Karen Marin is a beauty industry executive accomplished in global marketing, merchandising and strategic planning with a proven ability to identify innovative brand building opportunities in omnichannel environments. Karen held management positions in specialty retail before becoming the Fragrance Buyer at Sephora US for 8 years. She then relocated to Paris with LVMH as Business Development Manager at Parfums Givenchy, overseeing the Americas.

She is a relationship builder with a vast international network in the fragrance, beauty and retail industries. In 2018 she left the corporate world to work on the startup project Essencional, a website targeted to the niche fragrance and beauty community where she is a director on the Editorial Board. Karen also authored and taught a 15-week class on Cosmetics & Fragrance Merchandising for the Academy of Art in San Francisco. She has moderated panel discussion at Esxence, the international tradeshow dedicated to niche fragrance, since 2016.

Brand Development, Project Management, Omnichannel, Luxury Goods, Empathetic Management, Strategic Planning, Cross Cultural Management