# Nate Hinton

> Nate Hinton is the New York-based founder and CEO of The Hinton Group, a brand strategy and communications agency founded in 2017. His work spans designer development, partnerships, publicity and event production, with clients including Pyer Moss, Hanifa, Sergio Hudson and established luxury brands.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at The Hinton Group
- **Organizations:** The Hinton Group, Prada, Diesel, PR Consulting, KCD
- **Known for:** Harlem’s Fashion Row Publicist of the Year, 2020., Selected for Fashionista Five, 2019., Included in EBONY’s 40 Black creatives to watch in 2024.

## Career timeline

- **Before fashion PR** — Worked in a Federated finance executive trainee program before moving to New York and taking a temporary marketing role at Prada.
- **2011** — Moved from in-house brand work to PR Consulting.
- **2012-2016** — Worked at KCD; represented clients including Public School.
- **2016** — Returned to PR Consulting to work on Raf Simons’s Calvin Klein.
- **2017** — Founded The Hinton Group; the agency gives 2017 as its founding year, while Fashionista describes its formal launch in January 2018.
- **2020** — Hanifa joined the agency; Hinton received Harlem’s Fashion Row’s Publicist of the Year award.
- **2024** — Included in EBONY’s 40 Black creatives to watch.
- **2025** — The Hinton Group ranked 23rd on Observer’s PR Power List.
- **2026** — Shared internship hiring and development advice in a March Fashionista interview.

## Achievements

- Harlem’s Fashion Row Publicist of the Year, 2020.
- Selected for Fashionista Five, 2019.
- Included in EBONY’s 40 Black creatives to watch in 2024.
- Founded the agency ranked No. 23 on Observer’s 2025 PR Power List.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Discussed hiring around school semesters, curiosity in interviews and learning a PR coordinator’s responsibilities in Fashionista.
- **2025-01** — The Hinton Group appeared at No. 23 on Observer’s 2025 PR Power List.

## Links

- Website: https://www.thehintongroup.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-hinton-4ba451102
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/n8hint/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22