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We’re Thrilled to Announce Our Wins at the Drapers Footwear Awards!   Last night was a proud moment for the Dr. Martens team as we celebrated not just one, but two wins at the prestigious Drapers Footwear Awards. These awards celebrate resilience, creativity and innovation in the footwear industry.   🏆 Footwear Designer of the Year: A huge congratulations to Joel Wilson for clinching this award. The judges were impressed by how Joel’s visionary designs stay true to our icons whilst defying the conventional norms.   🏆 Team of the Year: Our Product Development Team dedication and collaboration make them officially the Team of the Year! The team are at the core of the care and craftmanship that goes into iconic boots and have been recognised for their meticulous skill, teamwork and unwavering passion for our brand.   We were also honoured to be shortlisted for the Best Sustainable Initiative with our Boot Repair Company initiative, showcasing our continued commitment to sustainable innovation.   And a special shout-out to Sadie Gee and the Social Media Team for being shortlisted for the Best Use of Social Media. Your innovative strategies continue to connect us with our community in authentic ways.   Huge congratulations to everyone who won and was nominated!   #DrapersFootwearAwards #DrMartens #FootwearDesign 

We're always looking for our next generation of brand custodians to take the stage in our Retail stores here at Dr. Martens, and last month we were invited to the Fashion Retail Academy's annual Careers Fair to meet their students. With an alumni of creative talent from Design, Buying & Merchandising and Retail, we couldn't think of a better partnership! Our Retail Talent team, Regional Recruitment Champions and several pairs of DMs pitched up for the morning to showcase our unique culture, values and amazing Retail opportunities to kick start a career at Dr. Martens. Some great conversations had and new connections made, the team are now working hard to keep those conversations going to welcome a new wave of passionate retailers to our guestlist! 🖤💛 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- And if you're based in France, we are thrilled to announce our first Recruitment Open Day in Paris dedicated to finding future Retail leaders of our Paris stores! 🔵⚪🔴 We’d love you to come and see us on Thursday 13th of June at our Paris Office (5 cité de Trevise).  Open between 09:00-17:00, you can drop in any time to meet the team and explore our opportunities or register your interest and drop your CV through this link - https:// https://lnkd.in/ehwS7BwN. Any questions? Please reach out to Marta Iannone.

Dr. Martens Staff Styling Shoot - Shaped by the people who wear them 🙌   What better way to showcase our new product than on our very own people? Our latest landing page shines a spotlight on Dr. Martens insiders: the experimenters. The Originals fans. The rockers. The comfort seekers. All different kinds of wearers, but united by their passion for Doc’s.   Take a look at our team’s favourite pieces – and hear what they have to say about their journey with us so far: https://lnkd.in/ejBmi4rd And a big shout out to everyone involved in making this happen! Annalisa Dal Zotto, Almansour Bariyalay, Martina Catalano (all pictured), Natalie Wong, Bekki Bracken, Rubi-blue Collins, Emilola Johnson, Harry Foulkes, AJ Lewis and our incredible staff photographers: Lena Korhammer, Aston Holtes and Bryn Walden-Jones.

As we step into May, we’re reflecting on what an amazing April we’ve had here at Dr. Martens HQ. The 1st April marked the 64th Birthday of our iconic 1460 Boot – and we celebrated as only DMs can! Our amazing Archivist Ramona R. took us on the Boot’s 64-year journey from humble beginnings to where we are now in a Global webinar; our people in the UK, Americas and APAC shared their unique stories of how their favourite pair of boots got them to where they are now and of course it wouldn’t be a Birthday without cake! All of our people across the globe from Retail, our Regional offices as well as our Factory and DC teams had the opportunity to come together (wearing 1460 boots of course!) to share stories, cake and connect over our Brand’s amazing heritage. A special thanks to both our DM Foundation Partner Luminary Bakery in Camden and The Copper Kitchen Ltd in Northampton, UK for providing us incredible bespoke cakes to mark the occasion! Camden Photography by Eeva Rinne. Follow our LinkedIn page for more updates about #LifeatDrMartens.   Want to be part of our 65th anniversary? Check out our open roles now!

