Assistant Print Designer F&F Essentials - Part Time / 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is looking for a creative Assistant Print Designer to join their F&F Essentials team in Welwyn Garden City. This role involves designing original prints for underwear and nightwear across various demographics, conducting trend research, and contributing to seasonal product strategies. Ideal candidates should possess strong creative skills, hand illustration experience, and proficiency in design software. The position offers opportunities for career growth in an innovative team environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 10% of base salary

25 days holiday plus personal day

26 weeks maternity/adoption leave at full pay

Free virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Proficient in creative design and hand illustrations.
• Experience using design software such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Ability to conduct customer and competitor research.

Responsibilities

• Provide design and product development support.
• Communicate proactively with buying and design teams.
• Design product collections aligned with trend insights.
• Assist in the operational aspects of the design process.

Skills

Creative design

Photoshop

Illustrator

Hand Illustration experience

Surface pattern/ illustration design

Research

Appreciation of range planning process

Appreciation of product development

MS office tools

Job description

About the role

We’re looking for a creative and passionate Assistant Print Designer to join our F&F Essentials team. This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring designer who thrives on spotting the latest design and social trends and bringing them to life through original, hand‑illustrated prints.

In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our underwear and nightwear ranges across ladies lingerie, kidswear, and menswear. You’ll use your creativity to design prints that resonate with our customers, while also contributing to colour forecasting and spec creation. We’re looking for someone who is proactive, inquisitive, and confident in challenging ideas to push projects forward.

This is a chance to grow your career in print design, working in a team that values innovation, collaboration, and a strong product eye.

You will be responsible for

• Providing 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 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.
• 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.
• Playing your role in delivering the design component of the F&F critical path.

You will need

• Creative design
• Photoshop/ Illustrator
• Hand Illustration experience
• Relevant CAD design programmes
• Surface pattern/ illustration design
• Research
• Appreciation of range planning process
• Appreciation of product development
• MS office tools

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• 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 us

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.

It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.

We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.

But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.

We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com