SFD119 How to advance your fashion design career (from assistant to director‪)‬ Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

Oni Auer is a design director and fashion career mentor in NYC. She got started in fashion by scoring a position with BCBG when she was a mere 18 years old. She had an associates degree, but no industry connections or advantages to help her get ahead. Since then she has worked with a huge variety of companies including Bebe and UnderArmour. In the interview, she shares the skills and strategies she used to launch her career, keep working through the recession, and advance herself to design director, in the category she wanted most, at a company she loves to work for.  For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!