Who Runs the World? Girls!

Meet the brilliant women at Emerging Blue. They lead the teams who deliver results to our incredible clients and candidates.

Christina Jones, Vice President

Christina has over 15 years of experience in HR, Talent Acquisition, and Business Development. Most of her background has been within the apparel industry, working in-house at Under Armour and supporting large to start-up businesses such as Vans, The North Face, Kit & Ace, Mizzen+Main, Best Made Co., Free Fly Apparel, and SCOUT Bags.

Christina’s experience ranges from temporary to executive hiring and spearheading our EB 360 program. She strives to be honest, hard-working, adaptable, and fun.

Christina loves to start her mornings on the Peloton bike – helping her remember that every day is a new day to wake-up and get it done!

Karen Cichocki, Director of Business Development

Karen has over 10 years’ experience in business development and marketing, having worked in real estate, television, and advertising before coming to EB. She loves meeting new people, building strong relationships with her clients, and enjoys getting to pitch in on the recruiting side occasionally. Always excited to learn about new roles and new industries, she thrives on getting to know brands and the passion and story behind each of them.

Married with 2 sassy, adorable daughters, she lives in San Diego and is an avid reader, averaging 1-2 books per week. She also loves pilates, skiing, cooking, going to the beach, and traveling as much as possible.

Sally Daliege, Sr. Director of Talent

Sally has held numerous positions in the fashion industry; from runway show coordinator, retail store owner, to Design Director of start-ups and larger brands. She utilizes her expertise working with talent and clients for a variety of roles in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. Her methodology is to dive into a deeper understanding of the desired company culture and expectations. Truly bond with both the client and talent to ensure the fit is what is needed for both. Her Masters in leading innovation and change gives her the foundation to strategize business and talent growth in organizations for both present and future needs.

She spends her time doing monster bike rides, listening to opera and poetry readings… and exchanging memes with her colleague Eric.

Emerging Blue is Your Staffing Partner

Emerging Blue is here to help grow your team. From freelance to contingent and on-site staffing support, we have the staffing solution for you! Click here to start finding talent.

Sign-up for Virtual Office Hours

Staffing, recruiting and talent leaders from Emerging Blue are holding virtual Office Hours every Wednesday from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. pacific standard time. Office Hours is a virtual event where candidates and job seekers can chat with Emerging Blue leaders to get career and job support in all areas. This weekly virtual event is open to anyone and everyone, and is great for people who have questions about job searches, need help with writing/editing a resume, perhaps you need interview tips for your upcoming virtual interview, or maybe you want to learn new networking strategies. Whatever your career need is, we are here to help!

Click here to register for the weekly Wednesday event — or use this link to join in last minute.

Want to know more about us? Emerging Blue is a staffing and recruiting firm that is built on people, and passion to do good.  We are a group that believes in supporting one another and helping others find that support. We partner with people and companies alike to align talent and brands.  We know every day is new, and with that, is an opportunity to embrace a new you.  Emerging Blue. New Day. New You.

Talent Spotlight - Meet Krista Borley

Meet Krista Borley, a Merchandising Expert with over 20 years’ experience in the fashion industry. Her merchandising proficiency is boundless from her most recent roles at Stitch Fix and Quiksilver, to managing both wholesale and vertical businesses in department store, sports/surf industry, and contemporary markets. In addition to her team-building skills, Krista’s merchandising roles have consisted of working closely with her cross-functional partners in design, production, and marketing to put collections together and strategically create programs to increase market share. In addition to her merchandising skills, she also has a background in styling and talent acquisition.

What’s next for Krista? Great question! Krista is looking for a role where she can bring her analytical and creative skills to drive revenue. She’s looking for a hybrid role where she can manage product, build strong teams, and deliver top quality work. She is the Jill-of-All-Trades that will help your company grow and deliver results. She loves contemporary brands that are up and coming or established organizations needing fresh talent and are ready to take their business to the next level.

Interested in Krista joining your merchandising team? Link up with her here to connect and read more about her or @ Emerging Blue.

Join Christina on Tuesday, May 5 for a Talent Talk

Have you been laid-off or thinking about making a change in this current environment? What can you do to stand out from the mass of candidates flooding the market? Should you just play it safe and stay put?

We invite you to an interactive live conversation to answer: What's happening in the job market today? How you can survive, if not thrive, job searching right now.

Join Christina Jones, along with Laura Leach, and other seasoned recruiters on Tuesday, May 5th at 1:30 PST. Register here to the #FREE live event: https://bit.ly/2Wc6wqC

Talent Spotlight - Meet Keryn!

Meet Keryn Francisco, a Digital Transformation Consultant based in San Francisco. With over 25 years’ experience in design leadership and continuous process improvement, she has lead teams in global creative direction, product innovation, and digital business acumen. This unique combination of both product and digital experience, makes for one top-notch leader. As a megabrand and digital expert, Keryn has a track record of success at Levi Strauss, Nike, Lucy Activewear and The North Face. With a focus on guiding companies through a digital transformation, she brings her experiences together with the launch of KÜLHAUS, a consulting powerhouse under her direction.

Keryn has a spirit of experimentation & innovation, while partnering to empower teams through an effective renewal. What is Keryn looking for in her next consulting role? She looks to help brands that are passionate about their digital transformation and digital product creation.

If you’re looking to build a digital transformation strategy including technological workflow, Keryn is the expert you need to make it happen.

When Should you Start Planning for your Holiday Pop-up Shop? Today.

Yes, we know its summer and most people aren’t even thinking about the holidays yet…but you should be if you want to have a successful pop-up shop. There’s lot to think about and plan for so we put together a list of 5 things you can do now to ensure your pop-up is a smashing success this winter.

1. Budget. This should be first on your list, as it will help you to put together all of the below items!

2. Location. Pop-up shops have become increasingly popular and the holidays are an especially fashionable time to have one. Given this, desirable spaces can become limited. Our friends at Storefront (www.thestorefront.com) are a great resource to find the perfect location for what you need.

3. Merchandise. Curate the collection of items that you will showcase in the pop-up, keeping in mind climate appropriate items, i.e. warm weather products in the south.

4. Marketing. Decide how to best broadcast your pop-up to your customer base. Consider a combination of in store marketing, social media, signage and influencer outreach. You could also run a promotion to help convert online traffic to in store traffic.

5. Staffing. Pop-ups require candidates who are aligned with your brand philosophy, reliable, retail focused and customer service oriented. Think about your goal and vision for the pop-up and be sure to choose candidates that can bring that to life. We recommend over hiring & training the staff to be ready for whatever the pop-up throws at you.

We hope this helps to jump start your preparation for your holiday pop-up shop and as always, we are here to help with any staffing needs. We’ve already started working with some of our brand partners to get ready for their holiday pop-up and we’d love to do the same for your company!

Happy Valentine's Day