Talent Studios

About Us

The Talent Studios is the leading business-to-consumer focused retained executive search firm, working across consumer technology, digital commerce, four-wall commerce & service businesses, iconic brands, entertainment, media & content, and app-enabled consumer services.

Vertical expertise include: fashion & apparel, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, lifestyle brands, action sports, fitness/wellness, creator economy, media & content, digital and physical consumer services (healthcare, FinTech, education, Two-Sided Marketplaces).

Investor partners and direct brand clients include: Apollo Management, Advent International, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, L Catterton, Institutional Venture Partners, Summit Partners, HIG Growth, Norwest Equity Partners, North Castle Partners, Red Bull, Mattel, Disney, Burton Snowboards, Restoration Hardware, The Princeton Review, Pure Barre, TOMS Shoes, Boardriders, Aston Martin, Fanatics, Soylent, SmartyPants Vitamins, Lulus.com, Edmunds.com, Honor, Philz Coffee and Public Goods.

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We believe in creating unfair advantages by weaponizing talent and build our tradecraft upon four principles…

RIGOR We started from scratch, challenging the archaic executive search model, reimagining our role as a data-driven, business intelligence-based partner with a validated process born from workforce data and culture discovery paradigms.
RESEARCH With fingers on the pulse of ever-changing metrics of success, executive search consultants must have the aptitude to understand a client’s business as if they are operators themselves.
RELATIONSHIPS Ruled by client urgency and candidate empathy, our high-touch advisory relationship and limited client roster embodies the boutique experience.
RELENTLESS We present the best hybrid of evidence-based practice, with grinding persistence, focus and intensity, and doggedly pursuing the most exceptional talent on behalf of our clients.

Talent Studios

Solutions And Expertise

OUR CLIENTS COUNT ON US at the most critical and high-stakes inflection points: business growth and scale, or fundamental transformation. We are the preferred retained partner for C-Suite and senior functional leadership executive search.

Solutions
  • Executive Search
Industries
  • App-Enabled Service Businesses
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Consumer Technology
  • Content & Community
  • CPG
  • Digital Marketplaces
  • Edtech
  • Fashion / Apparel
  • Iconic Brands
  • Lifestyle
  • Luxury
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Omni-Channel Commerce
  • Personal Care
  • Professional Services
  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • Retail & Four-Wall Services
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
Functions
  • CEO/President
  • CFO
  • Chief Customer Officer
  • Chief Digital Officer
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • Chief Merchandising Officer
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Communications/PR
  • Data/Analytics
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Head of Department
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Operating Partner
  • Research & Develop.

Talent Studios

News Briefings

The Talent Studios Recruits President for Beach House Group

The Talent Studios has placed Fadi Sayegh as president at Beach House Group, the parent company of BÉIS luggage & PATTERN Beauty. The search was led by The Talent Studios’ Jeremy Cohen, Serena Smith, and Gretchen Koch. Mr. Sayegh is a seasoned finance and operations executive who recently served as the CFO of MaryRuth’s Organics, where he helped to build the accounting and

The Talent Studios Recruits CEO for 2WAY Media

The Talent Studios has placed Joe Ruffolo as chief executive officer at 2WAY Media, a category-defining interactive digital media platform building the future of live, participatory content. The search was led by The Talent Studios’ Jeremy Cohen and Katlyn Maloney. “Joe is a rare leader who understands how to build modern media businesses while staying deeply connected to storytelling and audience trust,” said Mark

The Talent Studios Places CEO at PE-Backed Foundry Brands

The Talent Studios has recruited Christian Chopra as CEO of Foundry Brands, a growing portfolio of digitally native personal-care and lifestyle brands backed by Monogram Capital Partners and Lightbay Capital. The search was led by The Talent Studios’ Jeremy Cohen and Katlyn Maloney. Mr. Chopra brings two decades of experience building and repositioning consumer brands across

The Talent Studios Introduces Determined People, an Agentic AI-Enabled Technology Platform

The Talent Studios has launched Determined People, an agentic, AI-powered cognitive engine. “As an executive search firm, over the last 36 months we’ve seen AI-enabled recruitment tools pitched to us by technology startups that are being led by engineers and entrepreneurs first and foremost,” said Jeremy Cohen, co-founder and CEO of The Talent Studios. “They have

Talent Studios

Press Releases

The Talent Studios Places Senior Leader of Operations for Sparx Hockey

The Talent Studios has placed Jim McParland as Vice President of Operations at Sparx Hockey, an innovative leader in automated skate sharpening and precision hockey equipment trusted by professionals, retailers, and athletes around the world. Founded in 2013, Sparx has been backed by North Castle Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm with more than 20

The Talent Studios Places Chief Executive Officer for Foundry Brands

The Talent Studios has placed Christian Chopra as Chief Executive Officer of Foundry Brands, a growing portfolio of digitally native personal-care and lifestyle brands backed by Monogram Capital Partners and Lightbay Capital. Foundry Partners with founders to acquire and scale distinctive design-led brands across categories in grooming, skincare and home. Its current portfolio includes Supply,

The Talent Studios Completes CMO Search for Chris McMillan Hair, Placing Former Olaplex CMO in advance of Sephora Launch

The Talent Studios has placed of Tyler Krebs as Chief Marketing Officer at Chris McMillan Hair, and its debut collection that recently launched in Sephora. The brand’s namesake, is the iconic celebrity stylist best known for creating “The Rachel,” hair style for Jennifer Aniston during her time on Friends. The seven-piece product collection is based

The Talent Studios Introduces Determined People™, an Agentic AI-Enabled Technology Platform and Source of Truth for Hiring in the High-Stakes Talent War

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Talent Studios has launched Determined People™, a truly agentic, AI-powered cognitive engine in the increasingly critical war for top talent. Determined People™ is a comprehensive solution for candidate identification, recruitment, assessment and selection, that was created with the purpose of establishing a kinetic and unfair advantage for