Assistant Designer in Coventry

Joining Sainsbury's as an Assistant Designer within Women’s Nightwear is a great opportunity to work with a trusted brand that values strong design, quality, and innovation. This role sits within the Women’s Nightwear Design team and prior experience in Women’s Nightwear is essential. As part of the team, you’ll support the delivery of inspirational, commercially driven designs that align with the category vision and ambition.

As an Assistant Designer at Tu, you’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of seasonal and trend‑led designs within Women’s Nightwear. You will work closely with Designers and Senior Designers, build strong relationships with suppliers and their design teams to help create original and exclusive nightwear products, support the development of key seasonal styles, and help introduce newness across the range. Strong proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator is essential, as you’ll contribute to creating product briefs and design packs independently when required. You’ll help deliver innovative, commercially viable designs that meet the needs of a diverse Women’s Nightwear customer, represent the design team with key stakeholders, manage your workload effectively, and work to critical‑path deadlines.

Your creativity, attention to detail and understanding of Women’s Nightwear trends and market dynamics will support the delivery of the overall design strategy while embedding sustainability principles throughout your work.

You’re a creative and detail‑oriented Assistant Designer with a genuine passion for Women’s Nightwear, supported by previous experience in clothing design. You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy working closely with Designers, Senior Designers, and suppliers to deliver original and exclusive product. You’re confident using Photoshop and Illustrator to create and amend product briefs and communicate clearly and professionally with stakeholders across the business. With strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks to deadline, you support the delivery of key seasonal styles, maintain material and swatch libraries, and contribute to ongoing sustainability initiatives. You’re a proactive team player who enjoys working in a fast‑paced, flexible environment and is motivated by continuous learning and development.

Essential criteria:

• Previous experience in Women’s Nightwear design
• Fashion Design or Textiles degree
• Strong Adobe Suite expertise (Photoshop & Illustrator)
• Ability to communicate clearly across functions and with suppliers
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Strong time management with the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Collaborative team player, working closely with Design, Buying, Merchandising, Suppliers, and Marketing

You’ll split your time between home and the Ansty Store Support Centre (Coventry), with a minimum of 2‑3 days per week on site depending on collaboration and business needs.

Benefits:

• Colleague discount (10%–15% on online and in‑store shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat)
• Pensions scheme and life cover
• Performance‑related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on performance
• Annual holiday allowance with the option to buy up to an additional week’s holiday
• Season ticket loans, cycle‑to‑work scheme, health cash plans and salary advance
• Access to a wide range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers
• Employee assistance programme
• Maternity or adoption leave up to 26 weeks’ pay and paternity leave up to 4 weeks’ pay

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