The need to build brand awareness and to differentiate products and services in consumer markets is driving a focus on advertising and marketing services, including such specialties as digital advertising and multicultural marketing.  Our  professionals, with their expertise and market knowledge, can help you recruit executive advertising and marketing services talent around the world.

Fast–moving consumer goods businesses face increasing challenges competing, and innovating in the creation and expansion of global and regional brands. Our consumer products professionals understand the dynamics required to lead across markets and channels in both large and small, public and/or private environments. Our specialists serve the following sectors: food and beverage; personal care products; hard and durable goods; electronics and appliances, and household and paper goods.

With our track record of success in luxury worldwide, Korn/Ferry’s Consumer team offers outstanding executive recruitment services to both up-and-coming and well-established luxury companies. Korn/Ferry’s Global Luxury Sector focuses on recruiting senior level executives in fashion and accessories, beauty, watch and jewelry, and lifestyle companies. Our team is especially well-positioned to help clients in growing markets such as Asia Pacific.

Korn/Ferry’s media and entertainment sector has recruited hundreds of key executives for some of the world's most successful companies. Our clients include leading organizations in media, entertainment and converging media industries, such as theatrical, broadcast and cable television, home entertainment, music, digital (broadband and mobile), publishing, location-based entertainment, licensing and merchandising, and game platforms. Our media and entertainment specialists have successfully filled the full range of senior positions, from the traditional (CEO, COO, CFO) to the creative (programming, production, development).

Korn/Ferry is the only international firm with a division dedicated to locating top executive talent for retail, wholesale, manufacturing and fashion where the majority of our senior partners have held top management positions across key sectors of the industry. Our retail and apparel team handles hundreds of assignments worldwide each year, including senior-level engagements on behalf of conventional department and specialty stores, mass merchandisers, direct mail operations, discount stores, drug and convenience stores, supermarkets, wholesalers, distributors, sporting goods and athletic apparel outlets, restaurant and food service companies, as well as home center operators and hardware chains.

We focus primarily on the casino gaming, hotel and resort, casual dining and food service, theme park and travel service industries.  Most of our work is at the corporate level, across all functional areas, and includes a significant amount of “C” suite engagements.  Whether working with public, private or founder-owned organizations, or private equity groups, our global network and experience enables us to provide our clients with the right talent management solutions.