Designer – Women’s Knitwear, Jersey & Outerwear London, England
Job description
At a glance
Working pattern/flexible working - We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a blended working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Womenswear Designer team aims for around 2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings but again, are flexible on this. The role is based on our Victoria Campus.
Salary range - The salary range for this role is set at £29,6000-£43,600
Contract type - This is a fixed term contract for 12 months
About the role
The Womenswear design team is a close-knit team of passionate, highly skilled Partners. As a Designer for the John Lewis brand in this space, you will have ownership for the areas of responsibility.
As a Designer specifically looking after Women’s Knitwear, Jersey & Outerwear, you will be responsible for designing, developing and delivering original, relevant, customer-centric and distinct best in class own brand products.
In this role you will be utilising customer insights, to inspire, excite and delight our customers & deliver planned growth for Women’s Knitwear, Jersey & Outerwear.
In addition, you will take a supporting role in design projects, working independently, alongside or in collaboration with the Designer and Trading community.
Essential skills you’ll need
Extensive proven experience of designing womenswear predominantly Knitwear, Jersey & Outerwear
Ability to demonstrate a strong understanding of the John Lewis & Partners brand, the values and potential for products
Proven ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams
Benefits of the Partnership and the role
You will enjoy 25% discount at John Lewis and 20% in Waitrose
The Partnership has a competitive pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay)
Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working (include wording on holiday/able to purchase) and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy
Find out more about the extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us on our website under About the Partnership; Benefits.
Next Steps
- The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process")
- Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a 2 stage virtual interview, 1st stage starting w/c 26th June
- You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.
- Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining the John Lewis Partnership.
If you’re an Internal Partner, you can view a copy of the full job outline here: Womenswear Designer
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