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Who Beauty Brands Are Hiring

Beauty brands are increasingly looking outside the industry for talent, and adapting executive roles to changes in the market.

Ulta Beauty Store. — An Ulta Beauty store. (Ulta Beauty)

Joan Kennedy

30 March 2022

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When Amber Fillerup Clark, influencer and founder of the hair care brand Dae Hair, first started searching for a president for the two-year-old brand, she looked to other beauty brands for candidates. Her investors wanted someone who could think strategically and be flexible when it came to growth, hoping to avoid the unsustainable trap of burning too bright too quickly to which a number of direct-to-consumer brands have fallen prey.

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Joan Kennedy

Joan Kennedy is Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers beauty and marketing.

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