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We have an opportunity for you to join one of the UK’s most recognised fashion and home retailers - a trusted brand that sells thousands of items every hour and keeps customers coming back for more.

Their Furniture Technology Team ensures every product in the Home Range - from cushions and curtains to dining tables and sofas - meets exceptional standards for design, performance, and quality. This team are now looking for an Assistant Furniture Technologist to support innovation and excellence across their growing living room furniture collection.

The Role

Here you’ll use your technical expertise to help develop new ranges that meet quality, safety and value standards. From concept to launch, you’ll ensure designs are commercially sound, compliant and built to last.

Key responsibilities include:

• Evaluating new products to meet legal, safety and performance standards
• Providing technical guidance throughout development and launch
• Identifying new materials, trends and improvement opportunities
• Liaising with suppliers and internal teams to ensure documentation and approvals
• Monitoring range performance and supporting seasonal reviews

About You

You’ll have a solid understanding of furniture materials and construction, with a passion for creating products that combine durability, comfort and style.
You’ll bring:

• Knowledge of woods, metals, plastics and textile materials
• An understanding of testing, ergonomics and manufacturing processes
• An awareness of sustainability and innovative materials
• Experience in furniture manufacturing, product development or retail technology

What’s on Offer:

• £31k-£42k + profit-related bonus
• 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays with the chance to buy more
• Pension, life assurance and Sharesave scheme
• 25% staff discount
• On-site restaurant, coffee shops, nursery and staff shop
• Free parking, shuttle bus and digital GP service

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Join a market-leading international manufacturer of premium banquet, meeting and conference furniture supplied to 4 and 5 star hotels worldwide. Exporting to more than 50 countries, this company blends craftsmanship with innovation to deliver outstanding design and quality.

Due to retirement, they’re seeking a talented Design Manager to lead their creative team and drive the next generation of product design.

The Role
Reporting to the Managing Director, you’ll oversee a small Design Team, managing projects from concept through to production and launch. You’ll shape the product portfolio, identify future design opportunities, and ensure all designs meet the highest standards of style and functionality.
You’ll also collaborate with Sales, Production and Marketing to bring ideas to life-supporting bespoke client requests, developing marketing materials, and maintaining product accuracy across all channels.

About You

• 4+ years’ design experience, ideally in contract furniture
• Skilled in AutoCAD and Inventor
• Strong grasp of manufacturing processes
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Confident communicator and team leader

Why Join?
Be part of a respected global brand known for design excellence. You’ll have the freedom to influence product strategy, lead a skilled team, and see your designs showcased in some of the world’s most prestigious venues. It is an on-site based role and they are offering a salary of c£55k plus commission, 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a company pension.

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Working with office furniture resellers, architects and design consultants, this company creates innovative, sustainable solutions for modern workspaces. As demand grows for their beautifully upholstered products - from pods to sofas - they’re expanding their talented product development team.

As an Upholstery Product Developer, you’ll bring creative ideas to life - turning concepts into high-quality, commercially viable products. Collaborating with international design studios and working hands-on in the workshop, you’ll play a key role in every stage of development, from prototype to production.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and refine prototypes, testing comfort, ergonomics, and durability.
• Source, test, and evaluate upholstery materials, foams, and finishes that meet design and sustainability goals.
• Carry out upholstery work in the workshop when needed.
• Liaise with suppliers, manufacturers, and internal teams to ensure projects run smoothly from sampling through to production.
• Continuously improve existing product ranges and explore new opportunities for innovation.

About You

• Proven experience in upholstery and pattern cutting.
• Strong knowledge of upholstery construction, foams, textiles and frames.
• Practical problem-solver with a hands-on, can-do attitude.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Technical drawing or CAD skills (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar) desirable.

What’s on Offer

• Salary between £30,000 - £32,000, with room to grow.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Company pension contribution.
• The opportunity to collaborate with international design studios on innovative, sustainable furniture projects.

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

If you’re passionate about great design, craftsmanship, and sustainability - and want to be part of a growing, creative team - we’d love to hear from you.

This major retailer of fashion, furniture and homeware is renowned for its focus on quality and trend-led collections. Known for bringing elevated style to their customers, they are now seeking a talented and experienced Assistant Swim & Beach Designer to join their fast-paced Womenswear Non-Clothing team.

