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Join us live on Thursday, April 3 when NFL’s first-ever fashion editor, Kyle Smith, joins BoF's Sophie Soar to discuss how to build a career in fashion. The next in our Building a Career in Fashion series, this broadcast will be packed with career advice for those entering the industry or looking to take their next step in fashion and offers a unique opportunity to engage with a global fashion creative. Watch the conversation live on LinkedIn on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 4pm BST / 11am EDT. Register now. https://lnkd.in/ey7USkKb

Check out BoF Careers' new feature: the Company Directory page. Including a Spotlight Feature which gives 12 brands prime positioning at the very top of this new page — driving more visibility, traffic, and chances to connect with top talent from The Business of Fashion. Get in touch with Matthew to find out more!

Join us for our upcoming digital community event on Friday, March 7 at 3pm GMT / 10am EST, where we will present the critical workplace themes driving change in 2025, designed to deliver actionable insights for HR and business leaders in fashion, beauty and retail. This live event will be packed with analysis and learnings from BoF’s latest content, including our recent The State of Fashion 2025 report. Register your interest to attend now: https://lnkd.in/eY3hpSgY

The Outsiders Perspective is a not-for-profit incubation platform for people of colour aimed at increasing representation in operational, commercial and marketing roles in the fashion and luxury industries. The platform is now recruiting for their Spring Programme (April/May 2025) — offering training sessions for talent looking to transition their careers into fashion and luxury, and connecting them to hiring managers within the industry. Apply to be a part of this programme through BoF Careers today.

From Black Friday’s solid holiday season kick-off, to sportswear’s expected 2025 showdown, BoF Careers provides essential sector insights to help fashion’s retail professionals decode the industry’s commercial landscape. #fashionretailworker #fashionstoremanager #boutiquestoremanager #clientelingspecialist #fashionstoreassistant

Today, personal and professional employee development are top priorities for 76 percent of C-suite executives and human capital leaders, according to Randstad Sourceright’s 2023 Talent Trends report, while internal mobility is a particular focus area for 82 percent of those surveyed in the report. A low-risk route to expand your skill set is to join professional associations that are relevant to your group, says executive recruiter and career coach Caroline Ceniza-Levine. “In the case of marketing, it actually might be a marketing association versus a fashion association, but then finding enough people who are in and around that industry. [...] You need to have insiders who are talking about what is going on.” Embark on this journey with great patience, as success is not likely to be immediate. “You can’t expect to be 100 percent settled in that job just after one year,” says Björn Kastl, chief people officer at Mytheresa. “I understand that, especially younger people, are keen to get to the next step of their career — however, sometimes you have to wait [and] prove yourself.” Read the full article, or watch the full LinkedIn Live, How to Demonstrate Transferable Skills in Fashion, on BoF. #transferrableskillsets #juniorfashionroles #entrylevelfashionjobs #fashionassociateroles #fashionassistantjobs

“It’s about being open to collaboration and ideas, whether it’s from an intern or your boss. It is very valuable when someone vouches for an idea and it’s very precious when someone shares an idea with you, so it’s important that you listen.” After completing a finance degree in Sydney, Jodie Chan's career pursuit led her across the globe to London where she had a brief education hiatus, before eventually ending up in New York as a fashion marketing student at Parsons School of Design. After graduating from Parsons in 2010, Chan landed her first job at social media agency WFG Media, which later merged with PR agency Syndicate to become the Syndicate Media Group, and counted Oscar de la Renta and Reed Krakoff as clients. Five years later, Chan met French-American designer Joseph Altuzarra in New York and they "immediately clicked." She held the title of director of marketing and communications at the New York-based womenswear label for over six years, which is stocked by the likes of MatchesFashion, Farfetch, Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys, and sold in over 30 countries worldwide. She is now VP of global marketing and communications at Carolina Herrera. “Sometimes with PR and marketing there is a reputation that we’re just all about talking and sharing a preconceived message. But you have to listen to other people’s perspective and respect their opinions, whether or not you agree with it. It has to be a give-and-take equation; it can’t just be, “Well, I’m giving information. Editors, write that article we want you to write.” It has to be a two-way street.” Dive into the article, How I Became… Director of Marketing and Communications at Altuzarra, to discover Chan’s career advice. #fashionmarketingjobs #brandmarketingassociate #performancemarketingroles #branddirector #fashionmarketingexecutive #marketingdirector

From the logic behind the plethora of Charli XCX-fronted campaigns to fashion’s ongoing convergence with sports, BoF Careers provides essential sector insights to help creative professionals decode the industry’s creative and commercial landscape. #creativeprofessional #fashionstylingassistant #visualmerchandiser #postproductionassistant #creativefashionassistant #artdirector #fashionartdirection

Burnout has a detrimental impact on employees’ productivity, but also their ability to create and innovate. Stanford University research found that creativity disappears after working more than 55 hours a week — productivity drops to such an extent that putting in any more hours is pointless. “Creativity is a superpower […] and it’s also the first to go through work stresses because creativity feeds off of freedom and energy,” says Meredith Arthur, a chief of staff at Pinterest and author of Beautiful Voyager, who helped launch the app. “When we’re thinking a lot, we are using our executive attention network in our brain. […] But the area of the brain that synthesises information and helps with creativity is our default mode network, which happens when we are ‘doing nothing’,” explains Dr. Jacinta Jiménez, an award-winning psychologist and leadership coach. “Preoccupation with productivity does more harm than good, where we are not giving our brains and our bodies adequate rest.” Read the full article, How to Handle Burnout in the Fashion Workplace, on BoF. #mentalhealthinfashion #employeewellbeing #fashionentryleveljobs #fashionassociatejobs #fashionassistantjobs

While studying a BA in California at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Fanny Bourdette-Donon began working at denim brand Guilty Brotherhood, moving to New York with the company four years later. After the brand shut down following the economic crisis in 2008, Bourdette-Donon worked backstage at New York Fashion Week for Maybelline before meeting Jérôme Pulis, Dior Beauty’s international communications director, at a dinner in 2012. He offered her a job the next day. Bourdette-Donon worked at Dior Beauty for 12 years, most recently holding the role of head of special projects, through which she launched products and worked closely with the luxury house’s brand ambassadors. Dive into the article, How I Became... Special Projects Manager at Dior Beauty, to discover Bourdette-Donon’s advice: https://lnkd.in/g2KatgXc #beautyprofessional #careersinbeauty #jobsinbeauty #beautymarketing #beautymarketing