Aya Kanai: Head of Content and Editorial Partnerships at Pinterest

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Known for her editorial eye and unique perspective, Aya Kanai has become a force in the fashion industry over the last 20 years. Kanai has held esteemed positions at notable publications, including Teen Vogue, Nylon, Cosmopolitan, and Amazon’s Shopbop.com, and eventually became the editor in chief of the U.S. edition of Marie Claire magazine. Today, Kanai is the head of content and editorial partnerships at one of the world’s largest visual-discovery and creator platforms, Pinterest. On this episode of Second Life, find out how Kanai went from working as a puppeteer to climbing the media ladder to ultimately manifesting her creative role at Pinterest, where she continues to share her voice and inspired style.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Up Wear.
0:12.5	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:19.4	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:24.2	aside their doubts or fears and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:30.4	Today I am delighted to welcome to the show the head of content and editorial partnerships
0:36.8	at Pinterest, the one and only Aya Kanai.
0:40.9	Aya is a fashion media legend.
0:44.8	Before stepping into her current role this past year at Pinterest, Aya worked alongside
0:49.5	and led a plethora of teams at major fashion magazines.
0:53.8	She was part of the original team at Teen Vogue, a fashion director at Nylon, and eventually
0:59.4	worked as the chief fashion director for All of Herst Magazine's, where she oversaw fashion
1:05.4	content for Cosmic Politan, Women's Health 17, and so many more.
1:11.0	In 2020, Aya also added editor in chief to her resume when she took the helm of Marie
1:17.0	Claire.
1:18.0	Along the way she also worked as a freelance stylist and as the style director at Shopbop.
1:24.7	But prior to her many lives in fashion and media, Aya's creativity manifested itself in
1:32.2	quite a different discipline.
1:34.6	Puppetry.
1:35.6	Through her studies and work performing and experimental puppetry shows around the country,
1:40.7	I have first developed her talent for creating intriguing worlds through imagery.
1:46.0	She's here to take us through it all from puppets to fashion to Pinterest.
1:51.6	Now on Second Life, it's Aya Kanai.
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