Spa News: Dermalogica and IDI Name Heather Hickman as New Senior Director of US Education

Dermalogica, in conjunction with The International Dermal Institute (IDI) recently named Carson, CA-based team member Heather Hickman as the new Senior Director of U.S. Education for the companies. The promotion reflects a powerful fusion of professional products and professional treatment originally conceptualized by company co-founder, Jane Wurwand.

In her new position serving both Dermalogica and IDI, Hickman is responsible for 101 employees, including 65 instructors. For the past three years, Hickman has overseen the education for all IDI instructors, managed the operations for all 17 IDI training centers across the U.S., and ensured that all training centers meet their class student registration and retail sales goals. Hickman’s most recent accomplishment is her integral role in the development and launch of Dermalogica’s first two hybrid immersive Learning Centers in Scottsdale, AZ and Atlanta, GA. These centers offer skin care professionals the most advanced curricula in the professional industry while simultaneously striving to make skin health more accessible than ever to the consumer by offering a full retail space and treatment services.

Tracey Sameyah, U.S. General Manager for Dermalogica, comments “Professionalism, passion and vision are what have defined our brand in this industry from the beginning, and this has been possible only because of team-members like Heather Hickman. We feel especially fortunate to have Heather on the front lines as one of the leaders who pioneers our new hybrid learning center concept and continues to push our education forward so that it is relevant to tomorrow’s professional skin therapist.”

Says Hickman, “Dermalogica has always set the gold standard in professional skin care… and it has truly been an honor to work for a company that understands and supports the professional skin therapist. The new Learning Centers fully culminate all of Dermalogica’s assets, and I’m really excited to optimize the advanced education of skin therapists by offering our curricula in these immersive settings.”

Hickman, who was born and raised in the UK, began her journey with Dermalogica and The International Dermal Institute more than 13 years ago as a licensed skin therapist and educator.

[Image courtesy of Dermalogica]