Assistant Designer Womens Jersey

Driver Hire Borders; Lutterworth; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks an Assistant Designer for Womens Jersey to support product development and design at their Lutterworth office. Embrace a dynamic role involving trend research, collaboration with suppliers, and a commitment to delivering innovative designs that resonate with customers. This full-time, permanent position offers a competitive salary and exceptional benefits within a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

15% colleague discount in store and online

Access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or supply base design environment.
• Track record of innovative designs aligning with customer needs.
• Experience collaborating with UK and overseas suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Support womenswear design and product development.
• Contribute to trend research and market information.
• Manage samples and perform daily administrative tasks.

Skills

Researching and producing innovative designs

Knowledge of CAD software

Strong critical path understanding

Ability to combine research avenues

Job description

Job Title

Assistant Designer Womens Jersey

Location

George House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Product Development - SF

Closing Date

7 July 2025

Find your role

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is looking to progress their career in design, and is passionate about supporting and delivering stylish and affordable product that delights our customer. It's focus will be to provide support to to womenswear design and across Jersey and the Soft Wovens departments.

We want to know what you think. As the Design Assistant you will be empowered to contribute to the research of new trends and market information, informing decision making and assist driving product development, whilst keeping the George customer at the heart of what we do.

Lets find out about you

• Experience within either a retail or supply base design environment and a strong track record of researching and producing innovative designs in line with customer needs
• Experience in working with UK and overseas suppliers/ factories to develop multi category product
• A broad knowledge of CAD software (including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator) as well as a strong critical path understanding will be key
• An innovative approach and desire to drive a more digital way of working.
• Organised and efficient daily admin and sample management is essential.
• The ability to combine a number of research avenues – Social Media, Blogs & trend sites/books, etc to deliver innovative and commercial designs under the guidance of line manager.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves