Meghan Bryant

About Meghan Bryant

Meghan has spent her entire career in the fashion industry in wholesale, retail, executive search and recruitment. Her clients have included Abercrombie & Fitch, Alexander Wang, Bloomingdale’s, Calvin Klein, Coach, Cole Haan, The Gap, H&M, J. Crew, Laird+Partners, Loeffler Randall, Nike and LVMH.Before joining BOND as Vice President of Fashion, Meghan was the Head Fashion Recruiter at the global creative search firm, Janou Pakter, Inc. Meghan led searches across the US and Europe. Her expertise is in fashion apparel and accessories, design, art and creative direction. Prior to working in executive search, Meghan held key positions in San Francisco and New York. Meghan began her career on the retail side and then moved to wholesale as the head buyer and merchandiser at the progressive women’s boutique Behind the Post Office, in San Francisco. She introduced many new designers to the SF market while in this role. Meghan traveled throughout the US and Europe in search of new brands and emerging talent. Meghan then moved to New York to join Showroom Seven where she specialized in accessories and jewelry. While there, she worked with designers including Erickson Beamon, Orla Kiley, Martine Sitbon, Luella Bartley and Issa among others. She partnered closely with her designers on product development, design and branding.Meghan has an exceptional eye for fashion and design that was nurtured during her studies of Art History at San Francisco State University. Her cumulative experiences have given her intimate knowledge of the fashion cycle from concept through to retail. Meghan is constantly speaking at fashion schools throughout the US including the San Francisco Academy of Art, Parsons and FIT educating graduates on the fashion industry and the possibilities for their futures.Specialties: Director level Search Consultant specializing in the recruitment of Apparel Design, Graphic Design and Advertising talent.D I S C I P L I N E SApparel Design - Footwear Design - Accessories Design - Handbag Design - Jewelry Design - Creative Direction - Art Direction - Graphic DesignI N D U S T R I E SFashion - Retail - Advertising - Design

Experience

1. Director, Talent Acquisition

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   Jul 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US