Design Executive
In this role, you will actively support the Design team in shaping and delivering world‑leading, creative, and innovative design solutions that enhance the experience for our customers, colleagues, and the wider business. You will play a key part in ensuring that design outcomes are not only visually compelling, but also practical, scalable, and aligned to strategic and commercial objectives.
Customer focus sits at the heart of everything you do. You will consistently champion the customer perspective, using insight and feedback to inform design decisions and ensure solutions genuinely meet customer needs while supporting operational efficiency and colleague experience. Through close collaboration, you will help translate ideas into high‑quality design outcomes that deliver meaningful impact and contribute to a distinctive, best‑in‑class customer proposition.
You will be responsible for:
Support Design Managers in the delivery of market‑leading retail design projects.
Apply design expertise, customer insight, trend analysis, and benchmarking to ensure all projects are best in class.
Work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams across the business to deliver high‑quality outcomes.
Define and develop clear, robust project briefs aligned to business and brand objectives.
Manage and drive design projects end‑to‑end, from initial ideas and concepts through to prototyping, trial implementation, and standardisation.
Manage external suppliers to develop design solutions in line with agreed project briefs and creative direction.
Act as a Brand Guardian, ensuring all design outputs are considered, consistent, and aligned to the wider brand and business strategy.
Identify opportunities for improvement within stores through competitor benchmarking and internal reviews.
Manage external relationships with suppliers, photographers, and reprographic partners.
Adhere to the Business Code of Conduct, always acting with integrity, professionalism, and due diligence.
Continuously develop leadership capability and deepen retail design knowledge and expertise.
You will need:
Designing retail environments and brand / graphics
In-House design team or Design Agency experience
Working with multifunctional teams to deliver store design projects
Experience in a fast space retail environment
Degree in a design related subject e.g. Interior design, Architecture, Product design, graphic design, design management
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.
We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility
