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Fashion designers design clothing and fashion ranges.
You'll usually need a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree. Courses are widely available and include:
You'll usually need 1 or 2 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a foundation degree or higher national diploma. You'll need 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree.
Volunteering
You'll need to get as much work experience as you can, for example through an internship, as there's strong competition for jobs in the fashion industry. It will help you get a better understanding of the role, and to meet people who may help you to find paid work later. You can create a portfolio of your design work to showcase your skills, which will help you at course and job interviews. Your portfolio should include mood boards, designs and technical drawings.
You'll need:
As part of your day-to-day tasks, you could:
With experience you could progress to senior designer, head of a department (like head of women's wear design) or design director. You could also go freelance or start your own company.
Leather technologists prepare, treat and finish leather to make it ready for manufacturing.
Copy editors check text before it's published in books, journals and websites.
Art gallery curators manage collections of paintings and objects.
Translators convert the written word from the 'source language' into the 'target language', making sure that the meaning is the same.
Commissioning editors commission or buy authors, book titles or ideas for publication.
Musical instrument makers and repairers create new musical instruments or repair ones that have been damaged.
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