WarnerMedia Partners With Black Beauty Roster To Advance Diversity In Its Hair & Makeup Departments

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WarnerMedia is partnering with the Black Beauty Roster platform for diverse hair and makeup education, talent, and advocacy, to expand the presence of emerging and diverse beauty professionals on its upcoming slate of film and TV productions.Black Beauty Roster provides educational resources to help on-set staff learn the nuances of working with textured hair and darker complexions and how to be better advocates for talent of color.

The company will now provide hair and makeup staffing support for WarnerMedia productions via its network of over 10,000 union and non-union beauty professionals, across the U.S.

and Canada. Its partnership with the conglomerate will also involve workshops targeted towards executives and decision makers on allyship and advocacy, as well as panel discussions focused on diversity behind the camera.“We’ve listened to the needs of our talent and creative communities’ desire to access beauty professionals who will help them continue to create best in class content while delivering an equitable and intentional experience.

We acknowledge that not everyone is the same, and the needs of our talent to do their best work is paramount,” said Yvette Urbina, who serves as Vice President, Equity + Inclusion, Pipeline and Content, at WarnerMedia. “We’re thrilled to partner with BBR, a company that shares our commitment to championing underrepresented artists and inclusive environments to increase access across the industry.”“As we continue to see more diverse talent in front of the camera, we have to ensure we are diversifying behind the camera as well — especially with hair and makeup.