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Rachel is a creative problem solver who thrives in collaborative environments. She's spent the last decade building products and leading teams, leveraging her background in design and data to bring digital and physical products to life. She is currently focused on a personal project, Happy Arranging, inspiring others to bring more joy into their lives by creating flower arrangements using grocery store flowers.
On this episode, Rachel talks with Mary about her jump from working at The Metropolitan Museum of Art to working in healthcare.
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Mary Clark is a design and development lead with expertise in multi-category design, product development, and merchandising for apparel, home goods, and consumer products. Mary has worked with legacy brands such as Ralph Lauren, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Cutter & Buck, as well as startups Inphorm, GSTQ, and NYXL. With a passion for storytelling and user experience, she guides brands in identifying, strategizing, and executing their unique visions.
On this episode, Mary talks with Rachel Weisel about her extensive career in product development and shares some things she would have done differently in her career.
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Meet Pamela Nogues, the Chief Growth Officer at Softedge. Driven by passion, she is responsible for accelerating growth and fostering enduring relationships with clients and leads. With a knack for crafting and executing innovative strategies that resonate internationally, Pamela leverages her extensive experience to add value to business.
On this episode, Pamela talks with Jessica about how being creative and ambitious has been key to her success as a marketer.
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Jessica is a trailblazing global marketing leader renowned for crafting impactful go-to-market strategies and pioneering integrated marketing campaigns across financial services, fintech, and the ever-evolving landscape of web3. Her career, encompassing roles at Citibank, Mastercard, Gemini, and as a fractional CMO, has been defined by leveraging data, technology, and emotional intelligence as guiding principles.
On this episode, Pamela Nogues speaks with Jessica Olivera about her unconventional marketing career, which began in insurance and led her into the fintech industry.
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Introducing Alex Schneider, a seasoned wholesale and planning executive from the fashion industry. With a track record of success at iconic brands like Casper, Canada Goose, and Marc Jacobs Intl., Alex has mastered the art of strategic planning and sales operations. Her innovative approach and collaborative leadership style have propelled her to exceed revenue targets and consistently optimize processes. Tune in as Alex speaks with Erik Jorgensen to share insights and experiences from her dynamic career, offering invaluable lessons in driving growth and fostering relationships.
On this episode, Alex talks with Erik Jorgensen about the advice she would give those trying to break into the corporate fashion industry.
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Erik Jørgensen is a sales and retail strategy consultant building successful retail and wholesale businesses in the fashion and outdoor space. Passionate about helping emerging brands get their foothold in one of the most complex markets, Erik is helping build the future of fashion.
On this episode, Erik talks with Alex Schneider about the benefits and pitfalls he's experienced moving from the corporate world to running his own consulting business.
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Mitali Banerjee is a strategic marketing and business advisor who has created a niche by leading 'firsts' (product launches, brand extensions, audience test and learns, new practice setups etc.) for iconic brands. She drives business impact for her clients by guiding brands that need to lead and pivot quickly, thoughtfully, and efficiently. Her leadership has led to the successful execution of brand campaigns, seasonal activations, and product and store launches, resulting in increased brand resonance, consumer love, and profitability for Iconic, global brands such as Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Amex, Tommy Hilfiger, Nuna Babycare among others.
On this episode, Mitali talks with Elizabeth Powers about the struggles inherent in developing and launching something that's the first of its kind.
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From startup hustler to Fortune 500 trailblazer, Elizabeth Powers brings an unrivaled passion for transformational communications, intelligence, and AI. Over 15 years, she pioneered disruptive strategies that bridged divides between leadership and employees. Her innovative data and use of emotional intelligence training fuels outreach that resonates with modern stakeholders. Elizabeth continues breaking new ground today, empowering organizations to embrace change and boost revenue through inclusive, insight-driven messaging.
On this episode, Elizabeth speaks with Mitali Banerjee about how crisis PR has changed with the advent of the internet and social media, and her thoughts on how AI will change the playing field on writing crisis PR playbooks.
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Originally from Seattle, WA, Danielle Nielsen moved to NYC after breaking into the beauty industry, despite her non-traditional background. With her passion for all things beauty and writing, Danielle is an SEO Copywriter at Front Row, in the Marketplace Partnership division, writing copy for some well-known brands such as Summer Fridays, Glow Recipe, Saie Beauty and more. In her spare time, she enjoys sharing product reviews on social media and has her own personal beauty blog.
On this episode, Danielle tells Cassandra Hoblitz about how her consumer habits became the silver bullet that helped her break into the fashion industry.
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Cassandra Hoblitz is a Client Strategy Lead at Front Row group in New York City. Cassandra is passionate about beauty, design and sustainability. She’s led creative and branding projects for brands like WYN Beauty by Serena Williams, Josie Maran, Beautyblender and K18.
This episode was recorded in April and references the launch of Wyn Beauty by Serena Williams, which is now available at Ulta.
On this episode, Cassandra tells Danielle Nielsen about her winding path to building her wings in the New York City beauty industry.
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Jonathan Bunten, a seasoned entrepreneur, and CEO of RecorGroup, brings over two decades of leadership across finance, trade marketing, and sales in the beauty and consumer goods sectors, along with a profound commitment to personal and professional growth. Having navigated substantial challenges and transformative experiences, he now focuses on empowering high-achieving professionals and teams towards self-discovery and actualization. Jonathan's journey, underscored by his roles in corporate leadership, military service, and as a mentor to entrepreneurs globally, offers invaluable insights into the resilience and diverse paths of success in our ever-evolving industries. Under Jon’s leadership RecorGroup has earned a place on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list three times and was awarded the Inc. Power Partner awards for Customer Experience Management and Customer Relationship Management.
