Join Us for An Ask Us Anything moment with Luxury & Fashion Headhunters Céline Toledano & Mathias Ohrel
Wednesday 8th January
6.30pm - 8pm
Institut Français de la Mode
Céline Toledano was asked by the Federation de la mode et de la haute couture to launch the creation of the 4th year curriculum at Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, one of France’s leading fashion design schools. In 2018, just before the merger between the two schools, she contributed to the create programs at IFM.
With a career spent collaborating with top fashion designers and their styling teams for the development of numerous ready-to-wear and accessories collections, Céline is perfectly versed in all aspects of the creation process and its management. Her expertise spans from a proven ability to identify the key elements essential to the establishment of a strong brand identity, to the intuition required to develop and launch successful products, and the overall direction of creative teams towards that goal. With first-hand experiences working closely with creative studios, workshops, product developers, production services, sales, retail, merchandising and communication teams, Céline fully understands the importance of harmonious collaborative processes between all actors of the creative chain.
Years spent building and running creative teams, now combined with her role educating young fashion talents, her disposition for knowledge transmission and excellence, and an in-depth knowledge of the fashion industry are all qualities and skills that allow Céline to be particularly efficient in the identification of creative talents.
It was while preparing a profile for Beaux Arts Magazine in 2005, that Mathias Ohrel met a headhunter specialized in the luxury industry. He persuaded him to join his company and helped him to discover his vocation: to be an alchemist who matched brands’ content with the talent capable of projecting it into the future. For three years Mathias successfully worked developing the creative unit at Sterling, in charge of recruitment linked to product and brand content: design and style, creative direction, but also the general management, marketing, communication, merchandising, production, purchases and sales departments.
Persuaded that the methods and conditions at headhunting companies evolved too slowly in a world where talent became increasingly important for organizations, Mathias launched m-O in 2009. He is determined to give innovative advice to companies needing strong doses of creative added-value (fashion, luxury, design, architecture and media industries) and give them the breath of fresh air they need, utilizing his natural empathy and a capacity to simultaneously evaluate candidates and nurture brands’ vision and organization.
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