WRITER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Melissa Seley is a writer based in Los Angeles and New York with a literary obsession and a love of branding. Her journalistic work has appeared in many magazines including Paper, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, Playboy, Vice and BOMB. Recently, she has created branded editorial campaigns and content for clients including American Express, MedMen, MasterClass and John Hardy Fine Jewelry. For six years as an Associate Creative Director at Bloomingdale's, she directed multimedia-minded campaigns, while holding Contributing Editor posts at Guernica and Assouline. In 2013, she moved to Los Angeles to reimagine Lucky Brand as Editorial Director alongside Creative Director Matt Berman, launching a content-driven new era for the denim label with a yearlong campaign shot by photographer Cass Bird, centered on mini-documentaries of tastemakers including Langley Fox, Eleanor Friedberger and Hailey Benton Gates. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from UC Santa Barbara and an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Currently she is at-work on an autobiographical novel for which she was named a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Writer in Residence.