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The co-lab career stories

Welcome to the co-lab career stories podcast, a collective of professionals dedicated to sharing their experiences working in the fashion, beauty, wellness, retail and consumer luxury industries. Hear from CEOs, early career professionals and everything in between as the co-lab members interview each other, sharing their career stories, big pivots, worst jobs, best career advice, and remind us no two career paths are the same. Visit jointhecolab.com to learn more, become a member, tell your story,

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00:26:30

Lilly Minkove - Founder of ArtLogica Group

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/03/27

Lilly Liu Minkove is a consumer-obsessed marketing and strategy leader with over 20 years of experience leading and advising luxury, retail, consumer and technology brands. She is the founder of boutique strategy consultancy ArtLogica Group, and has been an advisor to brands like Spanx, Timbuk2, Kohl’s, CVS, Birdies and Invisalign. A quant geek turned luxury retail operator and strategic marketer, she has worked at best in class companies like Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Coach, Louis Vuitton, and Hair

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00:18:06

Stephanie Davila — Creative Director, Copy + Content

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/03/20

Stephanie Davila is an award-winning Creative Director with a focus on brand storytelling, content creation and creative strategy. She helps brands cultivate deeper connections with their customers through engaging content that converts. She has led copy, creative and social at some of America’s top fashion brands like Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch, Banana Republic, and Express. Prior to going brand side, she was a Senior Editor at InStyle Magazine and has written for Vogue, The New York Times and New

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00:18:10

Kimara Mitchell - Creative Director and Content Creator

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/03/13

Kimara Mitchell is an award-winning creative director, photo art director, brand strategist, and designer. She’s worked on the agency side, at design firms, and in-house for brands large and small like Gap, Banana Republic, Grey, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Levi’s, Quay Australia, and Walmart. In addition, she is a content creator whose blog j’adore couture has been featured in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and PORTER Magazine, and collaborated with brands such as The

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00:20:53

Addie Ajayi - Founder and CEO of D'IYANU

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/03/06

D’IYANU is an exciting up and coming African inspired brand based in Norristown, PA. Seeing a void in the market for a modern African inspired fashion line, her Nigerian roots inspired her to launch D’IYANU in Jan 2014. Both the brand and Addie Ajayi have been featured on the New York Times, Forbes, CBS, and Fox. She currently works with her brother and business partner, Dara Ajayi along with 15 other team members from their headquarters in Norristown, PA. Addie oversees the marketing, design,

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00:15:57

Seun Olubodun - Founder of Duke & Winston

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/02/28

Duke & Winston is a brand for bulldogs, their people & those who live with The Bulldog Spirit. Launched originally 2010 - 2016 as a trunk show, retail & wholesale business (sold through Urban Outfitters and over 80 national/international accounts) with no real target market & too many skus, Seun revived the brand in 2020 & with a renewed focus on what he loves most, bulldogs & the die-hard folks like him around the world who love them. Seun's ultimate goal is to be an example

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00:25:40

Charlotta Hellichius - Sr. Strategy Director at Redscout

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/02/21

Charlotta Hellichius is a passionate brand strategy leader unlocking change for C-suite clients across categories in the US and abroad. She has a proven track record ofimproving companies from the insideout, shaping product and services to customers' and employees needs, as well as crafting compelling comms and creative that strikes a chord. She began her career as a product designer, before becoming a technologytrend forecaster, and starting her own business in the beauty category, called Baude

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00:17:43

Gina Ciancone - In-house Creative at Vespa

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/02/14

Gina Ciancone is an in-house creative at Vespa, working between Milan, Italy and New York City. Her work focuses on concepting and managing the creative for global brand campaigns that help push Vespa into the future. Trained at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gina has worked in different areas of the creative industry, always applying a cross-cultural and strategic mindset to design challenges.She started her career in photography working for Annie Leibovitz, and has since worked for the

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00:21:17

Pam Berick - Founder of the Collab Society

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/02/07

Pamela has a rich and storied career with over 20 years of experience in luxury retail. Prior to launching Collab Society, she consulted for Arhaus, managing a freelance creative team, creating seasonal concepts, and working closely with the founder and his product development team,and for Roman and Williams Guild, helping to develop the brand’s merchandising arm. Berick co-founded two active proprietary clothing lines for Anthropologie: Girls from Savoy, a women's clothing collection, and The Good

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00:23:48

Abby Bruce - Ideas Person and Strategic Planner

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/01/31

Abby is a creative strategist and communications expert, sometimes known as a “PR lady” and always relied upon as a connector of dots and people. A natural Ideas Person and Strategic Planner, Abby founded her consultancy, Common Point while living in France in 2012 to bring unique skills and knowledge of international business, communications, journalism, creative writing, brand design, and relationship marketing to help businesses create stand-out strategies in a world that is getting smaller every

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00:21:44

Hilary Jochmans - Founder of PoliticallyInFashion

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/01/24

Hilary Jochmans is the Founder of PoliticallyInFashion, a community for all those in fashion – designers, manufacturers, artisans, retailers, models, lawyers, reporters, consumers – to learn about legislative and regulatory issues of key importance to the industry. The mission is to educate individuals on public policy; and empower them with this knowledge; to then engage with elected representatives on how these issues impact companies and consumers. Recent initiatives from PoliticallyInFashion