Reporting to the Designer, you’ll play a key role in shaping trend-led swim and beachwear that delights a diverse customer base. This is your chance to bring your creativity to life, drawing inspiration from global travel, trend research and innovative thinking.

What you’ll be doing:

• Creating trend-led designs that push creative boundaries and resonate with the brand’s customers
• Working with multiple fabrications to deliver elevated, commercially successful collections
• Collaborating closely with Buyers, Merchandisers, and Product Technologists to ensure designs are both beautiful and viable
• Researching and presenting key trends to your team and senior stakeholders
• Building strong relationships with suppliers, briefing them clearly and supporting the process from range planning to final product selection

What they’re looking for:

You’ll be a creative, collaborative, and commercially aware designer with a true passion for swim and beachwear. You’ll have a portfolio that reflects your enthusiasm, originality, and understanding of the market.
You’ll bring:

• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite
• Exceptional taste and technical knowledge of swim & beachwear design
• Awareness of market trends, competitors, and key brands
• A confident presentation style and ability to communicate ideas clearly

What they can offer you:

• Salary: £30,000 - £38,000
• Generous Discounts, Company performance-based bonus and Sharesave scheme
• Family-Friendly Benefits: On-site OFSTED Outstanding nursery
• Great Perks: On-site restaurants with amazing prices, free parking, free health & wellbeing services (including a digital GP)
• Development & Support: Apprenticeships, financial wellbeing tools, support networks
• Lifestyle Benefits including discounted flexible gym membership

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Here is a great chance to join an award-winning design studio in Bath, known for delivering stunning, highly personalised interiors for high-end residential and hospitality clients.
This is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to be part of a collaborative, passionate team who value design excellence, creativity and exceptional client service.

The Role
As an Interior Designer, you’ll work closely with the senior design team to support projects from the very first brief through to completion. You’ll be hands-on with every stage - concept development, floor planning, FF&E specification, presentations and seeing the vision come to life.

You’ll be involved in:

• Creative design work: Spatial planning, detailed floor plans and elevations (Vectorworks), bespoke cabinetry drawings and full FF&E specifications
• Concept development: Designing practical yet beautiful schemes, tailored to reflect each client’s unique style and personality
• Project delivery: Building strong client relationships, collaborating with procurement and finance teams, and ensuring projects run smoothly, on time and on budget

This is a studio-based role, working on both local and national residential and commercial projects - perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, creative environment.

What they’re expecting from the Interior Designer:

• 2+ years’ experience in a high-end residential interior design studio
• Proficiency in Vectorworks (or AutoCAD), plus SketchUp and Adobe Creative Suite
• Skilled at developing design concepts, technical drawings and specifications
• Excellent knowledge of UK suppliers, finishes, and furnishings
• Confident communicator with strong project management skills

What’s in it for you:

• Bonus scheme
• Generous holiday allowance (increasing with length of service)
• A collaborative, creative, and supportive team environment
• Opportunity to work on beautiful, bespoke projects for inspiring clients

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Step into a role where creativity meets quality. This major fashion, furniture, and homeware retailer is celebrated for trend-led, beautifully crafted products - and now, they’re on the lookout for a talented Nightwear Designer to join their fast-paced Womenswear Non-Clothing team on a 12-month fixed term contract.
In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of creating inspiring, trend-led designs that their customers will fall in love with. Drawing influence from travel, research and market insight, you’ll work across multiple fabrications to produce elevated, commercially aware collections. Your days will be filled with concept development, supplier briefings, market research and close collaboration with their expert Buyers, Merchandisers and Product Technologists.

The Nightwear Designer will need to show that they:

• Have proven expertise in nightwear design
• Can combine exceptional taste with strong technical skills
• Are able to present ideas with clarity and confidence
• Are fluent users of the Adobe Creative Suite
• Have a keen awareness of trends, brands, and innovation

In return, they can offer you:

• Competitive salary of between £45k and £71k plus profit-related bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance, life assurance & group income protection
• Pension scheme & Sharesave options
• 25% staff discount on most products

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Our client has built a reputation with the world’s leading architects and designers for dealing in the finest antique and reproduction fireplaces, furniture and lighting. Recognized worldwide, with offices also in the US, they are currently recruiting for a Midweight Product Design Engineer. You will be working mainly on their lighting products full-time in their offices and would particularly suit a designer who has an appreciation both lighting and interiors from a historical viewpoint.

