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Wednesday 21st March 2012

Date: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Doors: 6:30 pm
Talk: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm + 20 minute Q+A 

Location: Upstairs Bar, Revolution, 90-94 Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 5WH

Panel:

 

 

 

• Asiya Durrani  - Buyer – Hervia Group

Asiya buys for all stores included in Hervia Group profile: Vivienne Westwood - 7 UK National Stores, Hervia Bazaar - Designer Multi Brand Store and Y3 - Adidas - London - UK Flagship Store.

Read more about Asiya and her career in TFNs ‘Get the Job Interview’

 

 

 

• Jade Thompson- Buyer – The Hut Group

Jade is a fashion buyer for The Hut Group one of the UK’s leading, multi-website online retailers.

 

 

 

 

• Phillip Richmond James – Operations Director – Hervia

As a director of the company Philip oversees everything from the retail operations to the buying and visual merchandising of Hervia in-store and online.

 

More panel TBA

 

About the event:

These three areas are some of the most popular career roots for students studying fashion, which naturally makes it extremely competitive. If Buying or Merchandising or Retail Managment is your dream job, then you need to know how to get ahead. Sometimes placements and degrees aren’t enough these days. This is where we come in.

If you know you have got what it takes and just need a few inside industry hints and tips, come and listen to our panel of experts chat about their experiences about how they made it in the industry as they give their advice of how to ‘make it’ in today’s tough climate!

Areas covered:

•    A day in the life of a Buyer
•    A day in the life of a Merchandiser
•    A day in the lift of a retail manager
•    How to the three job roles work together
•    The skills needed
•    Any qualifications, education or experience that you should have
•    Top Tips
•    Plus Q&A opportunities from the audience
 

Who should attend?
Anyone who is…

•    Considering studying buying or merchandising
•    Currently studying buying and merchandising
•    Who wants to understand more about the process of buying or merchandising
•    Who wants to be a buyer
•    Who wants to be a merchandiser
•    Wanting to learn how the industry works

If you think this event might be for you, it probably is.

How to buy tickets:

 

• Students: £6.00 –bookable below on the 'reserve your place' button

You must produce valid NUS or student card on arrival. You can book online below or e-mail rsvp@manchesterfashion.com to reserve a place and pay later

• Lecturers or members of a university or college: Tickets £6.00- If you would like to make group bookings for your students contact emma@thefashionnetwork.co.uk 
  

• Industry: £10.00 – To make payment please contact anna@manchesterfashion.com

MFN OFFER: Sign up to all five for £25.00 by contacting anna@manchesterfashion.com

This event is part of The Future Generation Series and is not eligible to Free Members Tickets. Full and Premium Members can receive 20% off Industry tickets. Please contact emma@thefashionnetwork.co.uk for more details

Note: This event is part of The Future Generation Series and is a paid event for all members of TFN.

 

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