Workplace & Talent

During a recent LinkedIn Live, BoF’s senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young and commercial features editorial director Sophie Soar shared insights into how companies can account for a workforce with evolving needs and expectations — from providing perks and services with cross-generational appeal, to navigating return-to-office policies in a new work environment.

Having started her career in fashion PR and marketing, Jennifer Jackson pursued a long-standing love of the beauty industry to work in marketing at Nars — where she remains 12 years later. Now, she shares her career advice.

Through online and in-person Master’s programmes on its London and Madrid campuses, Vogue College of Fashion is equipping MA students with a further education in the necessary skillsets for successful careers in the fashion, luxury and creative industries.

DEI workers are repositioning and rebranding to get contracts and retain remaining staff positions, distancing themselves from conversations around race and gender and instead prioritising their leadership expertise.

As generative artificial intelligence takes on work once reserved for stylists, photographers, and PR strategists, creatives are being pushed to prove the value of human ingenuity — and find new ways to protect it.

Employee development across business functions and regions is core to the global luxury brand’s culture — to foster its in-house talent from the retail environment for head office roles. BoF sits down with three Aesop employees across North America, all of whom started within an Aesop store, to learn more about their growth at the business.

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion and beauty talent.

Brands like Warby Parker and Glow Recipe are thriving with two leaders at the top — but experts caution the model only works when the market conditions are right, roles are clearly defined and egos stay in check.