Job Introduction
The Role
The Assistant Designer is an exciting role within the Creative Design & Development Team at Superdry, will support the creation and development of innovative, consumer-focused womenswear, helping bring the CEO's brand vision to life.
They will support the Design Manager and wider Design team, contribute fresh ideas, have strong product awareness and a passion for design to create commercially relevant collections that strengthen the brand. Working closely with the CEO and cross functional teams, will help deliver exciting product in a fast paced, agile environment.
This role is 4 days a week in the office.
You Will
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Model the Superdry behaviours: ‘Deliver with Purpose,’ ‘Come as you are’ and ‘Do what’s Right.’
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Support the Design Manager, Designers and CEO in creating innovative, commercially relevant products.
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Research consumer, market and product opportunities, translating insights into design ideas that reflect the Superdry brand DNA.
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Contribute to seasonal collections and in-season projects, managing multiple priorities and key deadlines.
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Support the preparation and presentation of concepts and product updates to the Design Manager and wider team, building confidence presenting to senior stakeholders, including the CEO, over time.
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Support the creation of CADs, design packs and specifications, working closely with the Design Manager, to support product development and production.
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Prepare for design meetings, record and distribute meeting notes, and support the wider team with day-to-day design activities.
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Start to build working relationships across Design, Technical, Quality, Sourcing, Regional teams and supplier partners, with support from the wider Design team.
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Champion and uphold the house Design and Brand Standards, to clearly communicate information to suppliers.
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Take ownership of design administration, including sending and tracking post and maintaining accurate documentation.
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Embrace AI and digital tools to support creativity, efficiency and the design process.
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Contribute positively to the team through collaboration, curiosity and a willingness to learn.
You Are
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Passionate about womenswear, product and design, with a strong eye for detail and emerging trends.
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Creative, commercially aware and confident sharing ideas.
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An excellent communicator who can present ideas clearly and build relationships across all levels of the business.
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Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
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Adaptable, resilient and comfortable responding to changing priorities and feedback.
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A collaborative team player with a positive attitude and eagerness to learn and develop.
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Comfortable working closely with a hands-on CEO and senior leadership team, and keen to develop confidence presenting and collaborating at this level.
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Someone who takes ownership and accountability
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Self-motivated and driven
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Respectful and inclusive
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Some experience with, or a strong willingness to learn, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, etc.)
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Familiarity with PLM systems is helpful but not essential, as full training will be provided.
Working for Superdry has never been so rewarding…
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25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, we also offer a holiday buying scheme
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An additional day off to celebrate your Birthday
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Family is massively important to us, so we have a broad range of family-friendly working policies in place, including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
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Company Pension scheme
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All employees are covered by our Life Assurance policy whilst working at Superdry. We feel it’s important to offer protection for your family and loved ones in such a situation and to support this we offer life assurance cover which pays a lump sum equivalent either twice or four times your annual salary
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A big staff discount – naturally. Because we know that you love to wear Superdry, you’ll benefit from a 50% discount in store and online
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Our Head Office is home to our very own store for staff only where you can treat yourself to heavily discounted sample stock
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A health cash plan is open to all employees.
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Flexible working and core working hours between 10am – 4pm to help you achieve that all-important work-life balance
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Access to onsite parking and as part of our sustainable development goals, we have a selection of electrical car parking points freely available to staff.
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A range of learning and development materials to help you in your career and grow with us
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We like to give back, so we allow our employees time off for volunteering work
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A global employee assistance plan in place that you can access anytime you want - it’s free and confidential
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You’ll also have access to a Cycle To Work Scheme
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A range of local discounts with businesses across Gloucestershire
At Superdry, everyone has a voice and we want to hear it. We create environments where individuality can flourish and is celebrated as part of who we are as a brand. We’re incredibly proud that over 90% of our people feel strongly that they can be themselves at work.
We want to meet people with varied backgrounds because we understand that diversity of thought encourages new ideas to thrive, fuelling creativity and enabling us to do better work. We want to build a team which represents a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, and skills; we hire people based on their merit and potential.
We also welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Superdry and will always accommodate it where possible.
Please note that some jobs may be closed earlier than the published closing date if we get a high volume of applications. We therefore advise that you complete your application at your earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.
Who we are
Superdry have been making world-class product for over 20 years, and we’re proud of it. Our mission is to inspire and engage the contemporary style-obsessed consumer, whilst leaving a positive environmental legacy.
Together with our CEO, we have built a brand that has cut through the global apparel market at record speed, taking market share from brands that have existed for decades.
Our brand direction has never been stronger, evolving American Prep to resonate with a new generation of customers.
We are now on an exciting journey having reset our brand returning to our design-led roots and we are looking for talented people to join us.
