Footwear Designer - Womenswear Non Clothing at Next Plc

Enderby, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

28 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

28 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Footwear Design, Womenswear, Boots Design, Sandal Design, Trend Awareness, Design Brief Response, Creativity, Product Development, Price Point Management, Collaboration, Photoshop, Illustrator, Teamwork, Factory Liaison, Retail Experience

Industry

Description

About Your Role: Based at Head Office in Enderby, Leicestershire. Working Pattern: Typically 5 days a week onsite with core flexible hours between 8am to 6pm. We are looking for a trend driven experienced Footwear Designer, looking to push our boots and sandal designs. -Design all boots and sandals for womenswear non clothing with a focus on high-quality, trend-led basics. -Respond quickly to briefs, producing fast-turnaround designs as needed. -Demonstrate a strong sense of creativity and design direction. -Research and recognise key trends, translating this into elevated, customer-relevant products. -Work within price point guidelines while maintaining quality and style. -Collaborate with designers, buyers, merchandisers, technologists, sourcing teams, and suppliers to deliver on time and to spec. -Support with project-based collections as well as main range development. About You: -Strong experience of designing womens footwear, ideally boots and sandals. -Experience & knowledge in Photoshop and Illustrator is essential for this role. -Having strong team work and people skills is a must as well as experience working with factories and different brands/retailers would be an advantage. -Must have experience of working for a similar sized Retailer or Supplier background. -Creative and passionate about fashion and new opportunities. Please note, applications without a portfolio will not be considered Sponsorship: Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa. We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned. #LI-Onsite You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global! 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT) Company performance based bonus Sharesave scheme On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty Early VIP access to sale stock Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops Restaurants with great food at amazing prices Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services Free on-site parking Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change. We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

Responsibilities

The role involves designing all boots and sandals for womenswear non-clothing, focusing on high-quality, trend-led basics while responding quickly to briefs with fast-turnaround designs. This requires researching key trends and translating them into customer-relevant products while collaborating across various internal teams and suppliers to ensure on-time delivery.