Job Description
About the Role:
Based at The Barn, Market Harborough. Working Pattern: 5 days a week onsite, with some flexibility once embedded into the role. Core hours between 8am to 6pm.
What is The Set?
The Set, effortless, sophisticated, timeless, affordable pieces. We believe great design should be accessible for everyone, so we have created perfect multipacks and stand alone items that mix and match effortlessly together so you can curate endless outfits.
The Set is Next's own groundbreaking brand. Our ambitious growth plans are already underway—and now, we’re looking for ambitious people to help us take this momentum to the next level.
Thanks to our success so far with the launch of our Womenswear range, we’re expanding into Menswear and Kidswear, as well as a premium range. This is your chance to join a team that doesn’t just dream big but delivers bigger.
What we are all about:
Affordable Style
Timeless Essentials
Effortless Trends
Here, you’ll own your vision, take charge of your creativity, and enjoy true autonomy. If you're ready to lead, innovate, and make your mark, The Set is where you belong.
Check out the current range here and for a look behind the scenes click here .
We have an opportunity for an experienced Childrenswear Designer to join the design team for The Set team at Next to work on our childrenswear range, specifically girlswear. Working as a key part of the critical path; creating new and innovative designs across Childrenswear within the branded licence team.
Researching the latest trends relevant to various customer profiles, then communicating this information to your team and senior stakeholders is a key part of this role.
We would ask you to produce elevated designs that tastefully represent what the brand is after as well as the customer.
Day to day roles could be things like briefing suppliers and continuing to build great relationships whilst working closely with the Buyers to support the whole design process from planning new ranges through to product selection.
This fast paced role is perfect for someone with a wealth of experience within this category.
About You:
Having experience at Designer level within a UK brand, supplier or high street retailer; your creativity and collaborative outlook would compliment this role.
Previous experience working on jersey and woven design would be essential.
A great taste level and a real passion for the latest trends and a true eye for elevation and detail.
A high level of experience and be proficient in creating and presenting seasonal trends, creating designs and tech packs using Adobe creative suite-from initial trend concepts to final tech packs would be necessary for this role.
Excellent Communication Skills Are Essential To This Role.
Please note that applications not accompanied by a relevant portfolio are unlikely to be progressed.
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.
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!
About The Team
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