Essential skills and knowledge:

• 3 to 5 years of professional experience, comfortable producing highly detailed drawings of components, assembly and explosion based on original products
• Good proficiency with SolidWorks
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment managing time-sensitive projects for both new collection launches and custom projects
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes, different materials and installation techniques within the lighting world
• Knowledge of 3D printing and 3D scanning processes
• Well-developed communication skills with a hands-on and problem-solving attitude

In return:

Salary on offer is £36k to £38k plus bonus, 25 days of Holiday (plus Bank Holidays) and pension. They offer real chances for career progression and growth. To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Our client creates unique sculptural lighting, furniture and artworks for world-renowned interior designers, collectors and private clients. They now seek a Senior Design Estimator to join their team, ensuring exceptional quality, profitability and strong supplier relationships.

Reporting to the Design & Estimating Manager, the Senior Design Estimator will be:

• Researching and selecting best practice processes, materials, and suppliers
• Preparing accurate quotations and RRPs for the Sales team
• Collaborating with procurement, design, and production to deliver projects smoothly
• Overseeing BOM accuracy, margins, and cost reviews
• Supporting new product implementation and continuous improvement initiatives

About You:

• Strong experience in estimating, costing, and design within manufacturing (ideally interiors / luxury sector)
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes, materials, and costs
• Skilled in ERP / estimating software and Microsoft Office
• Analytical, detail-focused, and commercially aware
• Excellent communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
• Ability to read CAD / technical drawings (advantage)

What’s on Offer for the Senior Design Estimator:

• £37k - £40k salary
• 28 days' holiday (incl. bank holidays) + birthday off + bonus day after 1 year
• Pension & company sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training & development opportunities
• Regular socials, fresh fruit & snacks

If you’re an experienced estimator with a passion for high-end design and manufacturing, we’d love to hear from you. This will be an on-site role.

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Join a specialist joinery manufacturer delivering high-end bespoke solutions for amazing commercial projects across London. Our client is recruiting for a talented Design Project Manager to take the lead through the entire design phase - from client brief to production handover.

You will be turning creative visions into precise technical drawings, managing the design process using SolidWorks, and ensuring every detail is ready for flawless manufacturing and installation.

As the Bespoke Joinery Design Project Manager you will:

• Lead bespoke joinery projects from concept to production.
• Translate client ideas into detailed technical drawings in SolidWorks.
• Collaborate with designers, production teams and contractors.
• Conduct site surveys and plan for smooth installations.
• Oversee materials, finishes and project timelines.
• Keep clients informed and approvals on track.

As the Bespoke Joinery Design Project Manager you will bring:

• 5+ years’ SolidWorks experience in joinery, fit-out or manufacturing.
• Strong technical knowledge of bespoke joinery methods.
• Proven project management skills with a client-focused approach.
• Excellent organisation, communication and problem-solving abilities.

What’s on offer:

• £35-45k salary + incentive scheme
• 31 days' holiday (incl. bank holidays)
• Pension & professional development support
• Hybrid working (1-2 days remote)
• Collaborative, supportive team culture

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Join a company where tradition meets innovation.

Our client has been at the forefront of heating and cooking innovation for over 150 years and has built its reputation on technical excellence, craftsmanship and products that stand the test of time. With all manufacturing carried out in-house, they are proud of their heritage and even prouder of their vision for the future.

Based just North of Manchester and with exciting new product lines in the pipeline, the company is now seeking a Product Designer to join its product development team. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in product development, learn from experienced engineers, and be part of a company that values innovation, quality, and long-term thinking.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Product Design & Development Engineer, you’ll be involved in every stage of new product development, including:

• Market research and competitor benchmarking
• Liaising with suppliers to source new components
• Supporting prototype manufacture and assembly
• Testing and refining prototypes for production
• Providing input and support throughout the product lifecycle

Initially, you’ll assist with ongoing projects, but as your experience grows, so too will your opportunities - including the chance to take the lead on new product design from concept to completion.

Skills and Experience sought from the Product Designer:

• 1-3 years’ experience (including work placements)
• Background in product design within a manufacturing environment
• Hands-on experience with metal fabrication and prototyping is a bonus
• Proficient in CAD - SolidWorks preferred

In return:

The salary on offer is within the range of £28k to £35k plus company pension. To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.