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Harriet Town

Job Descriptions

Fashion Buyer:
• Analysing Consumer buying trends
• Review Performance indicators
• Meeting suppliers and negotiating prices
• Maintaining relationships with suppliers
• liaising with other departments
• Attending trade fairs
• Participating promotional activities
• Writing reports and forecasting sales levels
• Presenting new ranges to senior managers
• Seeking merchandising feedback
• Training and mentoring junior staff
Person Specification:
• Strong analytical skills
• Negotiating/influencing skills
• Team worker
• Communication skills
• Numeracy skills and skill in IT
• Good organisational skills and multi-tasking
• Cope with lots of pressure and deadlines
• Fast-paced work
• Drive, determination and motivation
• Creativity
• Confidence
• Interest in Fashion
• Innovative
Salary:
• Junior Buying role - £18,000-£25,000
• Experienced Buyer - £35,000-£60,000
• Senior Level Buyer - £55,000-£70,000

Fashion Designer:
• creating or visualising an idea and producing a design by hand or using computer-aided design (CAD)
• keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colours and shapes
• planning and developing ranges
• working with others in the design team, such as buyers and forecasters, to develop products to meet a brief
• liaising closely with sales, buying and production teams on an ongoing basis to ensure the item suits the customer, market and price points
• understanding design from a technical perspective, i.e. producing patterns and technical specifications for designs
• sourcing, selecting and buying fabrics, trims, fastenings and embellishments
• adapting existing designs for mass production
• developing a pattern that is cut and sewn into sample garments and supervising the creation of these, including fitting, detailing and adaptations
• overseeing production
• negotiating with customers and suppliers
• Managing marketing, finances and other business activities, if working on a self-employed basis.
Salary:
• Starting salaries in the fashion industry are often low. Design assistants may
start at around £16,000 to £17,000.
• A junior designer can expect to earn approximately £25,000 a year.
• Typical salaries at senior designer and creative director level range from
£42,000 to £85,000+
Person Specification:
• Highly Creative and Artistic
• Cope with long hours and overtime
• Be able to work in different environments
• Strong drawing skills/eye for detail
• Understand texture, colour and Fabrics
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong visualization skills
• Competitive spirit
• Interest in fashion trends
• Great business skills
• Strong sewing skills/ Technical skills
• Team player

Garment Technician:
• Suggesting changes to clothing pattern designs
• Giving advice on suitable fabrics
• Making sure garments can be produced within budget
• Overseeing fabric testing and fittings of first samples
• Making sure that the correct garment construction methods
are used
• Responding to product queries
• Analysing product returns and faults
• Producing quality control reports
• You'll work closely with designers, pattern cutters, graders
and buyers.
Person Specification:
• Attention to detail
• Design skills
• Understand manufacturing processes
• Know about textile properties
• Work well alone or as part of a team
• Work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Determination
• Patience
• Excellent communication skills
Salary:
Starter: £16,000
Experienced: £25,000
Highly Experienced: £30,000 or more

Marketing Manager:
• Monitoring and analysing market trends
• Studying competitors' products and services
• Exploring ways of improving existing products and services,
and increasing profitability
• Identifying target markets and developing strategies to
communicate with them
Salary:
• Salaries can range from around £25,000 a year for someone
new to the role, to £40,000 or more for a senior manager
Person Specification:
• Have knowledge of a wide range of marketing
techniques and concepts
• Be an excellent communicator
• Be able to respond well to pressure
• Think creatively
• Be interested in what motivates people
• Driven
• Assertive
• Have Authority
• Fair

Fashion Journalist:
• Attending press days and fashion events
• Writing about the latest trends
• Assisting on photo shoots
• Assisting with the styling of models
• Researching current fashion
• Using Photoshop to manipulate images
• Using social networking sites to publicise a company
• Working within a team to produce quality fashion advice/news
Salary:
Typical starting salaries range from £15,000 - £26,000, but may be as
low as £12,000. Many graduates have to work unpaid, sometimes for
long periods of time, before securing a paid job. If you have some
experience, salaries are often negotiable. Senior staff usually earn
between £18,000 and £35,000. Working within a major publication, or
becoming an editor in chief of a magazine, your salary could range from
£22,000 to £65,000+.
Person Specification:
• Be passionate about fashion and the latest trends
• Be able to work well independently and within a team
• Have experience within the fashion industry
• Possess excellent verbal and written communicational skills
• Be able to use programmes such as Photoshop and Microsoft
word
• Have excellent I.T skills
• Have a unique writing style
• Be able to work to deadlines and within timescales
• Be willing to travel where needs be
• Have a good understanding of the media industry