Associate Analyst

We’re looking for an Associate Analyst - Materials & Textiles to join our team in London as part of our Content function.

We’re looking for an associate analyst to write industry reports on fabric and fibre as they relate to commercial fashion trends and garment construction.

You’ll be articulate in written English and visual communication, have a knowledge of material trends new product development and sustainability, and have an understanding of the role data and analytics plays in commercial success.

You will have had a textile design education within apparel textiles. You’ll be able to take that knowledge and use it to comment confidently on the fabric implications of garment trends across both women’s and men’s apparel.

This is a content creation role, you will also be expected to build and maintain an extensive network of fabric supply chain contacts, across a broad range of garment categories that you can source from to inform your market analysis and trend reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for researching and creating solution driven reports, showing a clear understanding of client needs across several market segments. To deliver this content in written and or visual formats

• Forecasting and tracking fabric trend and innovation, using quantitative and qualitative data within all markets, demographics and regions

• Maintaining and building digital and physical fabric resources to be used in WGSN’s Materials & Textile team’s content and to support the wider WGSN Fashion team with a strong focus on sustainable and market relevant fabric innovation

• Collaborate beyond the direct Materials & Textiles department to build fabric knowledge within the wider Fashion Content team

• Travel nationally and internationally to cover industry trade shows, conferences and other events as required

Your Experience

• Excellent written English

• Good knowledge of the global market and the ability to pin-point trends that will impact area of expertise

• Good level of market analysis and resourcing fabric and textile information

• Ability to take ownership of personal assignments, prioritise workload, manage and support other members of team

• Excellent organisation, communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work within an international team to ensure content or outputs are of a consistently high standard and submitted on time

• Ability to build strong working relationships with key stakeholders in the business from Sales, Client Services and Marketing

• Technical skills: knowledge of 3D fabric sampling an advantage, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace

What We Offer

Our benefits package incorporates what we’re passionate about – unlocking your future, overall well-being and sustainability – whilst giving you control over your benefits.

• 25 days of holiday per year – with the option to buy or sell between 1-5 days

• Great learning and development opportunities

• Pension, Private Medical and Dental Insurance plans

• Life Assurance; Income Protection and Critical Illness covers

• Option to opt into the Ascential Shares Scheme

• Volunteering opportunities

• Season ticket loans

We also place great importance on health, lifestyle and wellbeing consistently, and offer flexible benefit packages.

Inclusive Workforce

At Ascential, our goal is to create a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel comfortable in bringing their authentic selves to work. We want all Ascential people to feel included and truly empowered to contribute fully to our vision and goals.

Everyone who applies will receive fair consideration for employment. We do not discriminate based upon race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

If you have any accessibility requirements that would make you more comfortable during the application and interview process, please let us know so that we can support you.

For more information on our culture, visit Ascential.com.

About WGSN

We offer insights and inspiration from around the globe. We help our customers stay ahead and informed through trend forecasting and data science. We believe inspiration comes from the monumental and the mundane.

If you’re passionate about fashion and lifestyle this is a great place to be, giving you the opportunity to work with the world’s most creative trend experts, designers, editors, account managers, marketers, product developers, customer service experts and much more in a meritocratic, high performance company.