Trainee Designer - Next Sourcing Womenswear

About the Role:
Trainee Graphic Designer

- Do you love trends and are confident to bring new ideas to the team
- Do you have a positive and energetic approach to a fast paced environment
- Working mainly in our Enderby campus with travel to our London office working collaboratively within the womenswear teams.

The scheme
You will start your 12 - 18 month training programme on our Womenswear Next Sourcing team.
With support from your team you will learn the skills required to progress within our Design team. Responsibility comes early and you will be looking after graphic design concepts and designs.
You will receive regular feedback from your team who will coach and develop you throughout the scheme supporting you in reaching your goals.
Once you are ready to take the next step you will be promoted to Assistant Designer!

Day to day you will be...

-Creating graphic design work developing new ideas and trends.
- Use an excellent working knowledge of Adobe CS software packages InDesign Illustrator and Photoshop learning new tools and updated versions where possible
-Encourage constructive in-person feedback and evaluation
-Working with allAOPprints pantoning colour matching and submitting speculative art work.

About You:
Are you the kind of person who thrives in a dynamic fast-paced environment
Do you excel at juggling a wide range of tasks while maintaining impeccable organisation
If so you could be the perfect fit for our team.
Were looking for someone who is not just a great communicator but a relationship builder someone who can effortlessly connect with both colleagues and clients.

Your graphic design skills are sharp; you can confidently use Adobe suites and are comfortable working on Apple software. You have a high skill in photoshop and CAD whilst also delivering detailed hand painting and drawing our bustling workplace your approachable nature and team spirit make you a go-to person fostering collaboration and positivity. Youre driven and decisive always aiming to make a meaningful impact.

If this sounds like you then youre exactly who we need to help take our team to the next level.


Your team
Its all about collaboration and great teamwork! You will be working alongside our Design Manager along with the Senior Graphic and Print Designer. You will also be working closely with creative Buyers Merchandisers and Technologists to influence what our NEXT product ranges look like.

Its fast paced exciting challenging and very rewarding!



As part of your application please include a cover letter detailing the below:

• Why should Next Sourcing offer you a role as a Trainee Graphic Designer
• What skills and interests do you have that relate to the Trainee Graphic Designer role
• Why are you interested in joining Next

Please also upload a copy of your portfolio showcasing your graphic design work.

At Next we embrace technology and innovation but we want to see the real you! A generic AI response wont help you stand out from the crowd and may hinder your application.

We appreciate you might want to use Gen AI to help structure your responses and check for grammar and spelling but the content needs to reflect your unique self your passion and your understanding of the role.

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: Experience:

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