For the last 30 years ESSENCE magazine has helped to positively impact and transform the mind-set of Black women from all walks of life, including celebrities, political figures, models, mothers, students and the like--this is due to their trailblazing Beauty & Cover Director, Mikki Taylor. But on March 31st, Taylor will begin a new journey in her career as she retires from her role and serves as Editor-at-Large for the publication.
Taylor will now be shifting her focus on expanding her existing entrepreneurial ventures. Mikki Taylor Enterprises, LLC, will serve as a holding company for a number of vertical businesses, including Satin Doll Productions, a full-service image building and consulting division, and MT Communications, a strategic communications and branding corporation. Taylor will also bring her expertise to the broader field of media entertainment in this new capacity as well.
While Taylor has hit many milestones and accomplishments in the span of her career, as a beauty PR firm, I am most impressed at her ability to motivate global manufacturers to create products of quality for women of color and influenced the product lines of leading cosmetic and skin care companies at all levels.
Whoever will be filling her shoes is no doubt going to feel the pressure of keeping the legacy and path that Taylor has carved out at ESSENCE moving forward with the same grace, tenacity and pioneering spirit that has made the magazine so influential for so long.
Posted by Shannon Nelson on March 23, 2010 11:59 AM
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