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I sat down with the incredibly versatile Meloney Moore, who has had successful jobs in the fashion, spirits, and beauty industry and is now sharing her secrets of success at Savannah College of Art and Design. She leads the relatively new DeSole School of Business Innovation there and is helping shape the future of the beauty business and creative marketing in general. https://www.scad.edu/academics/academic-schools/de-sole-school-business-innovation

We delve into Meloney's formative experiences, from growing her worldly perspective at Cornell's Johnson School, to learning to handle global marketing for some of the biggest brands in the world. She also discusses her new found love of Savannah, GA, longstanding support of the Paul Taylor dance company, and one of her favorite student successes, https://www.browngirlhands.com/

Key Takeaways:

• 🎓+💼 A fulfilling career path can be had integrating industry experience with academia, enhancing educational roles with practical insights.
• 🤝 +💡 Modern education, especially in business, benefits from an emphasis on "power skills" such as collaboration and resilience, underlining the need for interactive and applied learning experiences.

• 💄+📱 The beauty industry's evolution is marked by a move towards inclusivity and the integration of technology for personalized products, with a potential growth area identified in men's beauty products.

0:00 Teaser Clip and Introduction
01:36 Some of the best years of our lives
03:32 Cornell Wines class and working in the spirits industry
06:48 Dealing with layoffs and making a path
10:06 Becoming a professor at SCAD
13:38 Loving life and easy travel in Savannah
15:56 Learning about the diversity of the world
19:30 Skin reactions and being a beauty
22:19 Technology in Beauty
24:22 Choosing more natural hair styles
26:55 Trying stylists in foreign countries
31:05 Diversity of thought and the artist mindset
35:33 Brown Girl Hands
36:56 Setting a curriculum for a new school
41:15 How will AI shape Creative Education short and long term?
47:16 Social Media expanding reach in an insular way
50:15 Men's Beauty moment?
54:23 The Joy and Pain of Hitting 40
58:54 Supporting Modern Dance
01:03:21 Creating for the YouTube algorithm
01:06:01 Is it Career Success VS Romance?
01:15:10 Figuring out next steps in life

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