Now Hiring: Design Director

We are hiring a Design Director to create designs and develop trend strategies that support merchant objectives. This position is responsible for setting seasonal fashion direction, direct all aspects of design, development, selection and approval of materials, shapes, colors and techniques for the season. This role is based onsite in the amazing San Francisco, CA.

Click here to read the full job description and to apply!

Know a great candidate? Perfect! We love referrals. Feel free to send their information to info@emergingblue.com and one of our Talent Matchmakers will connect with them.

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.

Now Hiring: Product Developer

We are hiring a Product Developer for our apparel, accessories, and home goods client in San Francisco, CA. In this role, you will develop original products including but not limited to home décor, home textiles, tableware, household items, stationary, novelty products and gifts. If you love working with designers to create home goods product concepts then this may be the right opportunity for you.

Interested? Click here to read the job description & to apply.

Now Hiring: Assistant General Manager in LA, SF, and Chicago

We are hiring an Assistant General Manager of Supply in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco for our luxury apparel and jewelry client. If you have experience driving retail supply, and love working with luxury fashion, fine jewelry, watches, and handbags, and have a passion for sustainability, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Interested in one of the opportunities? Click the links below to read the full job description and to apply:

Chicago

Los Angeles

San Francisco

Now Hiring: Retail Planner (remote)

We are searching for a Retail Planner candidate for our awesome apparel client. This is a freelance, remote role that is targeted to June 2021. If you have seasoned Excel skills with strong macro and formula experience, exceptional retail planning skills, and have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret retail reports, then this is the right role for you.

Click here to read the full job description and to apply!

Managing Employment Gaps

We hear all the time from candidates who have employment gaps in their resume about their concerns for how to speak to their gaps in their resume, as well as during job interviews. Great news though, employment gaps won’t disqualify you from a job. Forbes suggests that you should highlight the gaps, add context to the gaps in a cover letter, and always be transparent. Click here to read helpful ways to navigate the conversation.

Make Your Pop-Up Event an Experience!

With many big retailers closing their brick-and-mortar retail locations, brands are turning to experiential pop-up events to give customers a fun experience, drive customer loyalty, and bring about new customer acquisition.

According to Storefront — a platform where you can rent retail spaces — user-friendly ecommerce shops will be crucial for the survival of brands. They also must pair it with unique, customer-centered physical stores, too. A key element to these unique stores is that they must give an amazing experience to continue to drive customer engagement. Many of these physical store locations will be in the form of an experiential pop-up shop so that retailers do not have to get tied into a long lease.

As a brand, you may be thinking “how do I create a unique retail experience that highlights our brand while standing out and driving customers?” Great news, our team at Emerging Blue put together a list of creative ideas to start your on your path of designing an experiential retail experience that customers won’t forget.

-- One of our amazing clients, Havaianas, wanted to stand out and try something new so they created an experiential experience where they sell their products our of vintage Vans near the beach. It speaks to their brand, product, and delivers a shopping experience that is unlike its competitors.

-- It also doesn't have to just sell a product, for example, our client Blondey McCoy combined retail with art to give an experience their customers would never forget. By collaborating with other local events and artists that vibe with your brand, you maximize your reach and success of the event.

--You can also combine it with a nonprofit or social cause to stand out. Our client Manduka collaborated with Susan G. Komen Foundation to host Project OM in Bryant Park and Santa Monica.

As you have read, it is important to design a unique retail experience to help drive customers back into the stores and to develop new customers. Whether it’s an experiential retail store on the beach or in the middle of a park, craft it to be true to your brand’s identity, as well as make it fun and interactive!

With the rise in experiential retail events and pop-up shops, freelance hiring is also on the rise. During the pandemic, freelance work has been crucial for many businesses and continues to be. Freelance work currently represents 36% of the current workforce, and is on the rise with the opening of new experiential stores.

Experiential retail stands out and it is critical to have the right staff to deliver that exceptional and unique experience. You definitely want to stand out compared to the kiosks found in malls, as well as have the right talent. A major part of having a successful experiential retail event / pop-up shop is to have staff that is brand appropriate to give your customers your specific, unique brand experience. Recruiting, hiring, and staffing takes times (and money), that is why many brands turn to Emerging Blue because we specialize in all things hiring so that brands can focus on their product, experiential store design, and other logistics around running a successful pop-up event.

Here at Emerging Blue we specialize in experiential retail staffing, and work with our clients and brands to make sure we find the right talent for their specific needs. We design specialized recruiting plans and leverage all of our networks to drive the best and brightest talent to our unique clients to help them achieve their goals and have successful events.

Click here to read more about our recruiting services and choose a staffing solution that works best for you!

