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2D Design3D DesignHard Accessories DesignHome Fragrance DesignTrend Forecasting
Requirements
Proven designer-level experience in hard goods or home accessories within a retail or brand environment. Must possess strong 2D and 3D design expertise and a sharp eye for contemporary trends.
Job Description
Job Description
Working Pattern: Typically 5 days in the office to start with, moving to 3 days once embedded into the role. Core hours flexible between 8am to 6pm.
The Role
As a Hard Accessories Designer within our Label Home Brands team, you will be the creative force driving the future of our licensed home collections. Based at our Leicestershire Head Office, you will collaborate with prestigious, world-renowned licensed brands like Laura Ashley, Nina Campbell, and Rockett St George, as well as helping us shape the identity of exciting new brands joining our portfolio.
Your mission is to look forward, spot the next big trend, and push the boundaries of what we offer our customers. By transforming brand heritage into contemporary, commercial successes, you will directly impact Next’s market-leading home range.
Our Designers here at Next are always looking forward. Looking for that Next thing, focusing on trend and pushing the boundaries of what we can offer our fantastic customer base. Working as a key part of the critical path; creating new and innovative designs for our Licensed Hard Accessories range!
What You’ll Take On
To help us get a feel for your style, please attach a digital portfolio to your application. To help you put your best foot forward, we’ve 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 & Application Details
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 .
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.
About Us
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
About The Team
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.
Working Pattern: Typically 5 days in the office to start with, moving to 3 days once embedded into the role. Core hours flexible between 8am to 6pm.
The Role
As a Hard Accessories Designer within our Label Home Brands team, you will be the creative force driving the future of our licensed home collections. Based at our Leicestershire Head Office, you will collaborate with prestigious, world-renowned licensed brands like Laura Ashley, Nina Campbell, and Rockett St George, as well as helping us shape the identity of exciting new brands joining our portfolio.
Your mission is to look forward, spot the next big trend, and push the boundaries of what we offer our customers. By transforming brand heritage into contemporary, commercial successes, you will directly impact Next’s market-leading home range.
Our Designers here at Next are always looking forward. Looking for that Next thing, focusing on trend and pushing the boundaries of what we can offer our fantastic customer base. Working as a key part of the critical path; creating new and innovative designs for our Licensed Hard Accessories range!
What You’ll Take On
- Design and innovate elevated hard accessories and home fragrance collections across multiple categories, ensuring all work aligns perfectly with each brand’s unique aesthetic and market needs.
- Collaborate closely with licensors to manage the approval process, deeply understanding and respecting their heritage while creatively contemporising the designs.
- Create detailed, accurate launch brief sheets and technical CAD work for our global supply base to ensure a seamless production process.
- Manage the design critical path in a fast-paced environment, partnering closely with buyers, merchandisers, and external stakeholders to deliver commercial triumphs.
- Nurture strong relationships with international suppliers, communicating design briefs clearly to maintain high-quality outcomes.
- Proven designer-level experience gained within a similar brand, supplier, or high-street retailer, specifically focusing on hard goods or Home accessories.
- Strong 2D and 3D design expertise, with the ability to create commercial designs that resonate with a diverse customer base.
- A sharp eye for trends and an innate sense of taste, with a genuine passion for the Next brand portfolio.
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, making you highly effective when managing external licensors and internal teams.
- Resilience and organisation, allowing you to thrive under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and hit critical deadlines without losing your creative spark.
To help us get a feel for your style, please attach a digital portfolio to your application. To help you put your best foot forward, we’ve 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 & Application Details
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 .
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.
About Us
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
About The Team
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Profit-related bonus - based on company performance
- Management share options
- Company car or car allowance
- Private medical insurance
- Sharesave scheme - make savings from your net pay to buy NEXT shares at a discount
- Pension - fixed contribution rates from both an employer and employee perspective, but you're also able to make additional voluntary contributions (AVCs) if you wish to save more.
- Life assurance
- Group income protection
- Wagestream - helping you make the most out of your money
- Salary finance - offers access to affordable loans repaid through salary, simple savings and free financial education.
- 25% staff discount on most NEXT products - plus discount on other products
- Direct to work - NEXT orders delivered free to the office for collection
- VIP sale - early access to the NEXT sale
- Access to NEXT staff shops
- Octopus energy - like cycle-to-work, but for electric vehicles
- Free parking (excluding London locations)
- Travel2NEXT - bus services dependent on location
- On site dining facilities (excluding London locations)
- National and local discounts on goods and services - this includes things like discounted cinema tickets
- Wellhub - includes access to discounted gym membership
- Simply health - a healthcare subscription service
- Aviva Digicare Workplace+ healthcare service - 7 Free services including Digital GP appointments and an annual health check.
- Onsite GP - Leicester Head Office
- Onsite Physio - Leicester Head Office
- A range of dedicated 3rd party wellbeing partners
- Free eye testing - voucher to use at specific locations
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.
Skills
2D Design3D DesignHard Accessories DesignHome Fragrance DesignTrend ForecastingCADTechnical DesignProduct DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementSupplier ManagementCritical Path ManagementBrand ManagementCreative Direction
About Next
At Next we never underestimate what we can do. Bring your energy, play to your strengths and never shy away from change. Push yourself and back others. Make things happen that will be bigger and better than before. Come and work for one of the UK’s biggest retailers. It is everything you could imagine, and so much more. We’re constantly innovating, constantly working on something new and constantly creating more and more exciting new products, which means no day is the same, and no day is dull. Whether you take up a role in making furniture with our lively warehouse team or join our team of superhuman developers and tech engineers, you’ll be rubbing shoulders with some of the most talented people in the country, who not only work hard but play hard too. Let's take it on.
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