Career opportunities

The professional orientation of the MSc Luxury & Fashion Management guarantees its relevance and ensures that students are professionally operational by the end of the year.

The programme opens opportunities to pursue careers in a wide range of fashion and luxury fields. Whilst having a strong disciplinary base in international luxury brand management, its range is such that graduates will be able to work with specialists in other areas, getting involved in creative, marketing or finance positions. Graduates can go on to work in top level management, designing, sourcing, merchandising, budgeting, advertising, global luxury or fashion brand management as well as strategy.

Graduates of this MSc have the education and training to work in a variety of organisations including: commercial and marketing firms, consultancy and research, corporate luxury or fashion institutions. Graduates take on roles that are essentially strategic, analytical, marketing and planning.

Recent graduates have been recruited around the globe into a wide range of fields by leading fashion or luxury institutions and multinational corporations such as DHV, Rodriguez, Dassault, LVMH, Baume & Mercier, Hermes, Cartier, Jitrois, Caudalie, BETC Design, Gucci Group, Oberoi, Armani, Chanel, Louis Vuitton.

Programme outline

The MSc Luxury and Fashion Management is international, reflecting the industry itself: international manufacturing and distribution, cross-border ownership, and global branding and communications. This master recognises that design, trend-recognition and marketing skills – rather than production/manufacturing skills – are what make today’s luxury and fashion firms successful. These skills are the skills related to new product development, marketing, strategic brand management and communications delivery.

The programme enables students to achieve their ambitions by:

• giving students regular access to experienced fashion and luxury specialists with both strong academic skills and practical, in-company experience;
  
• improving and expanding students’ career prospects by providing them with training in fashion and luxury management as well as understanding the issues in international trends and working across cultures. Students attend professional business fairs;
• providing the opportunity for a change in career direction for those who work or studying outside the field of art, fashion and luxury

Why choose this programme? 

• The mix of the academic and the professional provides students with an insider’s perspective of the constantly developing world of luxury and fashion.
• The programme draws on the advantages of its location: on the south coast of France, with its long history in fashion and luxury.
• Classes are complemented by various presentations and seminars given by full time, leading professionals. These professionals also act as consultants on the programme’s curriculum; their input means changes are made continuously to the course of study to ensure its relevance.
• Most of these professionals have published articles and chapters for both academic and professional magazines or books and participated in international conferences. Many students collaborate on these articles too.
• The teaching emphasises an applied, problem-solving approach that means graduates can work productively from the first day on the job.
• The obligatory internship period is the culmination of this applied teaching method. Internships often lead straight to a contract with that same company.
• Classes with a high international ratio mean students build fruitful inter-cultural relationships with one another and with their teachers.