We're ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world.
We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.
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Job DescriptionTHE ROLE
As an Assistant Designer, you will be working closely with the Leisure Menswear Designer, designing the amazing ASOS DESIGN Leisure ranges for our fashion loving customer. If you love fashion design, researching the latest trends and want to be part of a fast-paced fashion forward design team this could be the opportunity for you.
THE TEAM
ASOS is one of the UK’s top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave, and creative, and we live and breathe these in everything we do.
The Design Team look for inspiration all around the world, along with street style, vintage shopping, music, art, the catwalk and all things creative, to design the latest product for the range. It’s all about newness and finding and designing the most exciting product for our 20-something customer, whatever their style.
You’ll be…
- Assisting the Leisure designer by researching, developing, and designing the menswear leisure ranges including casual and smart, plain and print. Identifying key shapes for the season, colour, fabric and building a range which offers choice for our global customer base.
- Reacting to sales information and design commercially relevant fashion forward ranges.
- Researching current and future trends by a collection of different sources to identify newness and interpret into first to market pieces.
- Working with the technical team on initial fits. Identifying and helping problem solve for the department.
- Building relations with suppliers and advising factories on direction, construction, key details, materials, and trims.
- Adhering to the critical path to achieve deadlines, ensuring product is developed for the relevant and optimum selling period.
- An ability to research and develop unique product working with short lead suppliers and reacting to new trends quickly.
We’d love to meet, someone with…
- Previous experience in designing for an Aspirational Brand or similar High Street Retailer with 1-2 years experience.
- Previous experience of working with Far East, European and UK suppliers.
- Experience in working with a buyer in planning and delivering a balanced range and first to market pieces.
- Strong commercial handwriting and understanding of the ASOS Brand and Customer.
- Computer Skills: Photoshop, Adobe, CAD.
- A Fashion forward perspective
- Strong time management.
- The confidence to identify problems and makes improvement suggestions, seeking practical ways to overcome barriers and remaining calm under pressure.
- The ability to communicate to the team & senior management the performance and strategy of the department.
- Willingness to Travel in the UK for Supplier meetings and Inspirational purposes. International development travel.
BeneFITS’
- Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
- Employee sample sales
- 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
- Private medical care scheme
- Fixed Annual Payment in addition to your salary each year, it's just an extra thank you from us
- Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role
Skills Required
- 1-2 years of experience designing for an aspirational brand or high street retailer
- Experience working with Far East, European, and UK suppliers
- Experience working with a buyer to plan and deliver balanced ranges and first-to-market pieces
- Strong commercial design handwriting and understanding of the ASOS brand and customer
- Computer skills including Photoshop, Adobe, and CAD
- Fashion-forward perspective
- Strong time management skills
- Ability to identify problems, suggest improvements, and remain calm under pressure
- Ability to communicate department performance and strategy to the team and senior management
- Willingness to travel in the UK for supplier meetings and inspiration, including international development travel
ASOS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ASOS and has not been reviewed or approved by ASOS.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Feedback suggests perks like a sizable, shareable product discount, access to sample sales, free gym access, and on-site amenities are valued. Such lifestyle-oriented benefits are frequently highlighted as standout aspects of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests employees benefit from substantial annual leave with bank holidays and an extra celebratory or birthday day off, with summer early finishes referenced in some contexts. This breadth of time-off options supports work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests access to a private medical care scheme is a core part of the package. This contributes to a perception of strong healthcare support.
ASOS Insights
What We Do
We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions. Whatever your role, asos will encourage you to be you, fulfilling your creative potential with our global reach. Push boundaries, and challenge expectations. We’re determined to succeed, so we’ll trust you to deliver. Help drive our journey to becoming the global fashion destination for 20-somethings At ASOS our 3,000+ employees are immersed in the creative worlds and have a truly entrepreneurial attitude. Our ASOSers are authentic, brave, creative and disciplined to the core and find ways to blend our passion for fashion with cutting edge technology. Sound up your street? Join us.
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