Kristy Hurt is an independent Executive Recruiter, Human Resources Consultant and Career Coach with 20 years experience in retail and consumer luxury brands. Clients include Aritzia, Dior, Goop, Prada, The Row, and Tom Ford, among others.
Before launching Kristy Hurt Consulting in 2009, Kristy spent more than 5 years managing human resources activities for luxury group leader LVMH Group, which includes iconic brands such as Celine, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and Moët Hennessy USA.
In the early part of her career, Kristy opened and managed multiple stores for contemporary accessories brand Kate Spade, working alongside the founders.
Kristy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and earned an MBA in Organizational Development from the City University of New York’s Baruch College in New York City.
Kristy is a Human Resources Mentor for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), and is a frequent guest speaker for students at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Parsons School of Design, NYU Stern School of Business, and The University of Texas at Austin’s Fashion & Textile program.
Kristy is regularly quoted in Women’s Wear Daily and Business of Fashion and has written for Refinery29. Kristy has been featured in New York Magazine’s The Cut, Glossy, The New York Times and Tory Daily.
In an increasingly digital world, the need to build an online networking community for brand professionals became pressing during the pandemic. In April 2020, the co-lab was born to connect all the talented people Kristy meets with every day in her role as an Executive Recruiter.
The co-lab meets weekly in a virtual cafe, hosts monthly panel talks with industry experts, launches new episodes of the co-lab career stories podcast each week to give visibility to members and educate listeners on our thriving industry, and provides opportunities for finding jobs, networking and mentoring in our private slack. Just weeks after the co-lab started, we added a success story channel in slack to celebrate all the new jobs, connections, and businesses being formed in the co-lab.
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