Also called: Runway Producer, Fashion Event Producer
Plans and runs runway shows: the venue, set, lighting, music, models, and the minute-by-minute show schedule.
Before a Fashion Week show a producer walks the venue with the lighting team, times the model lineup with the casting director, and runs a rehearsal. During the 12-minute show they call cues from backstage on a headset.
Approximate; agency staff and freelancers; top Fashion Week producers earn much more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Degree in fashion, events, or communications; learned through assisting.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Fashion Merchandising, Event Management.
Growing about average. Steady in fashion hubs like New York and LA.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps with schedules and seating plans; running a live show with models, lights, music and crew stays human.
Classes: Theater tech crew, Business or DECA, Fashion CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2012.
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