with the confidence to present seasonal ranges and pitch concepts to Buyers, Product Managers, and overseas manufacturing partners.
• Resilience in Busy Moments: Excellent organisation skills to manage multiple seasonal drops, sample reviews, and fast-track capsules simultaneously while maintaining high standards of detail under tight deadlines.
• Proactive Curiosity: A genuine passion for contemporary formalwear, modern sartorial trends, and garment technology, always exploring new sustainable fabrications and innovative construction methods.

Portfolios
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 Menswear Tailoring, 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 fewtop tips on what makes a portfolio stand out to our team.

Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

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 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!