Christmas & Hard Goods Accessories Designer 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Working Pattern: Typically 3 days in the office with core hours flexible between 8am-6pm.

The Role
As a Christmas Decorations & Hard Goods Accessories Designer you will bring creative flair to both our magical festive seasons and our year-round home collections. This unique 18-month fixed-term contract is split into two exciting phases:

• The First 6 Months: You will dive straight into the festive season acting as the creative architect behind our Christmas collections. Youll translate global winter trends into commercial high-quality products spanning ornate baubles majestic trees wreaths garlands and room decorations.
• The Remaining 12 Months: Your focus will transition away from Christmas as you pivot into designing our core year-round hard goods and home accessories shaping the everyday aesthetic of the Next Home range.

Working as a key part of our critical path you will push the boundaries of seasonal and everyday decor creating innovative designs that captivate our customers. You will work closely with our wider Home design team buying and merchandising partners receiving full support from our Lead Designers to help you hit the ground running.

What Youll Take On

• Dual-Phase Design: Spend the first 6 months creating original trend-led designs for Christmas decorations baubles and festive foliage before transitioning into developing core year-round hard goods and home accessories.
• Trend Translation: Interpret both global festive trends and everyday interior lifestyle trends into tangible products ensuring a balanced mix of contemporary and timeless styles.
• Technical Design: Produce detailed CAD work and technical specifications for both decorative items and hard goods to ensure designs are production-ready and meet Nexts quality standards.
• Collaboration: Partner with the Buying Merchandising & Technology teams across both product phases to ensure designs are cost-effective commercially viable and hit critical path deadlines.
• Product Development: Oversee the journey of products from initial sketch to final sample maintaining the Next level of detail and quality throughout the entire 18-month contract.

What Youll Bring

• Versatile Creative Flair: A strong eye for aesthetics form colour and texture with the ability to design across multiple categories and materials (glass ceramics metal wood foliage etc.).
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator) for creating high-quality CADs and tech packs.
• Adaptability & Agility: The ability to seamlessly transition from the fast-paced Christmas critical path into the broader year-round hard goods development calendar.
• Commercial Awareness: A grounded understanding of the Next Home customer and what makes both a festive decoration and an everyday home accessory a must-have.
• Organisation: Strong time management skills to handle multiple projects and shifting product priorities over the 18-month period.

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 ofXXX 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 fewtop tips on what makes a portfolio stand out to our team.

Applications without a portfoliowill 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: 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.

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.

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