Name: LCF Grad Futures: What Creative Graduates Need to Know Today
Start: 2025-12-03T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-03T20:00:00+00:00
Location: London College of Fashion (Room: EB 117)

LCF Grad Futures: What Creative Graduates Need to Know Today

Join us for this fireside chat and gain inside knowledge on working in the fashion industry and network with fellow LCF students and alumni.
About this Event

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

This intimate in-person event will allow soon-to-be graduates and former students the opportunity to network and gain valuable information from key leaders in the fashion industry.

You’ll hear the most up to date job market insights first-hand, enabling you to excel crafting your career goals during your final months at university and aims to increase your overall awareness of what it takes to navigate and succeed in fashion and the creative industries from experts who have been on your career trajectory.

Speakers

, Graduate Futures Careers Consultant: Leveraging over 30 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 communication, connectivity, proactivity, 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 [email protected] 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 Hosts: The Metaverse event. Photography by Emmi Hyyppä