NEXT GEN:
Building a career in eyewear
By Troy Patterson
What began as
a temp job in
2010 turned
into a ground-
breaking
career for Golta
Mohammadi
with luxury
eyewear company
Cutler and Gross.
Mohammadi is responsible for helping to open Canada's
flagship Cutler and Gross location in Toronto, the first out-
side of the United Kingdom, and assisting with training and
launching locations in New York and Los Angeles.
Mohammadi says the company has nurtured her talents
and built both her skillset, and in turn, her dedication to
the brand.
And it all stems from C&G's focus on handmade design
quality and a focus on custom fitting consumers with
their styles.
“With Cutler and Gross I've had the opportunity to be part
of everything from design to fitting to finding the proper
lens for long-term use,” says Mohammadi, who is currently
the director and Canadian operations manager of C&G
Eyewear Canada.
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“I've definitely
developed a
lot of optical
knowledge
and design
knowledge in
the past seven
years.”
Mohammadi,
who will finish
Seneca College’s two-year opticianry program in 2017 as part
of her ongoing training with Cutler and Gross, was initial-
ly offered an opportunity to work with the brand during
their 2010 Silmo campaign. With a Master’s degree in
French linguistics, Mohammadi jumped at the chance to
join Cutler and Gross after graduation.
“They didn't have any representation in Canada at the time,”
she says. “They were looking for young people who spoke
the language and I basically got an interview and got the job.”
Knowing the company was expanding, Mohammadi
proposed after Silmo that they open a shop in Canada.
After Toronto, she helped train and open accounts at the
New York and LA locations and has been helping with
North American market development.