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