Assistant Designer - MW Shirts & Swim

Company Description

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.

But how are we showing up? We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list. Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you.

Job Description

THE ROLE

As an Assistant Designer, you will be working closely with the Designer/Senior Designer, designing the Shirts & Swimwear MW ASOS DESIGN ranges for our twenty 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, 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…

• Researching, developing, and designing ranges for MW ASOS DESIGN, including 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 on long lead time product as well as quick reaction short lead ranges.

Qualifications

We’d love to meet, someone with…

• Previous experience in designing for an Aspirational Brand or similar High Street Retailer.
• Previous experience of working with Far East, European and UK suppliers.
• Experience in working with a Buyer to plan and deliver 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 make 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 and Internationally as required, for supplier meetings and inspiration / development trips.

Additional Information

BENEFITS

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
• Employee sample sales
• Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Private medical care scheme.
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits.