Assistant Designer - Papershop

Working closely with the Design Manager, you’ll be proactive in spotting the latest design and social trends, translating them into fresh, original prints and product ideas. You’ll play a key role in supporting the design process from concept through to launch – researching trends, developing your own designs, and preparing specification sheets that bring our vision to life.

Collaboration will be central to your role. You’ll work with Buying, Merchandising, and Technical teams, as well as our supplier partners, to deliver innovative and commercially relevant products for our Papershop category. Confident in responding to briefs, you’ll focus on creating print & product designs that fit with our brand values.

We’re looking for someone curious, adaptable, and eager to learn – a team player who thrives on creative problem-solving and approaches each project with energy and attention to detail.

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, product categories 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.
Supporting in 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.
Compiling brief packs to achieve 'right first time' quality buying sample.
Playing your role in delivering the design component of the General Merchandise critical path.

You will need:

Proven experience in a creative design role.
Experience in Design - product, fashion, furniture, textiles, surface pattern, decorative arts.
Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; MS Office, InDesign and Procreate experience are a bonus.
Previous experience & confidence with hand illustration.

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What's in it for you:

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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:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

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

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