Hi everyone. I'm Hilary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Where, and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the

process of setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their

second life. Today on the show, I'm sitting with the U.S. CEO and chief marketing officer

of Vestiere Collective, Samina Verk. Before she was an authority in luxury resale, Samina was a young girl

who just loved fashion. She spent her childhood learning how to make her own clothes, but realized when

she got older that her strengths didn't necessarily lie in the creative side of fashion. Instead,

she started her career in tech, gaining crucial e-commerce experience at

digital agencies during the dot-com boom. After several years in the workforce, Samina decided to go

back to school and get her MBA in hopes that it would help merge her love of fashion with her tech

experience. During grad school, she joined Target's MBA merchandising

program, which she then turned into a full-time gig on Target's marketing team after graduation.

She found joy in overseeing Target's designer collaborations and giving newer designers

resources they might not otherwise have.

After dipping a toe into retail, Samina became enamored by the resale market and decided to make the move to eBay, where she launched their fashion vertical team in 2011.

This love of resale ultimately led her to the Paris-based Global Luxury Resale Platform,

Vestiere Collective,

where she was responsible for launching the brand in the U.S. market.

After putting operations in place to sustain what she had built,

Samina left Vestier Collective to become the global CMO at Threadstiling.

However, in 2023, Samina decided to return to Vestager Collective, this time as

the North American CEO and chief marketing officer. Samina is so dynamic as you might have guessed

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