Assistant Designer — Trend-Driven Prints & Products

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Tesco is seeking an Assistant Designer to join the Paperchase & Papershop team. You will help translate trend-led inspiration into prints and concepts, collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers from idea to launch.

You will support design, product development and sampling, research trends, and contribute to seasonal strategies while delivering must-haves and balanced ranges for customers.

Qualifications

• Experience in a creative design role, with a portfolio that demonstrates your skills and creative thinking.
• A BA degree in Design (product, fashion, furniture, textiles, surface pattern, decorative arts) or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; MS Office, InDesign and Procreate experience are a bonus.
• Previous experience & confidence with hand illustration.

Responsibilities

• Provide design, product development and sampling support to keep the team running smoothly.
• Proactive communications with the buying and design teams, creating awareness of emerging trends, product categories and colours.
• Conducting customer and competitor research to inform your designs, create reports to share within design team meetings.
• Contributing 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 product opportunities.
• Supporting in designing balanced ranges understanding range principles.
• Supporting the delivery of ‘must haves’ and seasonal/trend products for our customer.
• Resolving day to day operational issues/queries, escalating where appropriate.
• Assisting your manager by designing the correct number of options to meet the needs of the department.
• Compiling brief packs to achieve ‘right first time’ quality buying sample.
• Playing your role in delivering the design component of the General Merchandise critical path.

Skills

Portfolio

Creative thinking

Trend awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BA in Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Procreate

Job description

Tesco is seeking an Assistant Designer to join the Paperchase & Papershop team. You will help translate trend-led inspiration into prints and concepts, collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers from idea to launch.

You will support design, product development and sampling, research trends, and contribute to seasonal strategies while delivering must-haves and balanced ranges for customers.