Julep Beauty hires chief delivery officer

SEATTLE — Omnichannel beauty brand Julep Beauty has hired Dwight Gaston as chief delivery officer, overseeing Julep's operations, customer service, fulfillment and product development teams.

Julep develops more than 300 new products each year for its Maven subscribers and e-commerce customers, and shipments are growing as more beauty enthusiasts discover Julep's range of toxin-free nail, skin care and makeup products, the company stated.

With more than 20 years of experience in the e-commerce and technology industries, Gaston joins Julep from online jewelry retailer Blue Nile, where he spent the past 15 years in executive roles. Most recently, he was Blue Nile's SVP of operations, and previously served as VP of operations and director of fulfillment operations. Earlier in his career, Gaston was a consultant with Bain & Co.

"After two decades in the e-commerce industry, I can honestly say I've never seen a more innovative consumer retail company than Julep," Gaston said. "Julep customers are fanatical about the brand, and the company uses social and mobile to connect with this passionate community to find out exactly which products resonate and which don't. Julep is on a tear and I'm excited to join the company to help build a distribution network that can scale with this tremendous growth."

"Julep is the first 'full-stack' beauty company, controlling every stage of the customer experience from product ideation, to testing and feedback, to manufacturing and fulfillment and delivery," said Jane Park, CEO and founder of Julep. "Operations and fulfillment are such a critical part of enabling the kind of unique customer experience we are creating, so Dwight's deep experience in building large-scale, e-commerce infrastructure will be incredibly important as we continue our rapid growth trajectory."