Menswear Tailoring Designer - Next Sourcing

Menswear Tailoring Designer — Next Sourcing (Leicester)

• Location: Leicester (Global Design Hub / In-Office, flexible core hours 8:00 – 18:00)

• Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)

• Salary: Up to £47,000 per year

• Posting Date: 11/09/2026

• Application Deadline: 20/09/2026 (Note: Early applications are encouraged as recruitment moves quickly!)

About the Role

As the Menswear Tailoring Designer for Next Sourcing, you will be the creative heartbeat behind the suits, blazers, formal trousers, and smart separates that define NEXT's premier menswear collections. Partnering with NEXT, Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is thrilled to help talented, commercially minded designers step into this influential global role. Operating from the in-house design hub in Leicester, you will blend contemporary tailoring trends, elevated fabrications, and precise technical construction to create market-leading formalwear.

What You Will Do

• Creative Range Design: Deliver compelling, trend-setting collections across soft tailored blazers, structured suits, coats, formal trousers, and smart-casual separates.

• Global Trend Research: Translate international runway movements, street style, and modern sartorial trends into commercial "must-have" ranges.

• Inspirational & Sourcing Travel: Embark on seasonal research trips to global fashion capitals, as well as international mills, suppliers, and tailored garment factories to oversee sample development, fit sessions, and fabric sourcing.

• Technical Excellence & Construction: Design intelligently using deep knowledge of tailored garment construction, canvas types, shoulder pads, linings, and high-performance fabric blends.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner daily with Sourcing Specialists, Garment Technologists, Buyers, and Pattern Cutters to ensure designs align with production capabilities, target margins, and rapid design cycles.

• Tech-Pack Accuracy: Produce precise, fully detailed technical specification packs and CAD layouts for international manufacturing partners.

What You Will Bring

• Design Background: Proven expertise in menswear (or womenswear) tailoring and formalwear design, showing exceptional attention to silhouette, proportion, and cut.

• Software Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for realistic CAD renders and technical specification packs.

• Technical & Fabric Knowledge: Solid understanding of tailored construction, pattern-making principles, and how suiting fabrics behave during wear and pressing.

• Industry Experience: Experience within a high-volume retailer, established tailoring brand, or global supplier, with a firm grasp of commercial calendars and lead times.

• Collaboration & Resilience: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to present concepts confidently, manage multiple seasonal drops simultaneously, and thrive under tight deadlines.

• Mandatory Requirement: A digital design portfolio demonstrating a sharp eye for tailoring, commercial viability, and clean CAD work must be submitted with your application.

Fantastic Benefits & Perks

• Company performance-based bonus scheme and Sharesave scheme

• 25% staff discount across NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap, and Victoria's Secret, plus up to 10% off partner brands and 15% off Branded Beauty

• On-site OFSTED Outstanding nursery facilities in Leicester

• Subsidized on-site restaurants with great food at amazing prices

• Early VIP access to sale stock and exclusive Staff Shop discounts

• Wellhub discounted flexible gym memberships, digital GP access, life assurance, and free on-site parking

• Financial Wellbeing support tools and on-the-job apprenticeship opportunities

• Dedicated workplace adjustment support and inclusive hiring practices via Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency