Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

We’re looking for a creative, detail-oriented Assistant Designer with experience in knitwear to join our Menswear Knitwear team. In this role, you’ll support the design team in delivering timely and commercially relevant collections. Key responsibilities include trend and market research, creating clear visual presentations, assisting in fit sessions, and supporting the product development process from concept to final sample. A strong understanding of knitwear construction, yarns, and techniques is essential. This is a great opportunity to grow within a collaborative and fast-paced design environment.

What’s in it for you

• Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever, and however they want to shop with us.
• Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption, and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

What you’ll do:

• Work alongside the JD / Designer to deliver the global product direction
• Work with the Designers to meet critical path deadlines and deliver the right designs, at the right time
• Create CAD’s using photoshop / illustrator in order to show true representation of product for range reviews and PLM tech packs
• Support the Designer to deliver Design Briefs to Indirect Suppliers when required
• Support the Designer on producing a high standard of Tech pack and hit rate on Direct

Who you are

• Strong design and CAD skills with an eye for detail
• Knowledge of trend interpretation, current competitive marketplace, and product design
• Experience in briefing and specifying direct design sourced product, working with Technology/Design and Buying to create high standards of Tech Packs.
• High level of proficiency in Design IT applications to optimise the quality of design work e.g., Photoshop, illustrator, CAD.
• Multitask orientated with the ability to work to tight deadlines to the Design and Buying critical path

Everyone’s welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating, and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. 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.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.