Assistant Designer – Clothing Print/shape design (Part-Time) 6-12 month Parental Leave Cover

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, please talk to the Hiring Manager about how they can support you.

We are delighted to share that we are recruiting for an aspiring Assistant Print/shape Designer to join our Essentials team on a 6-12 month Parental Leave Cover Contract for approx 6-12 months (Part-Time). The Essentials team covers nightwear and underwear so a candidate with a commercial clothing print background is preferrable.

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 print trends. You'll demonstrate the ability to create your own original prints with a focus on an illustrated hand, designing our nightwear, underwear and loungewear print designs across ladies/mens and kids.

A big part of this role will involve print design with greater focus on easy commercial AOPs and placement designs. You should be inquisitive and challenging with a proactive approach to projects.

• Creating dynamic commercial artworks which can be used across our nightwear and underwear products.
• Providing design, 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.
• Playing your role in delivering the design component of the design critical path

You will need experience of Photoshop/ Illustrator/ ProCreate as well, as hand illustration experience as well as experience with MS office tools. You'll also be involved in the range planning process and product development. If this role sounds like it could be of interest we would love to hear from you!

If this role sounds like it could be of interest we would love to hear from you!

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• 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

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

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We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.