Fashion Market Editor
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About Career
Duties/Responsibilities
Some of the responsibilities include having an expert knowledge on fashion, having to traveling to designated cities, cultivating relationships with Designers, choosing the right clothes from designers collection for the story, and making arrangements for the delivery and return of garments.
Working hours can vary depending on where you are working at.
Work places include magazines, newspapers, online fashion blogs, etc.
Salaries can start from $38,000 up to $100,000
#1 Tip
Internships are very important in order to get a job.
Where?
New York and California is where most of these jobs are found, and where they are the highest payed.
What's it like?
Fashion Market Editors are sort of a combination of Stylist and a full on Editor.
Education
Usually a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism is good and some other fashion education like Design and Marketing.
Skills Required
For this career you have to be creative, have a deep understanding to fashion, good social communication skills, and also well developed writing skills.
Job Outlook/Growth
For this career the Job Outlook is very hard to predict since it's changing all the time and sometimes growing very slow.
Advance Opportunties or Related Jobs
This career is usually related to Fashion Editor and Stylist, and can lead to one day becoming the editor-in-chief (head of the magazine).