Junior Designer - Womenswear Print and… at The Very Group · Liverpool

Junior Designer - Womenswear Print and Graphics

Internal use only - Grade F

About us

We’re the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers. ✨

About the team

Our Design team is split across our Covent Garden Office, and Liverpool Head Office. The close-knit team are responsible for our own brand design work across menswear, womenswear and home categories. It's a creative environment with design teams working hard to deliver great product for our customers.

About the role

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and hardworking Junior to join our small but dynamic Womenswear team, working from either Liverpool or London. This role has a focus on looking at and building both speed to market prints & graphics and main womenswear prints and graphics for our own brands ‘The Very Collection & Michelle Keagan”, and being an active member of the womenswear team, helping across multiple categories when needed.

This role requires previous experience working within a womenswear team on print & graphics and having a detailed understanding of the process of designing a womenswear department, where key areas would be Jersey & Wovens.

• Researching print and graphics for both speed to market and long lead also trend across multiple categories including Jersey, Wovens and Nightwear.

• Producing print focused trend boards, catwalk reports and shop reports for multiple womenswear categories.

• Working closely with buying teams to create a cohesive and saleable prints and graphics.

• Working closely with the technical team, advising factories on techniques and colours.

• Sourcing from the supply base and building strong relationship with suppliers.

• Reacting to sales information and designing commercially relevant, fashion-forward graphics and prints with our customer in mind.

About you

You will be an experienced Womenswear Designer with a keen print & graphic eye. Previous experience at Assistant or Junior Designer level is essential, and you will be ready to take on a new challenge in a varied and important role within our Design team.

• Have strong presentation skills and be confident to present designs in meetings
• Knowledge of printing techniques and fabrics , and ability to translate onto product
• Knowledge of colour, graphics and print, and ability to incorporate this into trends clearly.
• Knowledge of Ai : to assist print process.
• Strong skills in illustrator, photoshop handpainting & drawing.
• Ability to create clear and detailed print and graphic packs to be sent to the supply chain.
• Ability to translate initial ideas and concepts into commercial designs.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model

• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews

• £1000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays

• LinkedIn Learning access

• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)

• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%

• More benefits can be found on our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next?

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you’re successful so keep an eye on your emails! We’ll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we’re a good match, we’ll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - A 45 minute Microsoft Teams interview with our Hiring Manager to talk through your portfolio and previous experience

2nd stage - A 1 hour interview (in-person or over Teams) with the Hiring Team to present back a creative design brief that you have been set.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities

We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via talentacquisition@theverygroup.com. We’ll be happy to support you.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.