Find fashion jobs in Spain

FashionUnited's Spanish job board includes fashion vacancies from across the country, from design, merchandising and showroom roles at brand head offices in Madrid to wholesale, customer service and store jobs in Barcelona, and shop-floor positions in Valencia, Málaga, Sevilla and Bilbao. Whether you want to work in a design studio, a regional head office or on the shop floor, this is where Spain's fashion openings sit in one place.

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What fashion jobs are in demand in Spain?

Spain is home to some of the world's largest fashion retailers and a dense store network, so openings cluster around retail and the head-office functions that run it:

• Retail & store management: sales assistants (dependientes), team managers and in-store trainers, with heavy Christmas hiring every autumn.
• Design & product: menswear and womenswear designers, design managers and garment technicians.
• Merchandising & planning: merchandise financial planners, business analysts and retail merchandising roles.
• Wholesale & showroom: wholesale sales for shop-in-shops, showroom sales and key accounts with department stores such as El Corte Inglés.
• Customer service & EMEA support: customer service representatives and bilingual wholesale support for markets such as Germany.
• Digital & marketing: digital product managers, CRO specialists and marketing managers.
• Circularity & textile recovery: textile sorting, collection and warehouse roles, driven by Spain's separate collection requirement for textile waste and upcoming EU extended producer responsibility rules.

Where are the fashion jobs in Spain?

Madrid has the most vacancies: brand head offices, the Iberian teams of international groups, showrooms and the country's biggest store network all cluster there. Barcelona is a close second, with its own head offices, wholesale teams and flagship stores on Passeig de Gràcia and Plaça de Catalunya. Pick your city and jump straight to its listings:

Madrid · Barcelona · Málaga · Sevilla · Valencia · Zaragoza · Bilbao · Alicante

Who is hiring in fashion in Spain?

International brands run Iberian teams from Madrid and Barcelona and staff stores nationwide. Employers recruiting through the board include PVH, for business analysis, showroom and Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein store roles; Deckers Brands, for marketing and customer service in Madrid; Pandora, for merchandise planning and stores; Prada, Hugo Boss, Lacoste and GANT, for boutique, wholesale and showroom roles; and VF Corporation's The North Face, Vans and Eastpak and Columbia Sportswear, for sales associates across the country.

Spanish groups do much of the head-office hiring. AWWG, owner of Pepe Jeans and Hackett, recruits in Madrid for design, garment technology and merchandising, and Barcelona-based Vertex Group for designers. Inditex in Arteixo, Mango near Barcelona, Tendam in Madrid and Desigual in Barcelona are the country's largest fashion employers. On the supply side, Humana recruits for textile collection and sorting near Madrid and Barcelona.

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Why Spain hires

Spain's edge is retail. Fashion accounts for 2.9 percent of Spanish GDP and 3.6 percent of employment (Informe Económico de la Moda en España 2025, Modaes and Observatorio del Textil y la Moda). Fashion exports reached a record 35,029 million euros in 2025, 9 percent of all Spanish goods exports (Modaes, using ICEX classification).

Most garment production moved to Morocco, Portugal, Turkey and Asia long ago, and the old textile districts of Catalonia and Valencia shrank with it. What grew instead were the head offices that run global retail from Spain: design, buying, merchandising, logistics, e-commerce and store operations for Inditex, Mango, Tendam and the Iberian teams of international groups. That puts most skilled openings in Madrid and Barcelona offices.

Can you get a fashion job in Spain?

There are two kinds of jobs here, with two different routes in:

• English-speaking head-office and EMEA roles. International customer service, wholesale support, business analysis and marketing roles in Madrid and Barcelona often work in English, and some ask for German, French or Italian as well.
• Spanish-speaking store and local roles. Retail, showroom and most design and merchandising jobs need Spanish; in Barcelona, Catalan is an advantage in customer-facing roles.

Applying from abroad? EU and EEA citizens can work in Spain without a permit; everyone else needs a residence and work authorisation, usually requested by the employer, or a highly qualified professional permit for skilled roles (Spanish government).

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to speak Spanish to work in fashion in Spain? For store and most local roles, yes. Some head-office and EMEA roles in Madrid and Barcelona work in English.

Which city has the most fashion vacancies? Madrid, followed closely by Barcelona, then Málaga, Sevilla and Zaragoza.

Can I apply from outside Spain? Yes. EU and EEA citizens need no permit; others need an employer-backed residence and work authorisation.

What fashion roles are most in demand? Retail and store management, design and product, merchandising and planning, wholesale, customer service and digital marketing.

When is the best time to look for store jobs in Spain? Autumn, when brands recruit for the Christmas campaign (campaña de Navidad), followed by the January sales.

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