Everything you need to know about Remote Fashion Jobs

The fashion capitals Milan, Paris, New York, London, where most fashion companies are concentrated, are the ones that offer most of the career opportunities in the fashion industry. If some years ago, the only way to get in fashion was to move to one of these cities to work in the offices of the fashion companies, the digital space has changed everything and allowed many to be able to work in fashion from anywhere.

Remote jobs are in fact, increasing and many fashion and beauty companies offer now this kind of opportunities. So anyone from anywhere in the world can work in fashion without moving to another country. Everything you need to work remotely is a connection and a laptop.

What are the best remote fashion jobs?

Online / Digital Stylist

Online stores (e-commerce), department stores like Neiman Marcus, and some apps specialized in styling advice (Enty App) or the startup Stitch Fix,offer job opportunities as a remote stylist. The job of a Digital Stylist consists of advising customers on outfits and products to shop and maintaining communications and relationships with them via email for purchase reminders.

Journalist/Writer/Editor

Do you want to write for your favorite fashion magazine or online magazine from the comfort of your home? Publications work everyday with freelancers. You can write articles from anywhere in the world and see them published on the websites of your favorite magazines like Vogue, MarieClaire, Glamour. Don’t underestimate niche fashion sites or blogs, there is less competition and starting somewhere is anyway a good option. Some independent online fashion magazines allow everyone to submit articles for a review in order to get published.

Fashion Blogger

You can run your fashion blog and be not only a writer but also an editor in chief and an entrepreneur. Starting a blog thanks to platforms like WordPress or Squarespace has never been easier. On Youtube and online there are many guides on how to start a blog in 10 minutes. You can then start your career in fashion as an editor in 5 minutes. If you don’t care about having your own blog, you can always think of creating one and using it as a portfolio to show your work to the magazines you’re applying for.

Customer Care

All the fashion and beauty brands that sell products online have a customer service, a team of people that answers all customer questions on products, shipments, returns, advice on sizes and anything else. These communications via email, chat and phone with clients can be managed from home.

Freelancer

There are many freelance websites like Peopleperhour, UpWork, Workana, The-Dots where you can register to browse through many freelance jobs and apply to the ones you like. Most of the freelance jobs published on these sites are from emerging or small brands and startups that are looking for people for all kind of jobs: from marketing to design, consultant, social media…Sometimes jobs from established publications and PR agencies can pop up so even if you’re freelancing for some clients, keep always an eye on the new offers.

Social Media Manager

Scheduling, creating and posting social media content is another potential remote job. Generally established fashion and beauty brands have an internal team that manages the social media, but there are many interesting new fashion brands born on social media that are always happy to receive spontaneous applications. Find them on Instagram and send an email or DM asking if you can help/work with them to help managing their social profiles. It helps if you can already provide content examples that you would post if you’d manage their profiles.

PR

You can manage relationships with influencers, send press releases, contact editors or magazines or brands even remotely. You can work either for an established PR agency or start your own PR gig by looking for your first clients: fashion and beauty brands, stylists, designers ..for those you want to manage the public relations. Get ready for many hours on the phone and endless emails.

How to find a remote fashion job

Just google, search on LinkedIn and on websites like Fashion Jobs, Indeed or GlassDoor Remote Fashion Jobs to get the list of the latest job offers. You can search directly for specific remote jobs such as Freelance Writer, Digital Stylist, Remote PR job, Remote Fashion Designer, Social Media Manager …

Especially for jobs such as writer, PR, Social Media don’t wait for the perfect job offer to get published online, but cold email the brand, the client or the magazine. Send over your CV and portfolio with examples of articles, social media, and any relevant work examples. Introduce yourself and your job idea and ask if you can start by submitting a couple of articles or by working for the first two weeks to see how it goes. Invite them to talk about your proposal on a call where you will be happy to answer all their questions.

Thanks to communication tools such as Skype and Slack you can work in fashion from anywhere and be always in touch with anyone on the other side of the world. Don’t let the distance be a problem and make your work professional even from home. Let customers or brands trust you and your work by demonstrating that you are able to manage all the work without connection or tech problems. A remote job is as demanding as one in the office, and it’s even more challenging because there are many more distractions. Prove that you’re organized and that you can manage these kind of jobs with confidence. Despite being remote, some jobs such as digital stylist and customer care have fixed timing so even if you work from home, you need to be online and available during the normal business hours.