The Talent Studios Recruits Chief Marketing Officer for Pura Vida Miami
June 24, 2026 – The Talent Studios has recruited Bruno Cardinali as chief marketing officer of Pura Vida Miami, the premium all-day café and lifestyle brand focused on health, wellness and community. The search was led by Katlyn Maloney and Jeremy Cohen.
Mr. Cardinali brings more than two decades of marketing leadership across fast casual, foodservice, beverage, and global consumer brands. Most recently, as global CMO of Oakberry, he scaled marketing across a network of approximately 1,000 locations in nearly 50 countries through high-profile partnerships in sports and culture. Previously, Mr. Cardinali served as CMO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, where he led the brand’s transformation and the launch of the iconic Chicken Sandwich campaign. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Burger King and Unilever. Mr. Cardinali brings a unique blend of brand-building, digital marketing, and scaled growth experience to support Pura Vida Miami’s next chapter.
“I’m incredibly excited to join the Pura Vida Miami team,” said Mr. Cardinali. “Omer and Jen have built an exceptional business grounded in a meaningful lifestyle brand, beautiful design, and an outstanding customer experience. The opportunity now is to bring that story to more people across more markets while staying true to the values that make the brand so special.”
Founded in 2012 by husband-and-wife team Omer Horev and Jennifer Horev, Pura Vida began as a single Miami Beach café and has grown into one of the most enigmatic and fast-growing eatery brands shaping popular culture, with locations in Florida, New York City, and Southern California. Pura Vida is an investment of TSG Consumer Partners, a consumer private equity firm founded in 1986 with approximately $14 billion in assets under management.
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The Talent Studios is a 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 consumer services. Its vertical focus includes: 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).
Founding Partners
The Talent Studios was founded by Mr. Cohen and Kelli Telling. Investor partners and direct brand clients include: Apollo Management, Advent International, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, L Catterton, Apollo Global Management, Institutional Venture Partners, HIG Growth, Norwest Equity Partners, North Castle Partners, Red Bull, Mattel, Disney, Burton Snowboards, Restoration Hardware, The Princeton Review, Pure Barre, Raising Cane’s, Boardriders, Aston Martin, Fanatics, Soylent, SmartyPants Vitamins, Lulus.com, Restoration Hardware, Restore Hyper Wellness, Peet’s Coffee and Public Goods.
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Ms. Maloney is a senior associate. She most recently was on the internal executive search team at Amazon, focused on its entertainment, content & media business. Ms. Maloney began her search career at DHR Global, where she worked closely with the president on leadership searches across retail/consumer, sports, & private equity. She supports the firm’s partners across consumer products, beauty, marketplaces, digital health, content/media & edutech.
Mr. Cohen co-founded The Talent Studios in 2011 following early search experience at global executive search firm DHR Global, where he served as a principal in the firm’s retail/consumer and private equity practices. He has led pivotal leadership searches that have propelled privately held clients through growth to exit, as well as large-scale transformation and performance enhancement at large public companies and brands. In addition to search, Mr. Cohen assists clients with performance management and assessment strategy.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