Celebrating our iconic people 🎉 Last month, our EMEA region hosted their first ever 'Rebel Soles' awards ceremony which gave all team members the chance to nominate their colleagues, sing each others praises, and let the wider business know about some of the achievements our EMEA colleagues made in FY24. We had an amazing turn out both in person in our Hawley Crescent office in Camden, and digitally, where our EU offices all came together to dial in and celebrate.   There were so many nominations, and it was extremely hard for our Regional Leadership Team to choose finalists for all of the awards. We’re fortunate enough to have a vast amount of dedicated, hardworking people who embody all our company values here at DM’s, but choose they did, and you can see some pictures below of the finalists and overall winners for each category.   This is the first time we’ve hosted an awards ceremony like this, but it definitely won’t be the last, and we can’t thank Hayley Reed (Head of Sales – North EMEA) enough as she was the champion of this initiative and really got it off the ground. Please see below a full list of winners for each category, with the overall prize of “Icon of the Year” going to the wonderful Sophie Rhind (Category Manager EMEA).   Championing our values: Show You Care - Winner: Hannah Halley Championing our values: Act Courageously - Winner: Tanja de Wolf Championing our values: Be Yourself - Winner: Charlotte Kent Celebrating ideas and innovation: Best Foot Forward - Winner: Salome Cruz Carvalho Championing culture & community: Life & Sole - Winner: Madeline Lowe Team player of the year: Player’s Player - Winner: Alba Rita C. For going the extra mile: Hell For Leather - Winner: Kelvin Aryee Outstanding performance in a support function: Unsung Hero - Winner: Roberto Scala Championing Collaboration: Yellow Stitch - Winner: Amy Rodrigues MCICM The ultimate prize EMEA’s FY24: Icon Of The Year - Winner: Sophie Rhind

Women in Music Panel 🎵 Recently, we organised a virtual panel discussion around the music industry in the US, moderated by Kameelah Benjamin-Fuller, our Global Head of DE&I. Music is the heartbeat of the Dr. Martens plc brand, and it felt important to discuss opportunities in music for women in the US as part of our International Women's Day and Women History Month celebrations. And who best to share their experience than people who have experienced it first hand? We hosted a virtual panel featuring a stellar line-up: Amaria McGree who is currently touring in the US, Kudisan Kai, singer, artist, author and founder of the vocal music evolution, Tierney Stout, owner of Saus Haus, a music strategy and branding agency and our very own Brooke Feinberg, training manager at Dr. Martens plc and drummer. We covered topics such as how to be a good ally, imposter syndrome, how the industry has changed over the years and where it could go next. A thought provoking conversation. Thank you to all our panelists for participating! #LifeatDrMartens #IWD #WomensHistoryMonth

We’re thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for four Drapers Footwear Awards this year. We couldn’t be prouder of our team’s hard work and passion, and we’ll be cheering them on at the awards ceremony in June!   Team of the Year – Product Development Team Best Sustainable Initiative of the Year – Dr. Martens x The Boot Repair Company Designer of the Year – Joel Wilson Best Use of Social Media – Dr. Martens x Tik Tok Find out more about our partnership with The Boot Repair Company here https://lnkd.in/eejvcTkZ #LifeatDrMartens #DrapersFootwearAwards

International Women's Month, In Conversation with Rosemary Wright It was an absolute joy to welcome International footwear design Consultant Rosemary Wright to our offices in Camden last week for International Women's Month. In conversation with DM’s Senior Designer Bethany Rist, Rosemary discussed the first DM's welted foot bed sandals she designed for the company in the 90s. Both shared their experience of the footwear industry and how it has evolved. That's one of the ways we look back at our history through our Dr. Martens archive led by Ramona R. and celebrate the contribution of women to our brand.   Follow our LinkedIn page for more updates about life at Dr. Martens.   Photography Eeva Rinne #LifeatDrMartens #IWD