ASOS is hiring an

Assistant Designer - MW Jersey

London, United Kingdom
Full-Time

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 ASOS DESIGN MENSWEAR, with a focus on Jersey. This will include identifying key shapes for the season, print stories, developing colour palettes, fabric sourcing and wash development to build a range which offers choice for our global customer base.
  • Working with graphics and developing prints with our in-house team.
  • Reacting to sales information and design commercially relevant fashion forward ranges.
  • Researching current and future Menswear trends through a range 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 and working with a PLM system to ensure that product is developed for the relevant and optimum selling period.
  • Researching and developing unique product working on long lead time product as well as quick reaction short lead ranges.

We’d love to meet, someone with…

  • A keen eye for trend analysis and research, driven by a passion for street style and a commitment to staying current with the latest trends, influential brands, and cultural movements.
  • Previous experience in designing for an Aspirational Brand or similar High Street Retailer
  • Previous experience of working with global 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 makes 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

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 
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