On this episode, he talks with Syama Bunten about his unlikely career trajectory following a stint in the military.
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Syama Bunten CEO of Scaling Retail and Host of Getting Rich Together, an expander podcast for women on money and wealth. For over a decade at she's been working with first time founders as a Co-CEO to launch scalable businesses. Prior to, Syama worked at Barneys New York, and Gucci building intrapreneurial divisions. Syama's won a number of awards including 2023 Positive Leadership Award from the Leadership Institute, 2022 Thought Leadership Award for Evangelizing Female Entrepreneurs and 2017 WWD Top Women in Business.
In this episode, Syama talks with her husband, Jon Bunten, about the formative childhood experiences that shaped her career accomplishments.
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Ann Tham is a retail strategist obsessed with building smart, scalable and profitable brands. As a teenager, you would find Ann at the mall every week checking out the latest fashions and design inspirations from her favorite brands. Ann parlayed this obsession into a 20 year career at some of the most notable American brands – Ralph Lauren, Levi’s Strauss, Old Navy, Maidenform, and even taking the leap to build her own wellness brand called Before Noon. In today's episode, we'll learn more about her retail journey, her biggest lessons and what she's up to now.
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For more than 20 years, Sam Zebian has stewarded iconic brands as a marketer inside world-class organizations and agencies including Nike, Disney and CAA. From her earliest days as a talent agent to her work as an executive and consultant, she’s brought a strategic approach and a curiosity to each challenge. She’s especially skilled at reinventing heritage brands and driving them deeper into culture.
In this episode, Sam speaks with Ann Tham about the power of building a career portfolio and making change an opportunity.
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Andrew Minosh Pieris's story starts in the lush landscapes of Sri Lanka, where the vibrant culture and architecture sparked his creative passion. Moving to London as a teen, he interned with Alexander McQueen, and other names such as Jonathan Saunders, John Rocha, KTZ. He immersed himself in the fashion world from the age of fifteen. His journey led him to visual merchandising and design, where he blends fashion insights with London's energy in his distinctive styling and displays. With over ten years in the industry, Andrew has worked with top brands like Prada, Selfridges, Neiman Marcus, and Marvel Studios. His diverse portfolio highlights his ability to innovate across different fields, marking him as a creative force in visual design.
In this episode, Andrew talks with Thomas Mitchell how a chance meeting he had at age 15 with someone he didn't even recognize forged his career path.
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Originally from Albuquerque, NM, Thomas is an accomplished Visual Merchandising professional with over 2 decades experience across diverse retail channels from small boutiques to world-renowned luxury department stores. As the son of two talented jewelry designers, he learned the value and beauty of craftsmanship at an early age and explored photography and architecture in college. After moving to the east coast in 1993 he landed at Urban Outfitters then Brooks Brothers, starting as a District Visual Manager and then as the Global Visual Merchandising Manager, executing and writing corporate VM guidelines through a period of expansive international growth. His next stop was the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship in NYC where he held several Visual Manager positions including Men’s, Visual Operations and Special Projects. In his new role as a Visual Consultant, he leverages his experience and knowledge of engineering, construction and project management to help clients bring their brand vision to life through buildouts, popups and experiential design.
In this episode, Thomas talks with Andrew Pieris about how his engineering background and his ability to pivot and formulate a Plan B have been critical to his career.
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Lisa Di Napoli sees the world in vivid color, has never met a color swatch that did not inspire, and loves curating visual stories. All this has served her well as a design leader and children’s industry expert. Her vision has brought to life children’s collections for over two decades, starting with H.M. Woggle Bug, a luxury line Di Napoli founded and ran, then parlaying those skills into multi-million-dollar revenue for prestigious companies such as Best & Co., Baby Gap, and Tommy Hilfiger.
Her talent is not isolated to the world of fashion; she is also a constant beauty seeker who loves to entertain and share her creativity with others. Di Napoli believes in mentoring and does so frequently at FIT, Parsons, and NYC public schools.
Di Napoli now runs, The Pixie Creative, a design
consultancy.On this episode, Lisa talks with Celeste Lilore about how she got her first job in fashion and the ways in which running her own business prepared her for the corporate fashion world.
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Céleste is an insatiably curious lifelong learner passionate about community, partnership,
provenance, ethics, sustainability, and timeless style. Through stories, she delights in making the complex simple. Her first job (not including babysitting and waitressing) was as the receptionist at Chanel HQ in Paris. It ignited Céleste’s love affair with product and fashion while elevating her commitment to service.
Since then, she has worked as Corporate Engagement and Membership Experience Director at Textile Exchange, Marketing and Community Director and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator, Regional Director, Green Festival -New York, Co-Founder and EcoPreneur, Restore clothing. Céleste is currently exploring new professional adventures in impact-related work.On this episode, Celeste speaks with Lisa Di Napoli about her decision to pursue her own business and how she later re-entered the corporate world.
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Crystal Slattery serves as the President of Tanya Taylor and plays a pivotal role in driving the brand’s success. With a strong background in business strategy from her years as President of Elizabeth and James and Cinq a Sept, Crystal is responsible for leading business operations and strategy for the Tanya Taylor brand.
On this episode, she talks with Tanya Taylor about the role she sees technology playing in the fashion industry, both currently and in the future.
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Tanya serves as CEO and Creative Director of her namesake brand. Playing with color and texture, Tanya uses her artistic background to create clothing for women to move creatively and confidently through their day. Tanya Taylor’s collections are available at major retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue, Shopbop and Neiman Marcus, as well as on http://TanyaTaylor.com and at her Upper East Side boutique in Manhattan.
On this episode, Tanya speaks with Crystal Slattery about what motivated her to believe she could start her own brand early on in her career.
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