Assistant Print Designer F&F Essentials - Part Time / 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Welwyn Garden City seeks a creative Assistant Print Designer to join their F&F Essentials team. The role offers an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about design and trends, working closely on underwear and nightwear collections. Candidates should have strong skills in design software and hand illustration. Benefits include a substantial annual bonus, holiday leave, and a supportive, inclusive work environment, with flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus personal day

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme for mental wellbeing

Qualifications

• Demonstrate creative design ability tailored to customer needs.
• Experience using Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Graphic and hand illustration skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide design and product development support to the team.
• Communicate proactively with buying and design teams.
• Conduct research on customer and competitor trends.
• Design seasonal and trend products aligned with market needs.

Skills

Creative design

Photoshop

Illustrator

Hand Illustration experience

Surface pattern/illustration design

Research

MS Office tools

Tools

CAD design programmes

Job description

Tesco UK • Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire • Temporary • Apply by 05-Jan-2026

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.

What is 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

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

About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award‑winning mobile network. Truth is, we're all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone's welcome. That's why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.