At NEXT Wholly Owned Brands, we’re a collective of London-based fashion and lifestyle brands. From our beginnings with Lipsy in 1998, to becoming part of the UK’s largest fashion retailer, NEXT, in 2008 we’ve evolved into a group of bold, design-led brands, each with its unique identity.
At the heart of our business is a passionate team driven by creativity, innovation, and a shared ambition to deliver exceptional results. We foster a culture where individuality is celebrated, curiosity is encouraged, and challenging the status quo is part of how we grow.
About Love & Roses
Love & Roses is for the woman who isn’t afraid to push boundaries, she’ll set her own trend, with unique styles, playful prints and fabulous fabrics at her core.
Role Purpose:
The Junior Designer is responsible for driving the design and development of their assigned product area, building a balanced and comprehensive offer that aligns with the required pricing structure and margin targets. This role combines a strong affinity for fast fashion with commerciality, utilising the latest catwalk and trend predictions to offer constant newness to the customer.
Role Responsibilities:
Design & Creativity
- Take responsibility for the design, development, and delivery of relevant, trend-led products for a specific product area.
- Collaborate with the Design Manager and wider Design team to build seasonal trends, concepts, and color direction for the brand.
- Identify and highlight key seasonal items, design details, and fabrications.
- Create seasonal mood and trend boards and confidently present new product ranges to management and buying teams.
- Travel to key regions, such as India and China, to develop products and support the range build process.
Technical & Commercial Execution
- Work closely with Buying and Merchandising teams to build and support the overall department strategy.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of pricing, margins, and the "design to price point" process to ensure commercial viability.
- Utilise excellent hand sketching and technical garment drawing skills to execute design concepts.
- Manage own time effectively to meet all deadlines and complete ad-hoc duties as requested to support business development.
- Continually aim to develop professional skills, actively seeking support and guidance from the Line Manager.
Technical Requirements:
- Previous design experience within a high street fashion retailer or supplier environment.
- Excellent hand sketching and technical garment drawing skills.
- A strong eye for color, trends, and fashion with the ability to translate these into commercial products.
- Demonstrable awareness of the retail industry, including potential threats and opportunities.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively within a team.
- Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to handle highly confidential information with discretion.
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers through our online benefits platform
- Company performance based bonus
- Early VIP access to sale stock via Direct to Desk
- Life assurance
- Sharesave scheme
- Annual Travel Card Loan
- Sample Sales
- Fantastic L&D opportunities
- Flexi-Hour Scheme
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
Skills Required
- Previous design experience within a high street fashion retailer or supplier environment.
- Excellent hand sketching and technical garment drawing skills.
- Strong understanding of pricing, margins, and the design-to-price-point process.
- Strong eye for colour, trends, and ability to translate these into commercial products.
- Demonstrable awareness of the retail industry, including potential threats and opportunities.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively within a team.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to handle highly confidential information with discretion.
- Willingness to travel internationally (eg. India and China) to develop products and support range build.
- Ability to manage time effectively to meet deadlines and complete ad-hoc duties.
What We Do
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. The company supports the heroes on the frontlines of health care by developing innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers. BD and its 65,000 employees have a passion and commitment to help improve patient outcomes, improve the safety and efficiency of clinicians’ care delivery process, enable laboratory scientists to better diagnose disease and advance researchers’ capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics. BD has a presence in virtually every country and partners with organizations around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues. By working in close collaboration with customers, BD can help enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care. In 2017, BD welcomed C. R. Bard and its products into the BD family. For more information on BD, please visit bd.com.
