NYCJW Welcomes Elliot Carlyle
NYC Jewelry Week is excited to announce Elliot Carlyle will be joining the NYCJW team to head up their new Cultural Diversity and Inclusion division.
Elliot Carlyle, known as “the brand. the voice.” is a New York City-based fashion & creative consultant, speaker, and coach with over a decade of tenure in the fashion industry. Elliot began his fashion career in production, working for Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week for many years. Since this time, he has seamlessly navigated multiple facets and roles within the fashion industry including public relations, model development, and creative direction. Elliot has worked with notable brands and organizations including Atlanta International Fashion Week, Obvious Magazine, and the Legendary Empress of Soul, Gladys Knight. He received his formal education at The Art Institute of Charleston, a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, earning a BFA in Fashion & Retail Management. Elliot now works in an executive capacity with award-winning creator of New York Fashion Week and international fashion & design consultant, Fern Mallis. Elliot is also the author of The Influence Workbook, a book filled with clarifying keys, liberating exercises, and empowering takeaways that will position you on a trajectory to get to your “next” by moving you beyond the questions and unblocking your personal power. As his career continues to evolve, Elliot is committed to executing his personal mission and brand statement, “building people for global influence.”
On his new position, Elliot comments, “I am very humbled to have been asked by the NYCJW Founders to work with their organization in the arena of diversity and inclusion. I believe that jewelry is one of the most artistic ways to express ourselves on a variety of levels from individual belief systems, values and attitude to cultures, personal style and more. Jewelry has the ability to speak, inspire, educate and also engage conversation…but in essence; jewelry demonstrates. I salute the NYCJW team for the intention to reflect the world we live in today – which is diverse and inclusive – within their organization. I celebrate them for being bold enough to implement a channel to have necessary conversations for creatives of all colors and ethnicity within jewelry, fashion and art. I am honored to use my gift to help create this culture and I look forward to building a program that enhances the lives and careers of every person whom this program will impact.”
As Director of Cultural Diversity and Inclusion, Elliot will develop a series of events focused on creating opportunities for inclusion within the jewelry industry.
NYCJW is dedicated to promoting inclusion throughout the jewelry industry. “Our mission has always been to have NYCJW be a reflection of the NYC’s diversity and culture and speak to the importance of that diversity in how we, as a community, interact with – buy, sell, and wear – jewelry. Our intention with expanding this platform for our 2019 programming is to allow NYC serve as a model for cultural inclusion within the jewelry industry not only within NYC, but throughout the world. We are excited to push this agenda forward with Elliot Carlyle’s unique and exceptional vision at the helm.” says NYCJW c0-founder J.B. Jones.
Learn more about Elliot Carlyle here.