Assistant Layouts Designer

Contract: Permanent Closing date:18th September 2026 Recruitment Partner: Joanne Walker We're recruiting for a Layout Designer to join our Commercial Services team within Trading. In this role, you'll help shape how customers experience our stores by creating layouts that make it easy to navigate, discover products and access services. Your work will directly support how our ranges and services come to life across our different store formats - from Your Local Boots Pharmacies to flagship Health & Beauty stores. What you'll be doing As part of Commercial Services within Trading, the Layout Design team works closely with teams across the business to ensure our stores are easy to shop and reflect the right ranges and services in the right places. The team underpins all activity that impacts the shop floor, bringing together multiple initiatives into one clear plan that can be delivered and implemented by Stores and/or Properties. In this role, you'll lead the creation of store layouts that support commercial and customer activity. This includes producing layouts using AutoCAD and Blue Yonder to support category initiatives and seasonal changes. Key responsibilities • Deliver high-quality AutoCAD and Blue Yonder layouts for all commercial and customer activity, ensuring they are completed on time • Make customer-focused and financially informed micro space decisions using appropriate tools • Ensure all layouts conform to the agreed brief and layout guidance • Maintain quality standards for layout delivery and effective engagement with stakeholders • Manage your own time and workload to consistently meet agreed deadlines and quality standards What you'll need to have (our must-haves) • Experience creating store layouts using AutoCAD • Strong attention to detail and the ability to deliver work to a high standard of accuracy • Manage workload effectively and meet deadlines • Confidence working with briefs and ensuring outputs align with agreed layout standards • Make commercially aware decisions using data and tools It would be great if you also have • Experience using Blue Yonder for space planning or store layout design • Experience working in retail space planning or store design environments • Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders across a business • Understanding of retail environments and customer shopping behaviours Rewards designed for you • Boots Retirement Savings Plan • Discretionary annual bonus • Generous employee discounts • Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child • Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more. • Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme. There's lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts - there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more at boots.jobs/rewards . Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only. Please note that any salary estimates provided on third-party sites are not endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate. A bit about us At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time. What's next If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. We hope to hear from you soon. Be brilliant with Boots.