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00:29:50

Yoana Strateva - Intellectual Property Attorney

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/01/17

Yoana Strateva is a European attorney, who has lived in five different countries, at present based in Seattle, WA. Yoana holds a law degree from France and an LLM degree from Queen Mary University of London. Yoana specializes in Competition law, Intellectual property and has a special interest in Fashion law. Yoana obtained several certificates in Fashion law, and she is an alumna of the prestigious Fashion Law Bootcamp organized by the Fashion Law Institute. Before moving to the United States,

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00:17:36

Kristen Sosa - Founder of Luminate Brand Advisors

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/01/10

Kristen is the Founder of Luminate Brand Advisors, a consultancy that helps brands and retailers accelerate growth with a focus on omni-channel expansion, merchandising, and go to market. Kristen held roles such as President of The Americas at Marc Jacobs, EVP/Chief Merchant at Saks Fifth Avenue and President/Chief Merchant for several start-ups. Kristen partners with purpose driven brands to meet their potential at the intersection of brand, product, and commercial strategy. On this episode,

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00:15:59

Katie Irving - Founder of MOONSHOT

The co-lab career stories ·

2023/01/03

Katie Irving is a Whitespace Forecaster and the founder of MOONSHOT, a consulting agency that works with fashion brands to uncover first-to-market product opportunities that are deeply rooted in customer insights - not popular trends. Formerly the Consulting Director of Fashion at WGSN and Head of Concept at Abercrombie & Fitch, Katie delivers best-in-class advisory projects for leading brands including Farfetch, Under Armour, Athleta, GAP, Hollister, Target, Walmart and LL Bean. On this

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00:21:52

Christiana Mavromatis - Senior Creative Director,...

The co-lab career stories ·

2022/12/13

Christiana Mavromatis has over two decades of experience leading marketing and creative for iconic brands like Cartier, MAC Cosmetics, COACH, Peloton, W Hotels, L'Oreal, and Compass. Christiana began her career as a creative in the advertising agency world before going brand-side, where she is now. She's passionate about using data to develop marketing strategy and to ensure creative efficacy, taking brands to cult status by accelerating affinity while also achieving the business's revenue and

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00:29:01

Jessica Quillin - Co-Founder and Principal for It’s A...

The co-lab career stories ·

2022/12/06

Jessica Quillin, PhD is the Co-Founder and Principal for It’s A Working Title, LLC, a boutique agency and think tank focused on content strategy and research for fashion, luxury, and the experience economy. Jessica is an experienced content strategist, published author, and the former Fashion Editor for Glass Magazine. She has an extensive background in fashion, luxury, and retail, including strategy consulting and magazine editorial work with a range of brands, designers, and celebrities, including

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00:18:13

Emily Meridor - Co-founder and CEO of Etelier

The co-lab career stories ·

2022/11/29

A pragmatic leader and idealist entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in business development and merchandising and collection management in the luxury and contemporary fashion industry in NY and Paris, Emily’s focus and expertise is to take a company to their next dream phase, whether through re-positioning or building a product from the ground up. Today, as co-founder and CEO of female-led fashion tech startup Etelier, Emily is excited to share her journey. On this episode, Emily speaks

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00:13:16

Rachel Hall Danes - Revenue Growth Strategist

The co-lab career stories ·

2022/11/22

Rachel Hall Danes is a sales & solutions consultant for manufacturers and designers. Previously, Rachel co-founded The Danes, a brand that solves construction and fit issues for women and has remained a top sell-through collection in Bergdorf Goodman’s couture department every day since 1993. The collection is also available at Boyd’s Philadelphia and select Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue locations. On this episode, Rachel spoke with Emily Meridor about getting started running a fashion

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00:22:16

Phil Corin - Senior Producer with FC Podcasts

The co-lab career stories ·

2022/11/15

A storyteller at heart, Phil is dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ community. Thus, they make use of their skills, talent, and experience to help others tell their stories. In that spirit, they lend their voice to narrate other people's messages as a voiceover artist. Hoping to help listeners connect with the moving stories, They are committed to telling each story with authenticity, honesty, and grace. Phil has always been interested in celebrating stories that connect people and ideas on multiple

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00:23:01

Meghan Houle - Senior Executive Recruiter

The co-lab career stories ·

2022/11/08

Meghan Houle is a one-stop-shop for all things career pivots and personal development. She's a globally recognized Senior Executive Recruiter, an ACC accredited Professional Career & Business Master Coach, and host of the Pivot with Purpose Podcast. Meghan has spent the past 20+ years working in the luxury, specialty, and consumer retail industries, placing high-achievers in their dream jobs and building high-performing executive teams. Her clients include globally recognized corporate retail

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00:20:25

Holly Cole - Retail Executive

The co-lab career stories ·

2022/10/31

Holly Cole is a retail executive with $3B in sales volume across companies including Neiman Marcus, Victoria’s Secret, Rue Gilt Groupe, as well as helping launch a DTC fashion startup. She has 20+ years’ experience driving merchandising strategies for eCommerce, DTC, brick & mortar, catalog and mobile. Holly has been able to transform businesses and drive multi-million-dollar growth through strategy and implementation, building fashion-right assortments, focusing on target markets and delivering

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