In Style Executive Creative Director and COM Alum Rina Stone Gives Career Advice

In our series “Jump-start Your Job Search,” BU Today brings you short interviews with BU alums who are leaders in their fields, such as banking, advertising, tech start-ups, journalism, or nonprofit organizations.

They talk about how they got to be where they are and what they’ve learned from their mistakes. They tell us what they look for when hiring and offer advice for those just embarking on a career.

This week our featured alum is Rina Stone (COM’92), the executive creative director at In Style, which boasts a monthly US print readership of 8.7 million people and draws 11 million readers to its online sites. In Style has been the best-selling fashion title for 18 years in a row, outdoing competitors such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper’s Bazaar in circulation.

As executive creative director, Stone oversees the core magazine, special issues, digital, brand extensions, and books. She has had an integral role in two major redesigns of the magazine, the most recent occurring with the March 2016 issue. Stone was the brand’s creative director before attaining her current position. She has also led the creative direction and design at People magazine, Talk magazine, Sports Illustrated for Women, and Entertainment Weekly. She earned a bachelor’s degree from COM in magazine journalism.

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