Designer (Dresses) - Lipsy

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Location | Head Office, Tottenham Court Road, London

Working style | Hybrid

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NEXT Wholly Owned Brands…

Our growing portfolio includes Lipsy, Love & Roses, Friends Like These, Beauty at NEXT, Nothing Ordinary, and Seraphine — all available through next.co.uk, connecting with millions of customers across the UK and beyond.

At the heart of our business is a passionate team driven by creativity, innovation, and a shared ambition to deliver exceptional results. We foster a culture where individuality is celebrated, curiosity is encouraged, and challenging the status quo is part of how we grow.

Who are Lipsy

Our Lipsy customer is a leading lady; a woman who never says no to a touch of glamour – and why would she, when the world is her catwalk

About the Job

Lead the process of design and development of one of our softs departments – tops or dresses, building a balanced, comprehensive offer with required pricing structure and margin. Offer newness combined with commerciality and a strong affinity for fast fashion influenced by the latest catwalk and trend predictions.

You will be…

• Responsibility for the design, development and delivery of relevant and trend led product for soft dresses or tops
• Presenting new product ranges to management and buying teams
• Liaise with the sample room and brief designs to the creative pattern cutters
• Creating mood and trend boards seasonally, plus colour palettes and print research
• Manage design assistant including planning workload and providing design direction
• Planning of development trip calendar to achieve option plan
• Inspirational trips- NYC, Paris, London to research product for all areas of the business
• Travelling to India and China to develop product and range build
• Produce concepts, trends, and storyboards
• Understanding pricing-margins- design to price point
• Liaising with production on all order approvals and costing issues
• To continually aim to develop yourself, asking your Line Manager for support and guidance.
• To complete any other duties as reasonably requested by the company to ensure the continuous development of the business

Your Talent

• Eye for colour, trends, and fashion
• Previous design experience from high street fashion retailer/supplier
• Experience working with embellishment and/or embroidery
• Excellent free-hand fashion illustration skills
• Excellent technical garment drawing skills
• Demonstrates an awareness of the retail industry
• Demonstrates accountability to deliver within role and drive the right results
• Helpful and approachable, always willing to extend help
• Demonstrates an awareness of trends and impact of potential threats and opportunities
• Proactive, vibrant and spirited and rises to challenges
• Ability to manage own time and work to deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Thinks above and beyond role
• Strong communication skills (communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing)
• Ability to be privy to highly confidential information and ensure it remains so
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Passion for the Lipsy brand

What we can do for you…

• 25% off a huge selection of Next, Next Wholly Owned Brands, GAP and Victoria\’s Secret products & 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers through Perks At Work
• We recognise hard work with our company performance-based bonus
• Life Assurance
• Join our Next Sharesave Scheme
• Lesson the impact with our Annual Travel Card Loan
• Never miss a package and with Direct to Desk delivery
• Bag a bargain at our sample sales
• Hybrid & flexible working across the business to support your work-life balance
• Learn, develop and grow with our personal development plans
• Enjoy more time with friends and family with Early Bank Holiday finishes
• Join in the fun with our year-round office events

Diversity & Inclusion

We recognise that our differences are what make us who we are. We want people to want to work for us and be their true selves. We are dedicated to attracting and developing a talent team, and recognise that all unique backgrounds and experiences contribute to our future success.

We want to create an inclusive and inspiring environment where individuals feel valued and respected, and where people can achieve their full potential and be their very best, whoever they are.

We believe that wellbeing is having the opportunity to achieve your full potential, cope with day to day pressures, be productive and thrive in all aspects of your life. We encourage a culture that promotes and enables us all to achieve positive wellbeing, by focusing on mental, physical and financial health.