Senior Digital Creative Designer - FTC

Overview

We are looking for a highly talented, forward thinking Senior Digital Creative Designer to join our eCommerce Design team on a 12 Month FTC (maternity cover). Based from Next Head Office in Leicestershire, with a competitive salary range and great benefits!

• You will be responsible for creating appropriate design solutions within brand templates
• Using your design skills you’ll be creating assets and layouts for homepages, emails, editorial content across Next and subsites.
• Building emails and testing their performance.
• Creating digital-ready artwork, implementing brand guidelines, styles and layouts, and working to specified deadlines.
• Working closely with internal and external stakeholders as well as design leads across the Online Department to help drive online sales
• Working up concepts and ideation across Next and subsites
• We have a large team of experienced designers so sharing and collaborating is essential to a successful outcome.

• Proven years of experience in the digital design space
• Experience of amending css and html
• HTML Coding knowledge
• Working experience of a CMS would be beneficial (Training would be given)
• Proactive approach to tasks with a positive outlook
• Someone who can create original ideas and concepts
• Good working knowledge of Figma & Adobe Creative Cloud
• Be comfortable presenting to key stakeholders in the business so having excellent communication skills is a must.
• Comfortable managing own workload and working to tight deadlines
• A strong portfolio of existing creative work
• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap
  * and Victoria's Secret
  * products (
  * when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email  (please include "Workplace Adjustments" in the subject line), or call us on  and leave a voicemail.

Show us what you can do. Submit your application online and our recruitment team will take a first look at your experience and strengths.

Let’s talk. We will get in touch for an initial conversation by phone or video to learn more about you and share what the team is looking for.

If you are invited to an interview, you may be asked to present an interview task or portfolio and talk through your experience in a competency based interview. It is also your chance to ask questions and get to know us.

If it’s the right match, our recruitment team will be in touch with a job offer and next steps. This is where your journey with NEXT begins.

The Digital & Marketing team brings creativity, technology, and insight together. From bold campaigns and boundary-pushing design to product innovation, digital evolution, and vital data support, these teams shape seamless experiences and drive the business forward.

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You’ve probably heard of NEXT, but did you know about our portfolio? Every brand in our offering brings a distinct story, attitude and community. Spanning contemporary lifestyle brands, established high street names and timeless collections, together they showcase the vibrancy of today’s retail world.

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world!

So we’ve gone global!

Challenges. Opportunities. The future. Let’s take it on at NEXT.