Assistant Designer - MW ASOS Design

Sponsor Finder; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee sample sales

25 days annual leave + celebration day

Private medical care scheme

Fixed annual payment addition to your薪

Personalised learning opportunities

Job summary

ASOS is seeking an Assistant Designer to join the Leisure Menswear design team. You will work closely with the Leisure Designer to develop ASOS DESIGN Leisure ranges for a fashion-loving customer.

You love fashion, researching trends, and thrives in a fast-paced design environment. The role offers opportunities to travel in the UK for supplier meetings and international development, with a strong emphasis on timely delivery and market relevance.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of design experience in aspirational/high-street brands.
• Experience collaborating with buyers and suppliers internationally.
• Strong understanding of ASOS brand and customer.
• Fashion-forward taste with commercial awareness.
• Proactive time management and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication with team and senior management.
• Willingness to travel for supplier meetings and inspiration.

Responsibilities

• As the Leisure designer's assistant, research, develop and design menswear leisure ranges including casual and smart wear.
• React to sales information to create commercially relevant fashion-forward pieces.
• Research trends from various sources and translate into first-to-market designs.
• Collaborate with the technical team on initial fits and problem-solve as needed.
• Build relationships with suppliers and advise factories on construction, details and trims.
• Adhere to critical path and ensure designs are developed for the selling period.
• Research and develop unique products with short lead times from suppliers.

Skills

Aspirational brand design

Global supplier experience

Buyer collaboration

Brand understanding

Fashion forward

Time management

Problem solving

Team communication

Travel willingness

Job description

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This role appears to map to SOC 3422 (Clothing, fashion and accessories designers). It is below RQF 6 but is on the Temporary Shortage List for the whole UK on 9 November 2026, which keeps it eligible.

ASOS.com holds a Skilled Worker licence with an A rating on our register, last checked 8 November 2026.

The advert does not mention sponsorship.

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This role appears to map to SOC 3422 (Clothing, fashion and accessories designers). It is below RQF 6 but is on the Temporary Shortage List for the whole UK on 9 November 2026, which keeps it eligible.

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ASOS.com holds a Skilled Worker licence with an A rating on our register, last checked 8 November 2026.

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The advert does not mention sponsorship.

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About the role

Job Description

THE ROLE

As an Assistant Designer, you will be working closely with the Leisure Menswear Designer, designing the amazing ASOS DESIGN Leisure ranges for our fashion loving customer. If you love fashion design, researching the latest trends and want to be part of a fast-paced fashion forward design team this could be the opportunity for you.

THE TEAM

ASOS is one of the UK’s top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave, and creative, and we live and breathe these in everything we do.

The Design Team look for inspiration all around the world, along with street style, vintage shopping, music, art, the catwalk and all things creative, to design the latest product for the range. It’s all about newness and finding and designing the most exciting product for our 20-something customer, whatever their style.

You’ll be…

• Assisting the Leisure designer by researching, developing, and designing the menswear leisure ranges including casual and smart, plain and print. Identifying key shapes for the season, colour, fabric and building a range which offers choice for our global customer base.
• Reacting to sales information and design commercially relevant fashion forward ranges.
• Researching current and future trends by a collection of different sources to identify newness and interpret into first to market pieces.
• Working with the technical team on initial fits. Identifying and helping problem solve for the department.
• Building relations with suppliers and advising factories on direction, construction, key details, materials, and trims.
• Adhering to the critical path to achieve deadlines, ensuring product is developed for the relevant and optimum selling period.
• An ability to research and develop unique product working with short lead suppliers and reacting to new trends quickly.

Qualifications

We’d love to meet, someone with…

• Previous experience in designing for an Aspirational Brand or similar High Street Retailer with 1-2 years experience.
• Previous experience of working with Far East, European and UK suppliers.
• Experience in working with a buyer in planning and delivering a balanced range and first to market pieces.
• Strong commercial handwriting and understanding of the ASOS Brand and Customer.
• A Fashion forward perspective
• Strong time management.
• The confidence to identify problems and makes improvement suggestions, seeking practical ways to overcome barriers and remaining calm under pressure.
• The ability to communicate to the team & senior management the performance and strategy of the department.
• Willingness to Travel in the UK for Supplier meetings and Inspirational purposes. International development travel.

Additional Information

• Employee sample sales
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Private medical care scheme
• Fixed Annual Payment inadditionto your salary each year,it'sjust an extra thank you from us
• Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role

Company Description

We'reASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world.

We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS,you'refree to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self.We'reDisability Confident Committed - let our Talent team know if you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process

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