Assistant Designer - Home Lifestyle

We are delighted to share that we are recruiting for an aspiring designer to join our Home team.

We're looking for someone who is driven and passionate about print & design. The role will need you to be proactive and forthcoming with spotting the latest design and social trends. You'll demonstrate the ability to create your own original prints with a focus on an illustrated hand, designing our homeware products across both hard and soft substrates.

A big part of this role will involve print design. You should be inquisitive and challenging with a proactive approach to projects.

• Creating dynamic illustrative artworks which can be used across soft and hard product within our Home Lifestyle categories. 
• Providing print, pattern and product design and designing cohesive ranges that reflect the F&F Home brand DNA as well as championing changes and innovation. 
• Intuitive and proactive personality driving forward change and newness.
• Product development and sampling support to keep the team running efficiently.
• Conduct customer and competitor research to influence designs, build reports to share with the design team in meetings. You'll also contribute to the department's design direction, being proactive in identifying core lines, key statements and colours to drive sales.
• Understanding best and worst lines to influence seasonal strategy and innovative product opportunities.
• Supporting your Design manager in designing creative, trend-led collections.
• Supporting the delivery of 'must haves' and seasonal/trend products for our customer.
• Assisting your manager by designing the accurate number of options to meet the needs of the department. You'll also compile brief packs to achieve 'right first time' quality buying samples.
• Work collaboratives with other departments such as buying, technical and sourcing.

• BA degree in Design (product, fashion, furniture, textiles, surface pattern, decorative arts).
• Experience of Photoshop/ Illustrator/ ProCreate.
• A variety of handwriting styles and hand illustration experience.
• Ideally at least 3 years’ experience working in print and product development.
• Experience working closely with suppliers on sample development.
• Strong organisation skills and working together as a team ethos.
• MS Office tools.

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.