Assistant Designer Womenswear Per Una

As an Assistant Designer for Per Una, you'll play a key role in bringing this distinctive vision to life across multiple product categories. Working closely with the Design team, you'll help create commercially successful ranges that are trend‑led, customer‑focused and true to the Per Una brand identity.

• Under direction from the Designer, conduct inspirational and competitor comp shopping, making recommendations for your ranges to ensure ranges are continually evolving and market‑leading.
• Support the Design team with the coordination of day‑to‑day activities and take a proactive approach to managing tasks and priorities.
• Collaborate with Designers and wider teams to meet critical path deadlines and deliver the right designs, at the right time.
• Create digital trend presentations and CADs using Adobe Creative Suite, Miro and AI tools to accurately represent product for range reviews, whilst maintaining high standards of PLM tech packs.
• Support the briefing of trends and delivery of Design Briefs to indirect suppliers and global sourcing offices when required.

• Proven design experience within a retail or fashion environment, ideally with knowledge of denim and casual wear wash development.
• Strong design and CAD skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to translate trends into commercially successful product.
• Experience creating design briefs, specifying direct design sourced product and developing high‑quality tech packs in partnership with Design, Buying and Technology teams.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship‑building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams and supplier partners.
• A dynamic, agile and innovative mindset, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, adapt quickly to change and thrive in a fast‑paced environment whilst delivering to critical path deadlines.

• 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third‑party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you've completed your probation.
• Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more.
• Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours.
• Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future.
• Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one.
• Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal.
• Market‑leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave.
• 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services.
• One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you.

Everyone's welcome. We are ambitious about the future of retail. We are disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen. We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best.

We support each other and work together to win together.

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