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23 Oct

Former P&G Exec Lisa Raimondo Joins Amazon Beauty Agency

SEATTLE, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Market Defense, the leading full-service global marketplace agency for beauty brands, has announced the appointment of Lisa Raimondo as its recent Chief Business Officer. Including ten years in Proctor & Gamble's Personal Care unit, Lisa comes aboard with a distinguished track record leading sales teams in private equity tech firms, enterprise capitalist backed startups, and SaaS platforms. Lisa's formidable experience includes her tenure as Associate Marketing Director, Global Hair Color at Procter & Gamble. There, her aptitude for strategic planning, brand management, and talent retention led to P&G's first billion-dollar hair color business with Global Koleston Retail Hair Color. Lisa went on to steer sales teams in securing crucial partnerships & revenue growth at Marketing...
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25 Sep

How UTA’s Dan Constable Put the Hollywood Agency on

When Julia Garner waded through flashbulbs into the Gucci runway show in Milan last Friday, walking close beside her was the Hollywood agent who helped her get there: United Talent Agency’s Dan Constable. At Prada, he was sitting two rows behind Benedict Cumberbatch, having orchestrated the deal that made the British actor the face of the current men’s campaign. And at Peter Hawkings’ debut at Tom Ford, he was escorting the worldwide face of Armani Beauty: Adria Arjona. A senior agent within the endorsements group at UTA, Constable spearheads fashion and luxury deals for the division, working closely with fashion houses. He brokered Timothee Chalamet’s reportedly $35 million Bleu de Chanel fragrance deal, made Zaya Wade’s runway modeling dreams come true at Miu...
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16 Jun

Christiana Tien Tran Launches Own Agency, Lumien Creative

Christiana Tien Tran, the previous co-owner of The Lions Talent Management, has launched her own agency, Lumien Creative. “I’m thrilled to introduce to the style industry, where I’ve sowed my seeds for the last three a long time, an expansive kaleidoscope of beauty that's intentional, co-creative, purposeful and representative of the infinite possibilities that will be created on this recent chapter of talent management,” Tran said in an announcement to WWD. Christiana Tien Tran Courtesy of Lumien Creative/Branislav Jankic Lumien Creative offers talent management and inventive services globally. It's “created from an inner and outer call to redefine and evolve talent management contained in the fashion industry,” notes the agency. Current clients include models, activists, artists, singers, songwriters, environmentalists, authors and influencers. Cameron Russell,...
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7 Dec

Pharrell Williams Launches Mighty Dream, A Latest Kind Of

Imagine a world where issues that plague Black communities aren’t seen only as a “Black problem,” but as an American problem—where executive leaders at top corporations are emotionally and financially invested in repairing institutional inequalities. Imagine a culture by which structural racism is proactively addressed without the impetus of recorded Black trauma. Pharrell Williams goals to bring that world closer to reality with the launch of Mighty Dream, a creative advocacy agency for and by Black and Brown communities. The Grammy Award-winning producer teamed up with marketing and communications giant Edelman, and its sister agency UEG, to launch the agency. Mighty Dream goals to unravel the challenges facing marginalized communities through social motion campaigns, product development and policy change. By listening to...
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