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Senior Fashion Consultant

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New York, NY$100k - $120kPermanentPosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Consultant (Fashion) to join the Consultancy team in NAM, delivering market-leading insights and leading project teams for defined fashion & sports accounts.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the Director and Mindset Senior Leadership to deliver the defined Consultancy strategy to clients, ensuring the appropriate methodologies and frameworks are employed for all project teams.
  • Work closely with the Account Management and Sales teams to lead and develop key high-value Fashion & Sports accounts, proactively seeking to broaden commercial opportunities with clients.
  • 'Expert' in the client relationship - able to articulate client needs & motivations, business objectives and ROI, and flex confidently across industries as needed. While Fashion & Sports will be your primary focus, you will be expected to work across other verticals such as Beauty, Lifestyle, Consumer Tech or Food & Drink as needed.
  • Own & manage a defined set of Fashion & Sports accounts, delivering against complex, strategic briefs.
  • Lead qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary research across a variety of methodologies, to provide actionable trend forecasts that will benefit our clients' future business
  • Develop research methodologies and design project frameworks to individual project requirements, training and overseeing junior team members on methodologies where applicable.
  • Accountable for the relevancy and quality of the work delivered to selected clients, evaluating feedback to maintain and improve standards
  • Travel nationally and internationally to deliver high-value consulting projects to clients. Work across time zones with a diverse set of clients.

Qualifications

  • Agency experience is preferred, demonstrating an understanding of the operational models that underpin commercial success for Consultancy.
  • Proven experience in client facing roles with a demonstrated ability to deliver compelling, high impact consulting presentations to clients, key stakeholders and senior leadership.
  • Exceptional knowledge of the global Fashion and Sports landscape with a clear understanding of premium to commercial trends across product categories (apparel, footwear, accessories).
  • Proven experience working with clients in the Fashion and Sports industries, and confident in delivering insights to senior client stakeholders.
  • Excellent understanding of trend forecasting methodologies, consumer behavior, and marketing/social media trends across the Fashion and Sports industries.
  • Exceptional knowledge of consumer behaviour, cultural insights, and marketing trends, with the ability to pinpoint trends that will have a great impact across Fashion & Sports.
  • A solution-minded approach, with experience working across multiple research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) to develop market-relevant fashion trend solutions, forecasts, creative direction and/or assortment plans.
  • Analytical problem-solving skills with experience in solving unstructured problems involving quantitative data, through a structured and hypothesis-driven approach. Able to translate complex data sets into compelling narratives.
  • A critical thinker, able to consider both strategic and tactical implications. Highly skilled verbal and written communicator.
  • Ability to lead project teams, prioritise workload, and support other members of team. Comfortable and proficient in leading projects and initiatives across multi-functional teams and multiple time zones.
  • Technical skills: Microsoft Office, Google Workspace. A basic knowledge of data visualisation software such as Tableau is an advantage.

Skills

Required:Trend forecastingClient managementResearch methodologiesCommunicationProject leadership

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off – 15 days of vacation per year with an additional day for each year of service up to 20 days. 12 Federal holidays observed. 6 weeks of paid Parental Leave.
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan – employer matches 50% of the first 6% contributed.
  • Medical, Dental and Vision plans with Aetna
  • Life Insurance, AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability - at no cost to employees.
  • Mental Health – Employee Assistance Program and access to mental health care through Aetna plans.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About WGSN

Trend Forecasting & Analytics 2025-2032

WGSN is the global authority on change, using expert trend forecasting combined with data science to help you get ahead of the right trends

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