Junior Designer Kitchenware

We are currently looking for a talented and passionate Junior Kitchenware Designer to join our Homeware team at Marks & Spencer. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic Design team responsible for delivering an inspiring, trend-led home vision across our kitchenware categories.

As a Junior Designer, you will play a key role in supporting the development of our kitchenware range, helping to bring innovative, commercially successful products to life. We’re looking for someone with a strong eye for design, a passion for home products, and the drive to elevate product success to the next level.

• A strong portfolio demonstrating trend awareness, creativity and commercial impact
• Excellent CAD and technical skills
• A collaborative mindset and the confidence to contribute ideas and direction
• Passion for design and a drive to take product to the next level

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To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

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.

• 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.

Your key accountabilities will include

• Take ownership of defined product areas within the range and design products under the direction of the Designer / Design Lead to meet commercial objectives, quality standards and target price points
• Work closely with Buying, Technical and Product Development teams to agree the range and create accurate technical packs through PLM
• Create clear design boards and presentations that communicate product concepts, materials and finishes
• Research global kitchenware trends, competitor ranges and materials, identifying relevant opportunities for the M&S customer
• Participate in product reviews and product assessments, making considered recommendations to improve product performance, durability and quality

Your skills and experience will include

• Design experience within kitchenware, homeware or hard goods product design, ideally within a retail or manufacturing environment
• Confident CAD skills with the ability to produce accurate technical drawings and specification packs
• Understanding of materials and finishes commonly used in kitchenware, including ceramics, glass, metals and plastics
• Awareness of relevant manufacturing processes and quality considerations
• High level of proficiency in relevant design software, including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign (Rhino/ Solid Works an advantage) Curiosity in AI.

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.