[JOBS] ASSISTANT PRINT DESIGNER CHILDRENSWEAR : NEXT LONDON

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Brands fashion team who design, buy and manufacture licensed brands for Next. This role would be based in our London office at Glen House on Tottenham Court Road.

Here you will work collaboratively with our licensed partners and designers to help assist and design considered and creative all over prints, graphics and branding predominantly for Childrenswear. From researching the latest trends to presenting concepts you’ll work hard to ensure we produce outstanding print and graphics for our product that reflects the brand values and aesthetics.

We are looking for an experienced assistant print and graphic designer who has ideally worked within the Children’s sector for part of their career. You must be technically competent and have previous experience of working with a variety of print and graphic techniques across different supply bases.

 About the Role:

• Support the designers producing new, innovative and well executed all over prints, graphics and branding for our multi product branded collections

• Help to design commercial products in keeping with our various customer profiles working closely with factories and trim suppliers

• Create thorough and accurate print and graphic Tech Packs for factories

• Research and communicate the latest trends and techniques working closely with the designers to react quickly within season to new trends and sales intelligence

• Manage the day-to-day organisation/admin tasks within the print and graphics team

About You:

• Highly creative and enthusiastic assistant designer who is eager to learn and work collaboratively with the team to successfully develop great product

• You have a real passion for designing prints, graphics and branding for our multi product branded collections

• You’ll have great attention to detail and an adaptable and versatile handwriting, with the ability to work across a variety of product, age ranges and genders with good commercial awareness and a comprehensive understanding of trends.

• You’re adaptable and resilient to change and thrive on working in a fast paced environment with a real passion for product

• You’ll have a good level of experience and be skilled in producing prints and graphics using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator from initial concept to final Tech packs

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Please note, as part of the application process we require you to submit examples of your portfolio, please ensure you upload examples or provide a link to your portfolio. Unfortunately, applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

About Us

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!