Designer - Womenswear Dresses - Next Sourcing

We are looking for an experienced Designer who thrives in a fast paced environment. Looking to elevate and push designs for womenswear, you will have a strong understanding of trends and factories. Knowledge of where we source different fabrications would be desirable.

Next Sourcing are at the heart of finding, developing and delivering the products our customers love, wear and use every day. Located both in the Next Head office and across the globe, our Next Sourcing teams specialise in all different parts of the sourcing operation, from design and technology to product development.

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 Womens Dresses - casual and formal ranges (wovens and jersey base).

We are looking for an experienced Designer who thrives in a fast paced environment. Looking to elevate and push designs for womenswear, you will have a strong understanding of trends and factories. Knowledge of where we source different fabrications would be desirable.


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 trend led, elevated designs that tastefully represent and reflect the customer brief, always looking to push this further. Day to day, this could be working with internal teams in Next - working on briefs and building those all important relationships. Travelling to factories to see product on the line and visiting inspirational destinations for shopping trips. Building relationships with the territories is paramount with this role, as well as being confident in your designs and vision. Always looking at new trends and translating this to new designs for Next.. This fast paced role is perfect for someone who has worked within a similar role previously.


About you
We would love you to have previous experience with a selection of countries from a supplier base. A great taste level and a real passion for the latest trends and how to translate these in a tasteful way to your designs, whilst having an enthusiastic attitude and team a 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. Confident communication skills and the ability to manage an Assistant Designer. Experience working across Womenswear is essential to this position.


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 when you work for Next at interview, but here’s an overview of what you can expect:

Profit–related bonus
Company car or car allowance
25 days holiday and the opportunity to buy more
Contributions into a pension scheme
Life assurance
Management shares
Group income protection
Private medical insurance
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.