Career Profiles: Fashion Merchandising & Design
The area of Fashion Merchandising and Design offers courses which prepare students to compete in the global fashion industry. Students may concentrate their studies in either Fashion Merchandising or Fashion Design. Fashion Merchandising, which emphasizes the business area of the fashion industry such as store management and buying, visual display, product merchandising, product development, textiles and apparel manufacturing, sales representation and sales promotion. Fashion Design, which prepares students for careers in fashion design. Two fashion study abroad options are offered each year in New York and Paris. Students have the opportunity to work with fashion industry sponsors as interns during both their sophomore and senior years; hundreds of sponsors are available. After completing their internships, many students are hired as full-time employees at their sponsoring companies.
Career Possibilities:
Additional experience and/or education may be required
- Buyers
- Costume designers
- National promotions directors
- Product developer
- Promotions specialist
- Sales representatives
- Textile testers (Visual promotion directors)
Where Employed:
- Clinics
- Apparel and textile manufactures
- Retail stores and shopping centers
- Entertainment industry corporations
- Internet retailers
- Multinational fashion industry firms
- Newspapers and magazines
- Retail corporations
- Textile testing laboratories
- Toy manufacturers
- Promotion companies
Career Research Resources:
- Career exploration, exclusive jobs & internships for CSULB students can be found on CareerLINK
- Guide to career information on Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Career exploration and job analysis - O*Net Online
CSULB College and Department Links:
- College website: College of Health & Human Services
- Academic Advising: Undergraduate Advising Resources
- CSULB Degrees & Options: Colleges & Departments
