Fashion/Retail Marketing - Milwaukee Area Technical College

Fashion/Retail Marketing from Milwaukee Area Technical College is a Campus Associate Management degree that prepares you for a Business career. Overview ? Fashion/Retail Marketing is a two-year associate degree program that provides you with an opportunity to choose courses that prepare you for a position in a fashion-related or retail business environment. Fashion marketing courses emphasize the creative aspects of fashion, and the retail management courses emphasize the managerial and financial accountability aspects of retailing. Students must complete a one-year qualifying internship to satisfy the program's requirements for graduation (courses MKTG-177 and MKTG-178 Retail Internship 1 and 2). This provides you with hands-on experience in a fashion or retail organization. A Retail Management Specialist certificate and a Fashion Specialist certificate are offered (see listing of certificates). Career Outlook ? Fashion and retail organizations are constantly recruiting trained applicants for supervisory, management and merchandising positions. Job responsibilities vary with career emphasis; however, typical positions include visual merchandiser, fashion stylist, sales representative, buyer, fashion coordinator, district/divisional manager, store manager and copywriter. Program Learning Outcomes ? Prospective employers will expect you as a program graduate to be able to: Manage marketing within a fashion/retail enterprise Utilize problem-solving and decision-making skills Demonstrate customer relations, interpersonal relations, and supervisory skills Exhibit self-initiative and a willingness to become knowledgeable about the markets, prices, trends and other information pertinent to selling merchandise Apply technology to merchandise managementUse creativity in developing promotional concepts and coordinating merchandise Demonstrate the MATC core abilities Possible Careers: Buyer Department Manager Fashion Coordinator Fashion Stylist Sales Associate Visual Merchandiser View more details on Milwaukee Area Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Management courses.