Assistant Designer - Print & Trend

Job description

Why join us

Joining our team at Sainsbury's as an Assistant Designer provides an exciting opportunity to work with a renowned brand that values great design and quality. We understand the importance of work-life balance, which is why our flexible ways of working policy allows you to have control over your hours and maintain a healthy work/life balance, including the option to work from home. As part of our Design team, you will assist in delivering inspirational designs that align with our category vision and ambition. Collaborating with designers, suppliers, and other stakeholders, you will contribute to creating original, exclusive prints that resonate with our diverse range of customers. With proficiency in design software and strong organisational skills, you will help drive newness and innovation throughout our range. Join us and be part of a team that fosters creativity, values sustainability, and offers endless opportunities for growth and development.

What you'll do

As an Assistant Designer at Habitat, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of inspirational designs that align with the category vision and ambition. Collaborating with Designers and Senior Designers, you will build strong relationships with internal commercial teams and help identify key trends, assisting in communicating these to the wider business. Your role will also involve assisting in the development of key seasonal print and pattern. Proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator is essential, as you will contribute to creating print briefs independently if required. You will be responsible for delivering innovative and commercially viable prints for a diverse range of customers. Additionally, as an effective communicator, you will represent the design team in front of key stakeholders and manage your time effectively to adhere to critical timelines. Your creativity, organisation, and understanding of market trends will contribute to the achievement of the overall design strategy, while upholding sustainability principles in everything you do.

Who you are

As an Assistant Designer at Habitat, you are a creative and detail-oriented professional who is passionate about delivering exceptional design and quality. With a strong ability to assist in the creation of original, exclusive prints and identifying key market trends you collaborate closely with Designers and Senior Designers, building relationships with buying and design teams to drive newness and support the category vision and ambition. Your proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator allows you to independently create print and pattern, while your excellent communication skills enable you to represent the team effectively in front of key stakeholders. With a focus on time management and adherence to the critical path, you assist in delivering key seasonal trends and contribute to sustainability efforts. Overall, you are a team player who thrives in a dynamic and flexible working environment, continually seeking growth and learning opportunities to excel in your role as an Assistant Designer at Habitat.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
 
 Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.  
 
 Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
 
 Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 
 
 Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.