Joanne Toolan, 24, is a Fashion Assistant for You Magazine, part of The Mail on Sunday newspaper
As a fashion assistant, I am responsible for…
Producing the shopping pages as a fashion assistant for You, which is a Sunday supplement magazine, and assisting on main fashion shoots. My role sees me working on a number of projects at any one time, but there?s always plenty of variety. My main responsibility is to call in products from PR companies and brands for shoots. The stylist will then decide what she?d like the model to wear, and I will assist the whole way through.
I also compile pages for the magazine and create online content ? the majority of my online writing comes from going on press trips and reviewing hotels. However, I?d say my main responsibility is supporting the stylist. I got my job?
Through a lot of hard work and determination. After graduating with a degree in fashion journalism from the University of Sunderland, I worked seven days a week for 18 months and pushed myself every day.
Interning has its highs and lows, but I would recommend it for character-building purposes. I worked in PR, styling, news journalism and model casting through my internships, but this all gave me a clear insight into where I wanted to be.
In this industry, you are constantly reminded of how replaceable you are. So, you must give it your absolute all, and when you prove that you can do it, you?ll get noticed.
The best part
Of my job? is travelling, whether I?m assistin...