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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.
Interior designers plan and supervise the layout and decoration of the inside of buildings.
Picture framers mount items like photographs, paintings and other artwork for display.
Classical musicians and singers perform music in concert, or on film, TV, or radio recordings.
Retail merchandisers make sure that goods are in the right stores, or online, at the right time and the right price.
Writers produce creative work, including novels, children's books, scripts, poetry and travel and technical writing.
Booksellers buy books from publishers or wholesalers and sell them on to customers.
Not only will your organisation (or the Government) pay for all of your training, but you’ll be paid to do it. That means you could actually get paid to get your degree and have no debt!
There are over 625 different apprenticeships to choose from, in a range of industries. Whether you’re interested in law, marketing, construction, or engineering, you’ll find something up your street!
As an apprentice, the minimum you’ll earn is £6.20 an hour, but we’ve seen apprentices earn a starting salary of up to £30,000 a year! You could also get other employee benefits like gym memberships, paid holiday, and sick pay.
Employers think apprentices are 15% more employable than those with other qualifications. In fact, many large employers train their graduates and apprentices together!
There’s only so much you can learn when you just do a qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll also get to learn on the job – whether that’s designing amazing graphics, chopping vegetables, or building engines!
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