Working Pattern
Typically 5 days in the office, with core hours flexible between 8 am‑6 pm.
The Role
As a Designer for Older Girls Lightweight Jersey within our Girlswear team, you will play a vital role in blending "of‑the‑moment" street‑style trends with commercial excellence. Your mission is to evolve our jersey category, ensuring every piece from soft basics to trend‑led statement items maintains the high quality our customers love.
Working closely with Senior Design leadership and our overseas manufacturing partners, you’ll bridge the gap between creative vision and global production. To ensure you hit the ground running, Next provides a supportive environment with tailored onboarding and access to industry‑leading design resources, helping you master our unique supply chain and grow your career alongside our most experienced mentors.
Our Designers here at Next are always looking forward, 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 across.
What You’ll Take On
As our Designer for Older Girls Lightweight Jersey, you are the creative engine that transforms global inspiration into the soft, stylish essentials our customers live in. You’ll navigate the fast‑paced world of jersey wear, ensuring our collections stay ahead of the curve while maintaining the effortless comfort and quality that defines the Next brand.
Day‑to‑day responsibilities
* Owning the Jersey Range: Lead the design process for the entire lightweight jersey category, creating a balanced mix of "cool" trend‑led basics and high‑impact statement pieces.
* Translating Trends into Must‑Haves: Scour global street‑style and social‑media trends to design elevated, wearable jersey items that resonate with the older girls' market.
* Designing with Agility: Respond quickly to creative briefs in a fast‑turnaround environment, producing fresh designs that keep our jersey collections "of‑the‑moment".
* Balancing Style with Value: Work strategically within specific price‑point guidelines to deliver premium‑feel garments without compromising on craftsmanship or commerciality.
* Collaborating Globally: Partner daily with Buyers, Merchandisers & Technologists, as well as our international manufacturing teams to ensure every silhouette is technically sound and delivered to exact specifications.
* Curating a Cohesive Collection: Drive the creative direction for both high‑energy "capsule" drops and the essential core lines that form the foundation of our girls' wardrobes.
What You’ll Bring
* Jersey & Childrenswear/Womenswear Expertise: Solid background designing for the older girls or womenswear market, with a specific flair for lightweight jersey. You understand how different weights and blends drape, wash, and wear.
* Technical Artistry: Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with the ability to create precise technical packs and translate your creative visions into digital reality.
* A Trend‑First Mindset: Genuine obsession with fashion and social‑media trends. You know what’s buzzing on global streets and can translate those "must‑have" looks into commercially successful jersey pieces.
* Clear & Proactive Communication: Natural collaborator who enjoys working with others. Whether refining a sample with an overseas factory or presenting a concept to Senior Design leadership, you communicate ideas with clarity and warmth.
* Commercial Sharpness: Understand that great design happens at the intersection of creativity and business. Can design into specific price points and navigate fabric yields without losing aesthetic edge.
* Agility & Organisation: Grounded and organised even when the studio gets busy. Comfortable handling fast‑turnaround "express" briefs and pivot quickly when trends shift, all while maintaining a positive, "can‑do" attitude.
Quick Note
We can’t wait to see your style! Please ensure you attach your digital PDF portfolio to your application, as we won’t be able to consider your journey with us without it. We are looking for work that is trend‑focused, demonstrating your ability to translate high‑fashion concepts into commercially successful, elevated designs for the Older Girls Jersey market!
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.
Early applications encouraged
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 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 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Profit‑related bonus – based on company performance
* 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.
* On‑site GP – Leicester Head Office
* On‑site Physio – Leicester Head Office
* A range of dedicated 3rd party wellbeing partners
* Free eye testing – voucher to use at specific locations
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
Accessibility Statement
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.
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