YEARS

Courtney Hardt

Creative Director & Design Strategist

ex-Walmart,

ex-Ralph Lauren,

ex-Stitch Fix,

ex-Coach

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Through strategic concepts and creative collaborations, I bring 19+ years of creative leadership experience across industries to my work in brand, creative, and impact. My unique positioning as a creative leader has helped drive business objectives and impact at purpose-driven companies, award-winning nonprofits, Fortune 500 retailers, and breakthrough start-ups.

Courtney’s expertise

Explore Courtney's key skills, specialized expertise, and industry preferences below.

Skills

Impact Design

Design Strategy

Storytelling

Creative Direction

Concept Design

Expertise

Arts & Culture

Communication Design

Brand Design

Strategy & Business Design

Industry experience

Arts & Culture

Fashion & Apparel

Social Impact

Communications & Marketing

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PASSIONS

Areas I'm passionate about

As creative leaders with a shared commitment to quality, collaboration, and creativity, we're proud to pursue out most meaningful work and deliver the best every time.

MAIN PASSION

🌳 Biodiversity

♻️ Circular Economy

🌾 Regenerative Agriculture

👒 Sustainable Fashion

🌱 Climate Change

Offerings

Creative Direction

I help brands create insight-driven creative strategies, seasonal and product campaigns, and design-driven solutions.

Concept Development

Creative Storytelling

Creative Strategy

Integrated Campaigns

Marketing Campaign

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Courtney in action

See Courtney Hardt's work to see the extent of their creative portfolio.

AllConsulting & AdvisingProjects

Consulting & Advising

Design Strategist

Design Research

Concept Development

Creative Storytelling

Impact Accelerator

A handbag collection designed and developed for J.Crew’s In-Good Company e-commerce concept store - featuring brands that told stories of craftsmanship, quality, and philanthropic endeavors. Since its inception, Mercado Global has created job opportunities for over 300 indigenous Mayan women.

Projects

Creative Director

Creative Storytelling

Creative Strategy

For fall 2023, our goals were to build awareness and change perception for beauty at Walmart. Why: Change perception. Our shoppers already know to come to Walmart for their Tide Pods, but they’re not thinking of Walmart for their perfume. Build awareness. Because Walmart has the goods.

Consulting & Advising

Creative Director

Creative Strategy

Campaign Planning

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Hatch's MarComm themes are the core topics that we talk about and stories we tell. How we plan mini campaigns throughout the year that live under our big idea, Sleep Honesty- mini campaigns will be iterated on and expanded on- always fresh, always new.

I believe in Neol

A member of the Neol Creative Leaders community

I believe in Neol because I believe in the power of bringing together often disparate creative thinkers in a nimble environment to work across projects and industries and create paths forward for the evolving landscape of purpose-driven work.

Courtney Hardt

Creative Director & Design Strategist