# Joules Womenswear Designer - Outerwear & Tailoring

**Company**: NEXT
**Location**: Market Harborough, Leicestershire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: competitive
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are seeking a Womenswear Multi-Product Designer to join our team at Joules Head Office. As a Womenswear Designer - Outerwear & Tailoring, you will be responsible for creating designs that reflect the latest trends while representing the Joules brand.

**Responsibilities:**

- Support with the planning and creation of a vision for your product area, making proposals for newness.

- Create mood boards to reflect key design influences and the overall vision for your department.

- Identify new areas of potential business and put forward proposals to your Line Manager and product teams.

- Collaborate with Buying and Technology to ensure prototypes reflect your designs and meet required standards.

- Use your knowledge of existing and potential suppliers to assist with the evaluation of the supplier base.

- Work with technology to assess the most effective method of producing design prototypes and make recommendations.

- Regularly review the effectiveness of your designs through regular contact with stores and product teams.

**Requirements:**

- Experience in a similar role within a lifestyle brand.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Organisational skills and strong time management.

- Enthusiasm for and dedication to the Joules brand.

- Strong commercial awareness.

- Willingness and high-level ability to liaise with colleagues, suppliers, and stakeholders.

- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and PLM.

- Experience creating BOMs/design packs and technical drawings.

- Experience of sample management, swatch logging, and administrative archiving.

- Experience of integrated working with Print teams and Pattern Cutters.

**Benefits:**

- 23 days holiday plus bank holidays

- Health and Wellbeing benefits

- Flexible start and finish times

- 25% staff discount on Joules and NEXT products

- Up to 10% off most NEXT partner Brands & Branded Beauty products

- Up to 25% off Joules partner Brands

- Opt-in clothing allowance

- Access to fantastic discounts at our NEXT staff shop

- Life assurance

- Reward Schemes

- Collaborative, progressive, and supportive working environment

- Competitive employer pension contributions

- Financial, physical, and mental wellbeing support via our Employee Assistance Program

- Dedicated Learning and Development

- The Cafe - Our infamous on-site cafe offering subsidised, healthy, fresh and varied food

## Skills

### Required
- Adobe Illustrator
- PLM
- design skills
- communication skills
- organisational skills

### Nice to have
- experience in a similar role
- enthusiasm for the Joules brand
- strong commercial awareness

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