Everyday Insights

#12 Meloney Moore: Education, Beauty, and the Creative Mindset

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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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