THE ROLE

Want to see your designs worn by millions? We are looking for a Junior Designer to join our ASOS Design Womenswear Loungewear & Nightwear department. You’d be part of the team responsible for designing the future ranges for our 20-something 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, Creative and Disciplined, 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 will be… 

• Researching, developing, and designing ranges for ASOS DESIGN, including identifying key shapes for the season, colour, fabric and building a range which offers choice for our global customer base.

• Researching current and future trends by a collection of different sources to identify newness and interpret into first to market pieces.

• An ability to research and develop unique product working on long lead time product as well as quick reaction short lead ranges.

• Taking ownership and responsibility for your area which includes independent research, product development and range builds

• Reacting to sales information and designing commercially relevant fashion forward range

• Working closely with Buying teams to range product

• Working with the technical team, advising factories on construction, details and artworks

• Sourcing from the supply base and building relations with suppliers, 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.

• Traveling and researching for directional and comparative trend and product direction

We’d love to meet, someone with…

• Previous experience in Womenswear clothing for an aspirational brand or similar High Street retailer

• Experience with Jersey & Woven product

• Fashion forward ideas

• Strong commercial handwriting and understanding of the ASOS Brand and Customer

• The ability to communicate to the team & senior management the performance and strategy of the department

• Experience in working with a Buyer to plan and deliver a balanced range and first to market pieces

• The confidence to identify problems and makes improvement suggestions, seeking practical ways to overcome barriers and remaining calm under pressure

• Previous experience of working with Far East, European and UK suppliers

• Willingness to travel for Supplier meetings and inspirational purposes

• Self-Motivation & Enthusiasm

• Strong time management

• Computer Skills: Photoshop, Adobe, CAD

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary, bonus and pension matching

• Life insurance, free private medical care, cycle to work scheme + more

• A bespoke flexible benefits scheme catered to you

• Best in class Learning & Development schemes and career development programmes

• 25 days holiday + never work on your birthday again!

• Free modern onsite gym, plus personal training and wellness rooms

• A dynamic social environment, from company-wide sports days, charity days, ‘Give A Week Away’ opportunities to visit our charity partners in India & company-wide celebrations to name just a few

• Huge staff discounts and sample sales