Design Manager - Home Textiles

ASDA; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK seeks a Design Manager for Home Textiles. This role involves leading trend direction, managing the design critical path, and developing product collections collaboratively. The ideal candidate will have extensive design experience, strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite, and the ability to inspire teams. Working is hybrid with benefits like a discretionary bonus, pension, and employee wellbeing services.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount

Free access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Extensive design experience within a comparable business.
• Strong creative, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to engage and inspire commercial peers.

Responsibilities

• Lead concepting and delivery of design trends.
• Develop print and pattern vision for product categories.
• Manage product critical path from concept to final product.

Skills

Visionary Trend leadership

Print and Pattern expertise

Adobe Creative Suite skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Creative mindset

Strong presenting skills

People management ability

Job description

Job Title

Design Manager - Home Textiles

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Design and Engineering

Closing Date

15 December 2025

This 12 month fixed term Design Manager opportunity will be a key lead on George Home Trend Direction, Lead print/pattern vision for the wider George Home team and be responsible for coordinated bedding category developing collections in collaboration with the wider Home design team.

Your Role

• You will be a key lead in concepting, delivering and engaging the wider design and commercial teams in the trend direction for the season ahead.
• You will be the print lead for the wider team developing key looks by trend to flow into wider categories.
• As a design manager, you will lead the product vision to design, develop inspire and engage with your bedding category team members, wider design team peers and build external relationships with our supply partners to deliver commercial ranges to meet our customer and market requirements
• Confidently lead the design critical path of the department to ensure timely delivery of samples, taking full accountability for the product development of the category from initial concept through to final product aligning with seasonal trends and the brand DNA.
• Management development of one design assistant.

Let's find out about you

• Visionary Trend leadership with a keen eye for market-leading trends
• Print and Pattern expert - ability to design at pace.
• Adobe Creative Suite technical skills
• Extensive Design experience within a comparable business
• Strong creative, interpersonal, and organisational skills
• Ability to engage and inspire commercial peers with your product vision
• Strategic mindset with a ‘can do’ approach
• Passionate about the product, proud of process and attention to detail
• Strong presenting skills to large audiences
• Eager to develop and inspire others
• Ability to people manage

Please ensure your portfolio is uploaded to your application or via a link on your CV.

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
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 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