Media careers: The editorial assistant

Laura Donaldson, originally from Edinburgh, graduated from Caledonian University over the summer, and now works in London as an editorial assistant at heat magazine. What does your job involve day to day? Completing administration tasks such as answering the phones, handing out the post, and booking transport for colleagues, transcribing interviews for the team and overseeing work experience placements. What inspired you to get into journalism? I have always been obsessed with magazines and the entertainment industry and have also always loved writing, so for me it was the perfect way to combine the two. How did you get started…

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Media careers: The Magazine Editor

Lindsay Cochrane, 28 from Airdrie, is the editor of Source Magazine (that’s right – the mag!), and its sister publications Enable and Teachers’ Resource. She’s worked in journalism for over 10 years – here’s what she’s done along the way. Why did you want to become an editor? I’ve always loved writing, I’ve always been nosy and I’ve always wanted to make a difference in the world in some way, so journalism was a natural career path for me. But it was Smash Hits! magazine and the thought of interviewing boy bands that really sparked it for me, if I’m…

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Careers in the media

The media industry is a fast-paced, ever-moving place to work, with a diverse range of roles available across film, TV, newspapers, magazines, websites, radio and beyond! We caught up with a few people making their mark in the media to find out what their job is really like. The magazine editor – Lindsay Cochrane The editorial assistant – Laura Donaldson The producer and presenter – Rachael Fulton Check back for updates later this week!

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Creepy jobs

With Halloween just around the corner, we’ve been exploring some of the weirdest, most wonderful and downright creepy career paths to see how you could take a passion for the paranormal, a flavour for the freaky, a marvel for the morbid and a curiosity for the creepy and turn it into a proper job. Mortician Do you enjoy makeovers? Why not work in the ultimate transformation industry and become a funeral makeup artist? For open casket funerals, the family and friends of the deceased want their loved one to appear just they did when they were living and preparing them…

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Fashion careers: boutique owner

Samantha Harvie, 29, owns fashion boutique Solo in Glasgow’s West End. The young entrepreneur offers some insight into running your own retail business. Tell us a bit about your company. Solo is an independent fashion boutique that has been open since 1984. We stock a wide range of designers that caters for ladies of all ages. The collections available are a carefully selected mix of established and up-and-coming designers. What made you want to run your own boutique? Solo was an existing business that I took over three years ago. I saw it as a great opportunity as it was a well-established business…

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Fashion careers: social media and digital marketing assistant

Amy Priestley works for River Island, as a social media and digital marketing assistant. After doing work experience in the fashion chain’s marketing department at the age of 17, Amy knew a career in the world of fashion marketing was for her. How did you get started in marketing for a fashion brand? It all started when I came to do work experience at River Island HO when I was 17. During my three-week internship I was offered a chance to work in the marketing and press teams for a few days and realised how much I loved that side of…

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Fashion careers: store manager

Jacqueline Kilday, store manager, Vivienne Westwood Jacqueline is the manager of the Glasgow branch of luxury fashion brand Vivienne Westwood, where she’s worked for the last year and nine months. How did you get into retail? Worked my way up in retail. I started as a sales assistant when I was at uni as a part time job. What did you do education-wise? I have a BA in community arts – totally not related to retail! Have you worked with other fashion brands? Yes, quite a few over 15 years. I started at sales assistant during uni and worked my…

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Fashion careers: high street buyer

Joanna Mourant, buyer, Marks & Spencer Joanna is a fashion and textiles graduate, currently working as a buyer in womenswear with Marks & Spencer in London. First of all, what does a buyer do? Work with my designer, merchandiser and suppliers to brief. Develop, create and sign off a range of products, and deliver them into stores. How did you get into this line of work? I completed a BA Hons degree in fashion and textiles, then went on to a PgCert in buying, merchandising and supply chain. Why did you want to work in fashion? I loved being creative, and…

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Fashion careers: fashion demand planner

Flora Bendt, fashion demand planner Flora works as a fashion demand planner for a global travel retailer – the people who run duty free shops in airports, cruise liners and beyond. Based in Switzerland, Flora’s role is very much part of the business side of fashion retail, analysing stats to make sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes so that the business can meet customer demand worldwide.   What does a fashion demand planner do? Planning of seasonal open-to-buy budgets and sales forecasting, ownership of international Weekly Sales and Stock reports (WSSIs) and seasonal sell through reports, monitor and highlight obsolete stock…

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