Now Hiring: Valuation Managers in Palo Alto, CA

We have 2 part-time Valuation Manager opportunities in Palo Alto, CA with our luxury apparel client. One of the roles will focus on authenticating, valuing, and pricing Handbags, and the other valuation manager will manage the authentication process of Fine Jewelry and Watches. If you have experience working in luxury apparel, and have a passion for sustainability, then this may be the right opportunity for you. These roles are part-time and require 2-days-per-week at their Palo Alto store.

Click the links below to read the full job descriptions and to apply:

Fine Jewelry & Watches Valuation Manager

Handbags Valuation Manager

If you know a great candidate for either role, feel free to share this job poster with them, or have them email their updated resume to info@emergingblue.com and a talent matchmaker will reach out to them.

Now Hiring: Content & Project Marketing Specialist

We are looking for a Content & Project Marketing Specialist for our health and wellness client in Chino, California — seca.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing the project management process and creation of seca marketing campaigns and promotions across the United States and Canada. This role works closely with the Director, Multi-Channel-Marketing to help drive the go-to-market strategy for seca’s products and solutions. The candidate will also work with numerous departments within the organization to create efficiencies in executing marketing projects by controlling workflow and communication on all deliverables to ensure quality, timely, and on-budget executions. This is a great opportunity for an idea driven, marketing leader who is ready to drive sales.

Click here to read the full job description + to apply.

If you know a great candidate for the role, please share this job advertisement with them or have them apply directly by clicking here.

Now Hiring: Marketing Brand Director

Do you have a passion for clean beauty? Great news! We are hiring a Marketing Brand Director for an innovative bioengineering company in the beauty and cosmetics space in the San Francisco Bay Area.

If you are a marketing and brand leader who's highly driven and ready to influence, build, drive and own a compelling brand proposition from A to Z, then this is the perfect opportunity for you! Click below to apply and feel free to message me for more details.

Job description + to apply: https://lnkd.in/gnNXVR8

Emerging Blue: Talent Solutions

Have staffing needs? Let Emerging Blue stitch together the perfect team with our freelance, full-time, or our specialized EB 360 options.

Freelance: Add to your team by hiring a temp for short-term or long-term assignments. We present highly-qualified screened candidates, add them to our payroll & take care of the rest.

Full-time: Our full-time recruitment option follows a traditional model for contingent staffing solutions. You can shop our candidates, review and interview as often as you'd like, on the interview platform of your choice, with no fee attached.

EB 360: With EB 360, our team can work directly with yours by providing full-scope Recruiting & HR services.  We’ll create a customizable and effective plan for your team and business. We will take care of all the recruiting & HR needs that align with your brand and culture.

Now Hiring: Product Fulfillment Assistants

We’re hiring 2-3 Freelance Product Fulfillment Assistants in Glendale, California for the luxury jewelry company Tacori.

This is an exciting part-time role, working in Tacori’s office 2 days per week (Tuesday/Wednesday) for March-May. In this role you will help out with jewelry fulfillment, checking the line, prepping for events and shipping, cleaning jewelry, and replacing jewelry tags.

This is a fast-paced role that requires a strong attention to detail. This is a perfect role for someone with a background in fashion, jewelry, or merchandising. Click here to read the full job description and to apply.

If you know a great candidate for the roles, please refer them or share the job advertisement.

Client Spotlight - SCOUT

SCOUT Bags is a fast-growing Washington, DC-based brand known for stylish, functional, affordable bags. Their versatile products are designed to help modern women contain, organize, and carry all the stuff they—and their families—need to navigate and celebrate their busy days and lives.

Co-founded in 2004 by former Vogue editor and celebrity stylist Deb Waterman Johns, and her entrepreneur husband Ben Johns, SCOUT has quickly become a cult-classic, known for its original, limited-edition patterns and versatile designs that are perfect for anyone. With nearly four decades of experience in the fashion industry, Deb’s creative vision is the driving force behind the dynamic SCOUT brand.

Recently featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah Magazine, and USA Today (to name just a few), SCOUT aspires to be a national lifestyle brand known as the lifelong quintessential bag source for modern women.

SCOUT has a broad product assortment — bags, accessories, coolers, storage, rugs, and more—and all are available online and through hundreds of retailer partners nationwide.

They also love to give back, and it is built into their DNA—as is a sense of humor and a commitment to authenticity and approachability. To this point, they only use employees and friends of the brand as models in their marketing materials.

You can find SCOUT headquartered in the historic Georgetown on the Potomac River. Outside the doors of the office you will find cobblestone streets, cute boutiques, fun eateries, and busy sidewalks. The team at SCOUT is comprised of fun-loving people who are innovative, collaborative, passionate, and driven. They live by the words creative, adaptable, dynamic, bold, and authentic, and seek these qualities in their current and future teammates.

