How to Become a Fashion Designer?

Are you thinking of becoming a Fashion Designer or already started your career and planning the next step? Learn how to become a Fashion Designer, what skills you need to succeed, how to advance your career and get promoted, and what levels of pay to expect at each step on your career path. Explore new Fashion Designer job openings and options for career transitions into related roles.

Fashion Designer Career Path

Fashion Designer

Alias: Freelance Fashion Designer, Associate Fashion Designer...(3)
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2 - 4Years of Experience
$36K - $36K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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Senior Fashion Designer

Alias: Fashion Designer Supervisor
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2 - 4Years of Experience
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Adjunct Fashion Designer

Alias: Lead Fashion Designer
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No Years of Experience Reports
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Salary Trajectory

Fashion Designer Career Path

Junior Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer
Fashion Design Assistant Manager
Senior Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer Manager
Adjunct Fashion Designer
Director of Fashion Design
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$8K
$16K
$24K
$40K

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Important Skill Sets for the Fashion Designer Career Path

Adobe Photoshop
Indesign
Excellent Communication
Pattern Making

Related careers in the arts & design Industry

Interested in other arts & design careers? Below are occupations that have high affinity with Fashion Designer skills. Discover some of the most common Fashion Designer career transitions, along with skills overlap.

Creative Designer
38% skills overlap
3% transitioned to Creative Designer