Furniture Designer (Home)

Location: Leicester, UK; typically 3 days in the office. Core hours are flexible between 8am and 6pm.

Salary: £45,000–£80,000 per year.

Company

Retail business developing and selling home, furniture, fashion, and lifestyle products through hirify.global and related brands.

What you will do

• Design commercially viable bedroom furniture from trend research and initial sketches through final sample approval.
• Develop cabinetry, storage, beds, headboards, upholstery, wooden finishes, hardware, and fabric details.
• Prepare technical specification packs, detailed CADs, exploded assembly views, and production instructions.
• Collaborate with Buying, Merchandising, Technology, and external manufacturers on pricing, safety testing, and critical path milestones.
• Build cohesive bedroom collections integrating storage, cabinetry, and upholstered elements into the wider home range.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience designing both hard cabinet furniture and soft upholstery for bedrooms.
• Strong knowledge of joinery, flat-pack assembly, ergonomics, fabric behaviour, and furniture construction.
• Advanced Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills, plus relevant 2D/3D design software for CAD and technical documentation.
• Understanding of aesthetics, proportion, finishes, customer needs, and commercially successful high-volume furniture.
• Strong organisation, communication, and collaboration skills for managing multiple projects and supplier relationships.
• A digital portfolio demonstrating direct furniture design and CAD work is required; applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

Nice to have

• Experience working with offshore supplier partners.
• Experience in a fast-paced retail environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Google Workspace-based working environment with onboarding support.
• Performance-based bonus and Sharesave scheme.
• Employee discounts across hirify.global and partner brands.
• On-site nursery, restaurants, parking, digital GP, and health and wellbeing services.
• Learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeships and support networks.

Hiring process

• Initial phone or video conversation.
• Interview may include a portfolio or task presentation and competency-based questions.
• Successful candidates receive an offer and details of the hirify.global steps.