AMM Career Resources

Career Resources

Introduction

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The AMM program is designed to equip you with the intellectual and professional skills required for management and leadership careers in apparel production, fashion retailing, and related sectors.

There is a wide variety of exciting career opportunities in apparel awaiting AMM graduates. Many AMM graduates go on to careers with some of the best-known names in the US apparel and retail sectors.

This page contains information on the industry, career pathways and a multitude of web links to career sites, government information on the industries and professions, industry and professional organizations, trade publications and media, and government agencies that publish data or implement policy concerning the apparel and retail sectors.

Career Pathways

Fashion Buyer

Responsible for the planning, selecting, and buying of merchandise for retail purposes. Make decisions about what merchandise needs to be ordered, re-ordered, or left behind. They also negotiate with wholesalers about pricing. Market research, competitor analysis, product evaluations and testing, and creating reports for the management team.

Fashion Trend Forecaster

Focuses on upcoming trends. Predicts the color, fabric, textures, materials, prints, streetwear styles, accessories, graphics and footwear, and other styles that will be presented on the runway. Have knowledge of the fashion industry and research findings

Fashion Marketing

Responsible for managing ways to promote fashion merchandise and prove their ability to increase sales. In-charge of promoting the ideal target consumers for the fashion company’s products. They also create advertising campaigns for retail stores, brands, and businesses. Fashion marketers also are behind the scenes for photoshoots and travel to new store openings and analyze marketing campaign results.

Fashion Merchandising

Oversees the creation of fashion stores and visual displays. Work closely with designers to study constantly changing market trends. Responsible for the entire stock of apparel which may include transferring apparel from the stockroom onto the sale floor.

E-Commerce Manager

Audit and optimize product listings in online store. Merchandise the products within each collection based on best sellers. Collaborate with content creator/marketing team to optimize product photos, marketing copy, etc. Maintain data integrity across listing channels. Create, manage and perfect product listings on e-commerce, including planning and creating titles and descriptions with good search engine optimization (SEO) value and search engine marketing (SEM) optimization. Optimize collection pages by maintaining product listings, pricing competitively, and sorting products within collections. Create promotions and new sales collections.

Fashion Product Manager

Plan, coordinate, and control the manufacturing processes. Ensure that the cost, quality, and number of goods are correct. Define business goals and think of strategies to stand out from competitors. Oversee the process at domestic and overseas factories where the apparel is sampled, design changes are made and completed product for collections.

Product Developer

Work closely with marketing and sales departments to produce products based on what the consumer wants and make sure that they operate safely and efficiently. Uses specialty software and recruitment to design products.

Visual Merchandising

Use design skills to promote the products and services for a retail company and other organizations. They create aesthetically pleasing product displays and store layouts and designs to attract customers and encourage them to purchase the products. Produce window displays, store signs, floor plans, interior displays and special promotion displays throughout the store.

Fashion Consultant

Offers fashion advice and recommendations to consumers or companies. They use their trends and fashion knowledge to assist others in the fashion industry.

Textile Designer

Creates designs that are used in the production of knits, weaves, and printed fabrics or textile products.

Textile Production Manager

Work with design and sales teams, buyers, and quality control departments. Visit factories and manage orders from retail and wholesale customers. Work and deal with suppliers. Attend trade shows and conferences frequently. Check quality standards, prices, and delivery times

Textile Technologist

Textile technologists work with many materials including man-made and natural textiles, leather, fur, plastics, and metals. They are responsible for producing fabrics for furnishings, household items, medical supplies, or textiles for use in the textile industry

Fashion Designer

Analyze trends. Sketch apparel and accessory designs on paper or on the computer. They also attend trade shows and visit manufacturers to select fabrics and trims.

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