Middleweight Creative Digital Designer

We are on the hunt for a highly talented, forward thinking Midweight Designer to join the Next Online Creative team. As a Middleweight Digital Creative Designer, you'll be focused on creating digital ready designs for the Next Online design team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced designer from an in-house or agency background who is looking for a new challenge.

Whilst enhancing the Next brand through well considered, exceptional designs, you'll be responsible for creating content across the digital portfolio including presentations, pitch packs and onsite graphics.

We offer hybrid working with part of the week working at our head office in Leicestershire and part of the week working remotely.

About the Role

• Be able to take briefs from concept to creation
• Use your design skills to create digital ready assets for onsite graphics, moodboards and presentations across the Next client base.
• Help implement brand guidelines, styles and layouts, while working to specified deadlines.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders as well as design leads across the Online Department.
• Working closely with the commercial team to ensure your designs help drive online sales
• We have a large team of experienced designers so sharing and collaborating is essential to a successful outcome.

Software / Skills

• Strong idea generation skills
• Proactive approach to tasks with a positive outlook
• Someone who can create original ideas and concepts
• Some experience of Figma
• Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud
• Basic HTML/CSS coding knowledge would be beneficial
• Working experience of a CMS beneficial (Training would be given)
• Be comfortable presenting to key stakeholders in the business so having excellent communication skills is a must.
• Comfortable managing own workload and working to tight deadlines
• A strong portfolio of existing creative work

Benefits

• Annual company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• Pension 3% Employer/ 5% Employee
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (can also buy/sell up to 3 days)
• 25% staff discount and free next day delivery to desk for online purchases
• Subsidised restaurant, coffee shop and juice bar all onsite at head office
• Free car parking
• Outstanding subsidised Nursery onsite at head office
• Staff shop onsite at head office

About Us
You know Next, but did you know we're a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We're the UK's 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we're the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it's now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we've gone global!

About some of our Benefits

• 25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria's Secret products
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Subsidised restaurant, coffee shop and juice bar
• Access a 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking