Designer

 

Description:

Our fantastic Home department at Next Head Office is looking for an experienced Furniture Designer to design &

develop furniture across all Home Furniture Categories including upholstery.

If your experience combines creativity, commercial awareness and delivering exceptional design in a fast paced

environment, then this opportunity is going to be something you might be interested in.

About the team:

Design and develop new ranges, taking responsibility for everything from design concept through to technical

development and product selection.

About the role:

As a designer for Cabinet Furniture within the Next Home Design Team, you will be responsible for the following;
 

  • Driving newness through the different product ranges.
  • Supporting range building.
  • Working closely with other designers to create cohesive looks and stories across home.
  • Understanding and proposing products for all our customer styles and price architecture.
  • Identify trends in materials finishes (wood, metal, foils hardware, upholstery) and form.
  • Identifying new product opportunities for the Next customer.
     

About you:
 

  • Highly creative with a real vision for interior and homeware product
  • Experienced in identifying and proposing potential new product opportunities.
  • Outstanding commercial awareness and comprehensive understanding of homeware interior design and
     

trends.
 

  • Extensive market and aspirational brand knowledge
  • Excellent presentation skills, presenting at Director and Manager level including large groups, flexing
     

style and content where appropriate
 

  • Ability to prioritise workflow and ensure challenging deadlines are met at all times.
  • Hard working, enthusiastic, curious, resilient, prolific, honest and fair
  • Experience working for a retailer would be beneficial.
     

Skills and Qualifications you have:
 

  • BA in Product Design or equivalent.
  • Excellent user of Adobe suite & 3d rendering packages
  • Create detailed specification documents for accurate briefing to manufacturers
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of working well with other Product teams

Organization Next
Industry Other Jobs Jobs
Occupational Category Designer
Job Location Leicester,UK
Shift Type Morning
Job Type Full Time
Gender No Preference
Career Level Intermediate
Experience 2 Years
Posted at 2023-12-06 3:59 pm
Expires on 2025-01-22