About the Role:Letâs talk trend led design⦠When it comes to UK retail, itâs hard to find a company with a bigger focus on quality within design. We sell thousands of items an hour and our repeat customer base comes back to us time and time again for our renowned trend led, quality products. For anyone in the Menswear field - this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive. 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 across Menswear, focusing on Knit and Swim.Your role may include research trips to places such as Paris, Stockholm, Ibiza or Berlin! You will travel on sourcing trips to China and Bangladesh You will be researching the latest trends relevant to various customer profiles, then communicate this information to your team and senior managers is a key part of this role. We would ask you to produce creative designs that tastefully represent and reflect the latest trends into the Next customer base. Day to day roles could be things like briefing suppliers and continue to build great relationships whilst working closely with the Print Designer & Buyer to support the whole design process from planning new ranges through to product selection.About YouWe would love you to have previous experience working within a UK brand or high street retailer. Previous experience working within a similar product area would be essential. A great taste level and a real passion for the latest trends and how to translate these to your designs, whilst being enthusiastic and a team player. A high level of experience and be proficient in creating designs and tech packs using Adobe creative suite-from initial trend concepts to final tech packs would be necessary for this role. We are looking for someone who will thrive when working in a pressured and very demanding work place, bringing ideas to the table and working as part of a collaborative team.Your teamYou would be joining an amazing team whose enthusiasm for trend and elevation being the main focus. A wealth of experience across multi-fabrications and innovative progression is one of the many plus points of joining this team!SponsorshipCandidates 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.