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SalaryJOB DESCRIPTION
The Role:
- Passion & experience researching & identifying new & commercial trends & opportunities in Upholstery, specific to Shape & Accent Chairs
- Supporting the creation of cohesive and coordinated design looks across Next Home Upholstery
- Designing for all Next customer styles
- Excellent CAD & Adobe Skills
- Identifying opportunities for upholstery shapes in our range. Ensuring broad style choice in shape that reflects our customer profiles.
- Communicate ideas through beautiful mood boards and sketches/renders.
- Create technical specs and drawings to brief manufacture
- Work collaboratively with manufacturers.
- Research and inspirational travel as well as product development trips with manufacturers
- Work closely with buying and merchandising colleagues to build a range reflecting the style and price architecture of Next Home.
About You:
- Excellent presentation skills and experience presenting to stakeholders
- Strong experience of working as an Upholstery Designer, specifically chairs.
- Passion for Upholstery
- Excellent CAD & Adobe Skills
- Good communication skills
- Excellent influencing & negotiating skills
- Accomplished range building skills, challenging and balancing newness and commerciality
- Qualified to degree or equivalent
Please note, as part of the application process we require you to submit examples of your Portfolio. Applications without a Portfolio will not be considered.
ABOUT US
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!
ABOUT SOME OF OUR BENEFITS
- 25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria's Secret products
- 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 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
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 [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
