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Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 09 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400021872

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our Sainsbury’s stores starts out in Sainsbury’s Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

In a nutshell 

Are you an imaginative designer with a passion for print and pattern? We’re looking for an exceptional Print Designer to join our Clothing team, specialising in women’s nightwear and swimwear. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in shaping standout print designs that inspire and engage our customers, setting new standards for creativity and commercial success across every channel. What you’ll do 
 

  • Support the Senior Designer in developing and delivering the design strategy for your category.
  • Create mood boards and print/pattern themes, driving macro and category trends.
  • Identify new commercial print and pattern trends that align with category and marketing growth plans.
  • Design commercial ranges that appeal to key customer profiles, with a focus on women’s nightwear and swimwear.
  • Apply your in-depth understanding of printing techniques to achieve optimum product cost and design.
  • Develop print assets for supplier briefs, ensuring critical path deadlines are met.
  • Collaborate with colleagues in Buying, Technical, Global Sourcing, and Merchandising to deliver products that meet cost, quality, and timing targets.
  • Share trend and print/pattern information with Marketing, PR, and Digital teams, ensuring key stories and messages are communicated.
  • Build strong relationships with our global supply base and other print/pattern designers across the business.
  • Seek inspiration from external sources such as trend books, trade fairs, shops, museums, and galleries.
  • Champion sustainability in both design process and product delivery.

Essential Criteria 
 

  • Demonstrable experience in print and pattern design within the retail clothing sector, ideally with a focus on women’s nightwear and swimwear.
  • A strong, proven portfolio showcasing your creativity and expertise in print design for clothing.
  • Proven track record of delivering exceptional print designs and commercial ranges.
  • Strong commercial awareness and understanding of UK and international retail dynamics.
  • Technical knowledge of clothing manufacturing processes and print techniques.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, plus other relevant design packages.
  • Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • A proactive, positive, and agile approach to working, with a passion for continuous learning and development.
  • Commitment to legal, ethical, and sustainability standards.

 

Please upload your portfolio alongside your CV when applying.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: 

  

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform. 

  

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. 

  

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 

  

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