Senior Assistant Designer - Babywear

What’s in it for 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

About the role

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, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We are on the lookout for a Senior Assistant Designer to become a key part of the Design team on the babywear area. You will support the Manager to ensure that technical briefs and any design inspiration have been completed according to the departments critical path.

You will be responsible for

• Start to range build on your own and reviewing direction with line manager. change to 'work closely with the design team to build trend, and constantly bring newness to the department.
• Work with the design team to design new and innovative product, and complete detailed tech packs.
• Be prepared to present confidently to stakeholders.
• Use knowledge of customers, trends and competitors to make recommendations on the development of products and packaging.
• Demonstrate ability to develop and deliver consistently successful ranges for an agreed category with the support of my Designer.
• Contribute to the department Strategy.
• Prepare key items, shapes, fabric for design team development trips.
• Present confidently missed opportunities: pre fall, catwalks, resort reports.
• Am confident with critical path management and raise concerns or issues within the department.
• Be aware of costs when developing a product.
• Propose ways to improve products.
• Confidently hold supplier meetings.

You will need

• Extensive experience within Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• To present and sign off range selections in partnership with the Buying, Merchandising and Technical teams.
• To know the manufacturing and production process by visiting a UK or CE factory.
• Experience in Microsoft programs i.e. you will use Powerpoint for presentation purposes.
• Deputise for the Designer when required.
• Take on projects and working across wider teams.

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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.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. 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.