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Warby Parker is looking to hire a head of investor relations and in-house lawyer for SEC compliance.
The direct-to-consumer brand is talking to potential advisors about a listing this year, Bloomberg reported this week.
Now more than a decade old, Warby Parker was last valued at $3 billion, according to TechCrunch.
Warby Parker is looking to staff up with legal and investor-relations pros who can help it prep for being a public company.
Last week, Warby Parker posted a job listing for an in-house lawyer "armed with extensive knowledge of corporate and securities law for public companies, especially when it comes to SEC and stock exchange compliance." The assistant general counsel will be tasked with building the company's securities function as it "builds to the next stage of growth, including public company readiness," according to the job posting.