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

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving.  And helps make every day a little better for you and your family.  These include but are not limited to:

• Colleague bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 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 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• 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
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here 
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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About the role

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. 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. 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.

You will be responsible for

• 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

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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About us

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.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

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.  If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.