AZ Academy Manager

Job description

AZ Academy Manager

 

As emerging creative talents and new designers aspire to launch their own brands after graduating from global fashion schools, AZ Academy: BUSINESS FOR DESIGNERS comes to fill a gap, offering a never-before-seen program tailored to equip designers with the necessary skills and knowledge to transform their creative ideas into successful, investable businesses.

As AZ Academy Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating strategic initiatives, supporting key activities, ensuring smooth communication between all stakeholders involved and promoting synergies between AZ Academy and Creative Academy. 

How will you make an impact?

 

Strategic planning & coordination:
-    Coordinates yearly strategic planning between the Strategic advisor, the Creative Academy and Academia Costume e Moda
-    Defines the appropriate implementation roadmap and follow up in line with the global fashion calendar 

Academic: 
-    Supports yearly recruitment session and validation for the Fashion & Accessories Designers integrating the program
-    Coordinates the jury selection and organize the yearly final presentation with all key people from the fashion industry involved 
-    Actively participates with Accademia Costume & Moda to the constant improvement of the didactic program, including evaluations of the teachers and contents 
-    Analyze Designers’ feedback with their tutor on the experience for continuous improvement
-    Leverage Creative Academy knowhow and content to enrich the program when relevant
-    Accompany the Designers through the program and the global journey within the Richemont group

Legal & Budget :
-    Budget: defines a process to follow up regularly with ACM and ensure a global reconciliation between all entities. Provides regular reporting to the F&A division
-    Legal: ensure compliance with Richemont guidelines. Coordinates the review of the contractual relationships and its extension if necessary

How will you experience success with us?

 

-    Strong project management skills and strategic thinking
-    Strong interpersonal skills, relationship building and stakeholder management 
-    Results oriented and flexible
-    Open, creative, positive
-    Strong ability in navigating in complex, fast paced, diverse & challenging environments
-    Digital savvy 

-    Experience in fashion is mandatory especially in interacting with creatives 
-    Strong interest in transmission & pedagogy
-    Fluent in Italian and English, French is a plus 

 

What makes our group different?
Our true power does not lie in our similarities but in the riche diversity of our arts, cultures and human skills, as well as our specific ability to foster untapped potential

-  We value freedom, collegiality, loyalty and solidarity

-  We foster empathy, curiosity, courage, humility and integrity

-  We care for the world we live in

 

Your journey with us:

During the interview process, you will have the opportunity to meet the Talent Acquisition Team, Executive Director and Group Talent Director F&A