Adecco Creative is partnering with a luxury fashion brand to recruit for a Part-Time, Contract, Trend Researcher. This role will be ongoing contract, hybrid (2 days in office, 1 day remote), and approximately 24 hours per week.
Freelance Trend Researcher – Gen Z Culture & Emerging Trends
Role Overview
Our brand is seeking a highly curious, culturally fluent Freelance Trend Researcher to support the Color & Concept team by identifying and translating emerging cultural signals into actionable creative inspiration. This role is ideal for someone who lives at the intersection of fashion, culture, media, and digital communities, with a natural ability to recognize patterns before they become mainstream.
The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, is energized by open-ended research, and can connect seemingly unrelated cultural moments into compelling narratives that inform future concepts. They should bring experience from trend forecasting, fashion journalism, fashion editorial, or a similarly research-driven creative background.
Key Responsibilities
- Continuously monitor emerging cultural movements across Gen Z audiences, identifying early signals before they become mainstream.
- Research and surface trends spanning fashion, street style, music, art, design, beauty, gaming, nightlife, technology, wellness, digital culture, and evolving consumer behaviors.
- Track conversations and visual language across social platforms, creator communities, online forums, independent publications, and cultural events.
- Pull, organize, and annotate visual references, articles, imagery, social content, and cultural examples that can directly inform the brand’s Color & Concept team.
- Synthesize large volumes of information into clear, digestible insights, highlighting why a trend matters, where it's emerging, and how it may evolve.
- Deliver research in a visually organized, editorially driven format that is easy for designers and creative teams to reference.
- Stay ahead of cultural conversations by maintaining a constant pulse on both niche subcultures and broader societal shifts.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or related experience in: Trend Forecasting, Fashion Journalism or Fashion Editorial
- Creative research or cultural strategy
- Brand strategy or consumer insights within fashion, luxury, or lifestyle
- Deep, authentic understanding of culture and emerging movements—not just viral moments, but the communities and behaviors driving them.
- Exceptional research instincts with the ability to identify patterns across diverse cultural sources.
- Strong editorial eye and visual taste with an understanding of contemporary fashion, design, and aesthetics.
- Comfortable working independently, navigating ambiguity, and defining research paths without rigid briefs.
- Highly organized with excellent documentation skills.
- Strong written communication and storytelling abilities, capable of translating observations into clear cultural insights.
- Familiarity with platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Discord, Reddit, Substack, independent magazines, and emerging digital spaces.
- Passion for discovering what's next and a genuine curiosity about evolving culture.
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. There is no PTO or holiday pay for contracts. Sick leave is accrued where applicable, check your state laws.
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Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.
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