11:25AM - 11:50AM
"SO WHAT DO YOU DO AGAIN?"
FINDING SELF-WORTH AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
JAMIE ROSEN IN CONVERSATION WITH BOARD MEMBERS: ALVINA PATEL BUXANI & NORIA MORALES
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JAMIE ROSEN
Brand Value | Content Strategy | Translating Tech | Beauty & Wellness Innovation
Jamie Rosen is a storyteller, writer, editor, and brand builder, and the founder of Office of the Surface. She is a leading authority in the beauty space, known for an engaging approach that strongly links beauty with health and wellness at the luxury level.
She works with up-and-coming and well-established beauty, wellness, tech and travel companies and individuals on branding, storytelling, product development and content marketing. Her objective has always been to create beauty that resonates: ideas and products and brands that are compelling, covetable and impossible to ignore. She has recently worked on a spa concept for a new eco-conscious hotel in Mexico, brand strategy for tech beauty brand ZIIP, and consulting projects for Kevyn Aucoin, Aedes de Venustas, and Shiseido, among many others.
In her work as an award-winning journalist, she is known for identifying talent and emerging brands, and exploring pivotal shifts in consumer behavior. She is currently a Contributing Editor at Town & Country, where she served as Beauty Director for over seven years; and the Wellbeing Editor at the Conservatory, a concept store rooted in considered luxury with locations in New York and Dallas and a partnership with Amazon Luxury.
ALVINA PATEL BUXANI
Brand Storyteller, Positioning & Amplification; Marketplace strategy
Alvina is an unrivaled specialist in the métiers of luxury branding, communications and marketing, having established an impressive portfolio of success over 25 years. Global powerhouses such as Farfetch, Christian Louboutin, Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston, Hermès and Bulgari are among the venerable brands whose stories she’s crafted and marketed to enduring resonance throughout her career. She graduated with a BS in Communications from Boston University.
NORIA MORALES
Design/Brand Partnerships | Brand Strategy | Design & Concepting | Brainstorms | Workshops
Seasoned marketing executive with diverse experience in media, retail, fashion and lifestyle. An agile leader who has succeeded in a range of corporate environments from startup to Fortune 50. A respected innovator in brand strategy and partnerships with a vibrant and diverse network. Respected as a natural collaborator, strong communicator and creative strategist. Known for leading teams with optimism and a high EQ.