Global Celebrity Relations Manager
Michael Kors•NY Metro Area, NY
•$110,000 - $120,000
About The Position
The Global Celebrity Relations Manager supports the development and execution of global celebrity relations initiatives across Michael Kors Collection and MICHAEL KORS. The role cultivates and maintains relationships with celebrity talent, stylists, publicists, and entertainment industry partners to drive brand visibility, strengthen cultural relevance, and support marketing and communications objectives. Working with internal and external stakeholders, the manager supports celebrity dressing strategies, talent partnerships, VIP events, and high-profile brand initiatives while overseeing daily departmental operations, budget management, and global coordination.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in VIP Relations, PR, Communications, or a closely related role within luxury fashion.
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, Fashion, or a related field.
- Established, active relationships with leading celebrity stylists, talent representatives, publicists, and entertainment industry contacts, and the ability to cultivate new relationships.
- Demonstrated experience securing and managing high-impact celebrity dressing and VIP placements.
- Strong understanding of the celebrity and stylist landscape and the ability to identify established and emerging talent relevant to the brand.
- Strong understanding of luxury fashion, entertainment, media, digital platforms, social media, and evolving cultural trends.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, relationship-management, and presentation skills.
- Strong organizational and project-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple high-priority opportunities simultaneously.
- Strong reporting capabilities and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience managing budgets, vendors, and operational processes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Fashion GPS, Launchmetrics, or similar industry platforms.
Responsibilities
- Execute global celebrity relations strategies aligned with brand positioning, seasonal priorities, and marketing objectives.
- Identify celebrity dressing and partnership opportunities across red carpets, editorial placements, street style, and cultural moments.
- Evaluate talent opportunities for brand alignment, cultural relevance, audience reach, and potential media impact.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams on short- and long-term VIP initiatives.
- Manage relationships with talent, celebrity stylists, publicists, agents, managers, and other industry contacts.
- Oversee global celebrity dressing requests for red carpet appearances, press tours, award shows, premieres, and off-duty placements.
- Coordinate sample selection, fittings, alterations, shipments, and logistics with internal teams and external partners.
- Partner with design, atelier, and production teams on custom celebrity looks from concept through execution.
- Manage talent participation in brand campaigns, special events, social media initiatives, and editorial opportunities.
- Manage celebrity and VIP participation at runway shows, the Met Gala, awards-season initiatives, charitable events, and other high-profile activations.
- Coordinate talent invitations, confirmations, and VIP communications.
- Oversee celebrity logistics, including travel, accommodations, transportation, glam, fittings, schedules, and on-site coordination.
- Oversee VIP-related budgets, vendors, and reconciliations for events and special projects.
- Supervise and delegate work to departmental support staff involved in celebrity requests, sample trafficking, scheduling, and logistics.
- Provide international offices with strategic direction and oversight on global celebrity dressing and VIP initiatives.
- Collaborate with PR, marketing, social media, design, merchandising, and events teams to align celebrity strategy with brand objectives.
- Maintain oversight of celebrity sample inventory, showroom operations, and archive management.
- Establish and maintain systems for talent tracking, placement reporting, departmental calendars, and relationship management.
- Manage departmental budgets, forecasting, expense tracking, purchase approvals, and financial reconciliation.
- Track and evaluate placements and partnerships through earned media value, impressions, press coverage, and social engagement.
- Identify opportunities to optimize spending and maximize the impact of celebrity initiatives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
