LCF Grad Futures: From Graduate to Fashion Industry Professional

This session is only for London College of Fashion students and graduates. It is aligned to your Graduate Futures careers and employability journey.

Are you a soon-to-be graduate or an LCF alumni looking for career inspiration and industry insights? Don’t miss this in-person event to hear LCF alumni share their career journeys since graduating and offer valuable advice on navigating the fashion industry.

Hosted by Graduate Futures Careers Consultant Melanie Mitchell, this engaging panel discussion will answer any questions you have about the challenges graduates might face, navigating the recruitment process and how to make an impact once you’ve secured your dream job.

This is the perfect opportunity to network with other soon-to-be graduates and alumni whilst gaining insights directly from LCF alumni now on the path to becoming future fashion leaders.

Speakers

• Melanie Mitchell, Graduate Futures Careers Consultant:Leveraging over 20 years of experience as a Buyer, Headhunter and now Consultant, Melanie has worked with a number of brands including Christian Louboutin, Vivienne Westwood, AllSaints, Threads Styling and Sweaty Betty on projects relating to talent acquisition and executive search. Passionate about helping to build both brands and careers through putting the right people, in the right place at the right time she continues to use her industry expertise to coach and inspire the next generation looking to pursue careers in fashion.
• More speakers to be announced!

Useful resources

In this session, you will develop the key skills of connectivity, proactivity, storytelling, and curiosity as defined by the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (My_CAF). Before attending this activity, we suggest you:

• Check out the Graduate Futures Moodle page, (or for alumni the Graduate Futures Leavers Pack), which is filled with resources, learning guides, and podcasts.
• Students should explore the Graduate Futures Careers Padlet, which is filled with useful links, videos, and further reading.

If there are any barriers to your participation in this event or you have access requirements you wish to discuss, please contact graduate.futures@fashion.arts.ac.uk in advance, we'd be happy to talk with you. If you can't sign-up as the tickets have run out or expired, please email and see if you are still able to attend.

Image credit: LCF Graduate Futures industry panel and networking event. Photography by Eilwen Jones.