Assistant Bedding Print & Pattern Designer Kids & Adults

Working Pattern: Typically 5 days a week onsite with core flexible hours between 8am to 6pm.

The Role
Were looking for two creative and detail driven Assistant Designers to join our Next Home Textiles team working across our Kids and Adult Bedding 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 childrens duvets to sophisticated adult bedding ranges. Whether your strength is in print and pattern development colour story creation or detailed CAD work youll be supported with on-the-job training and guidance from an experienced team to help you build a brilliant career in home design.


What Youll Take On
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.


What Youll Bring
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.

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 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 weve put together a few top 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: 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. Thats why we are a Google-powered workspace. From your very first day youll 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 dont worry! Well 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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