To learn more about their team, products, retail partners, and life at SCOUT, visit: https://www.scoutbags.com/thescoutstory.

Now Hiring: Freelance Product Development Coordinator

We are hiring! We are currently on the search for a junior level Product Development Coordinator for a freelance role with our globally inspired jewelry brand. This role is for about 20 hours a week, based in Dallas, Texas. If you have experience with product development and have a passion for jewelry, then this may be the perfect opportunity for you.

Click here to read the full job description and to apply! If you know someone who is a great fit for this freelance job, share this job advertisement with them.

Client Spotlight - House Dogge & FAAS Design Collab

Every so often, we come across a powerhouse designer who can both lead a brand and champion social causes. That is Angela Medlin, founder of House Dogge in 2017, a sustainable dog brand, and FAAS Design Collab, a professional development and design education platform whose mission is to prepare creatives for the fashion and apparel industry. She is a true leader who values diversity.

After 25+ years of designing and leading teams for Nike, Adidas, The North Face, Eddie Bauer, Levi Strauss, and Cross Colours leading and directing global design teams, Angela stepped into her true passions and goals to become an entrepreneur. That led her to founding House Dogge.

At House Dogge, Angela pairs passion for dogs and design, and is creating a brand with a fresh new perspective. “It’s all about the lifestyle of the dog and their human.” The multi-talented creative started with one simple toy, and from there the business grew. Over the last 4 years, the new brand has been featured in over 25 major publications, 3 worldwide TV features, over 10 podcasts, and multiple speaking engagements. In 2020, the lifestyle brand’s awareness exploded after being selected as one of “Oprah’s Favorite Things’. The small Portland brand’s sales increased 3600% in just a few months.

House Dogge now offers an array of product assortments. Medlin keeps the aesthetic modern and minimal. Each product is designed prioritizing sustainability, comfort, and fun. The seasoned designer uses upcycled natural, colored fibers from the fashion industry as well as alternative eco friendly materials such as bamboo, wool, cotton, and more. She attributes her ingenuity and passion for purposeful design to 30 years of athletic and outdoor apparel design experience.

Throughout Angela’s career, she has not only lead design teams but also opened the doors for many who may not have had equal opportunities. Angela also is on the Leadership Advisory Board for Adidas S.E.E.D. School and Executive Leadership Council for NC State College of Design, as Chair for the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) committee.

Along with Angela’s leadership roles and amazing brand, House Dogge, she also started a nonprofit organization, FAAS Design Collab. At FAAS (Functional Apparel & Accessories Studio), Medlin is paving new paths for diversity in the apparel and accessory design industry. The 3-6 week design intensive program is considered a bridge between traditional design school and industry experience. FAAS is fast becoming a resource for companies to gain awareness of diverse talent for their open roles and positions. They offer comprehensive classes that are grounded in consumer insights.

The program prepares creatives to be ‘solutioneers’ in the product creation process adopted by renowned apparel brands around the world. The FAAS Apparel program partners with Pensole Footwear Academy six months out of the year to instruct best practices for both design disciplines. This ‘learn while doing’ program offers cross category team collaborations that aligns with ‘true to industry’ processes, 1-to-1 mentorship, real-time coaching, and corporate networking opportunities.

Angela strongly believes the future of innovation starts with diversity in design. Whether it’s FAAS Design Collab or a design position with her brand House Dogge, this is just the beginning of what’s possible for the future of currently, undiscovered creatives.

From inspiring people to achieve via FAAS Design Collab, to building a House Dogge assortment that solves problems and improves the quality of life for dogs and their people, Angela proves that you can have a successful brand while also making a positive impact on peoples lives.

Check out the video below to hear more about FAAS directly from founder, Angela Medlin:

Now Hiring: Flagship Store Director

We are hiring! We are on the search for a Flagship Store Director for our amazing client in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is a perfect role for a high-volume store director to join a fast-growing company. In this exciting role, the store director will be responsible for managing a group of in-store Operations Specialist, Visual Merchandisers, and Facilities Team Members, while supporting the in- store Expert and Valuation team. This role is based in the flagship store.

Additionally, the store director will be responsible for growth of new and existing customer and relationships. They will be responsible for driving the shop experience and all front of house experience, as well as build business strategies with the front of house team and collaborates readily with relevant business partners. This role will also be responsible for recruiting top level front of house candidates and continuing their development.

Click here to read the full job description & to apply. We also love referrals. Feel free to share this job with anyone you feel would be a great fit.