Reader Profile

The first stage of my magazine planning is to decide on my Reader Profile on which I can start building my magazine around. I have to decide on a target audience whom my magazine is for and what type of people they are, with what type of tastes they have, etc. Here, take a look at my Reader Profile:

Gender: Female

Age: 16-24

Star Sign: Gemini

Income: Works part-time at a music store, parents are slightly more well-off than average.

Clothes: Top shop, Primark, New Look, Zara, occasionally vintage, etc.

Studying: A-Levels/Uni for a career in a fashion or music magazine.

Likes: Wide variety of music, going to gigs/concerts/festivals, fashion, dancing, reading novels, movies, art, shopping, travelling, photography, and just hanging out with her friends.

Dislikes: Being told she has to do things a certain way, disloyalty to friends, lying.

Music tastes: Indie, Rock, R’n’B, Pop, Hip Hop, etc.

Personality: Fun-loving, friendly, laid-back, caring, low boredom threshold, hard-working, always wants to do her best and not regret anything, deep thinker, likes to work hard as well as have fun, can have a high-temper. 

Transport: Mini Cooper.

Weekends: Shopping in town centre with friends, going to the beach with friends, watching movies (both at home and at cinemas), listening to music, etc. 

Here I've done a collage to reflect my target audience: 

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