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… Continue reading Careers in the media
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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.… Continue reading Fashion careers: boutique owner
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… Continue reading Fashion careers: social media and digital marketing assistant
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… Continue reading Fashion careers: store manager
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… Continue reading Fashion careers: high street buyer
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… Continue reading Fashion careers: fashion demand planner
Fashion careers: model
Claire Kahane, model Claire, who’s based in London, is an actress, dancer and model. She’s worked as a fit model and models for online stores for a range of major retailers and designers. How did you get into modelling? I’m an actress and needed something in between jobs. A friend who I had previously worked… Continue reading Fashion careers: model
On trend careers
The autumn issue of Source is out THIS WEEK! Mega exciting for everyone, right? In it, we’ve got a special two-page feature looking at careers in the world of fashion – so here, to give you even more insight into how the industry works, we’ve spoken to some people making their mark on the fashion… Continue reading On trend careers
A career that’s always en vogue
Susan Devaney, 27, has gone from working as a fashion assistant for the Herald newspaper as a student, to living the high life in Dubai where she’s now a features writer for high-end fashion title MOJEH. Susan, who studied English at Strathclyde Uni followed by a master’s in journalism from the same institution, tells Source… Continue reading A career that’s always en vogue