From our open-plan workspace and huddle rooms to the couches and chairs on each floor, Kendra Scott provides a spacious, beautiful environment for collaboration. Along with our Family meetings each quarter, employees regularly meet to align on team and individual goals. Further, Kendra Scott facilitates connection and team bonding by providing out-of-office activities including Field Day, inter-departmental philanthropic volunteering days, and office-adjacent activities such as our annual Halloween Party.
Positivity is embedded in our company at Kendra Scott! Kendra Scott was founded on the belief that we exist to create good in the world. Year over year our team can see continued growth not only in company revenue numbers, but in the retail store footprint, new corporate positions, opportunities for promotion and job elevation, and continuous improvement in company-offered benefits and training and development focus. Our executive leadership team, led by CEO Tom Nolan, challenges us to work together and win as a team. Kendra herself shines like a bright, positive light, invigorating employees, customers and partners.
We have a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging committee comprised of employees from a variety of departments and levels across the company that act as an advisory board in our ongoing DEIB strategy and outreach efforts. Additionally, we have an anonymous hotline for our KS family to surface concerns, we execute an engagement survey 1x a year, and we host quarterly CEO Roundtables for other engagement and action items to ensure we understand and act in alignment with employee needs. Finally, as an embodiment of our Family core pillar, every Kendra Scott employee treats each other (and our customers) like family—with kindness and respect.
Each year we kick off our first quarter with goal-setting and performance conversations as well as an Alignment Day session for all employees. In this, Functional leaders pull together their teams in an alignment session to talk about company goals, team goals, and any current obstacles or pain points. These Alignment Days connect us back to why we’re here at Kendra Scott – to create good in the world! Our employees walk out of these sessions with a restored focus on our pillars (Family, Fashion, and Philanthropy), a refreshed perspective on how we can show up for one another, and a renewed focus on priorities for the year ahead.
At Kendra Scott everyone is incredibly aligned to our pillars of Family, Fashion, and Philanthropy. These serve as our North Star for every business decision that we make. Ensuring a strong personal connection to our core pillars is part of the hiring process, so we know that we are adding people to our teams who share these values. As part of our individual performance goals, every employee sets a specific philanthropy goal to outline how they will prioritize giving back through their time, talent, or treasures. As part of the philanthropy goal, each employee utilizes 16 hours of paid time off to volunteer in their community.
There are so many! We could talk about awesome perks, which include a nail salon, gym and our beautiful work spaces at length, but really it is our leadership commitment to connecting with purpose, leading with heart, and winning together that creates a Loved Workplace. Our leadership sets the tone to create an incredibly supportive work environment where people can show up, be their best selves, and do their best work.
Our CEO, Tom Nolan, is an experienced executive with a relentless focus on our customers, our employees (we call them our Kendra Scott family), and on business operational excellence. Tom is the ultimate leader when it comes to employee recognition, frequently picking up the phone or sending an email to all levels of the organization to express sincere appreciation for hard work, creativity, and living our values. Tom is committed to our culture of entrepreneurship and innovation, and under his leadership, the brand hosted The Game-Changer Challenge, a first of its kind company-wide employee contest, with the purpose of harnessing the collective intelligence of our Kendra Scott employees to discover new ideas and help transform those ideas into results.
At Kendra Scott, we offer a robust benefits package aligned to our pillars of Family, Fashion and Philanthropy, which includes 100% paid parental leave for up to 12 weeks, fertility benefits, adoption benefits, a competitive 401 K match, mental wellness services, product discounts, as well as unique perks like our in-house nail salon, fitness center, smoothie bar, Family Fund for tax-free monetary grants for KS employees facing financial hardship, and paid philanthropy days for community volunteering. We provide Lunch and Learns that cover a variety of personal and professional development topics. Examples are DEIB initiative presentations, philanthropic partnership workshops, wellness discussions, benefits spotlights, financial advocacy resources, virtual and in-person happy hours and watch parties, and so much more!
Kendra Scott LLC was founded in 2002 by Kendra Scott, who serves as Founder, Executive Chairwoman and Chief Creative Officer of her namesake lifestyle brand. Kendra Scott offers Fashion, Demi-Fine and Fine Jewelry, watches, engagement rings, fragrance, home accessories, and a men’s collection, Scott Bros. by Kendra Scott. The company remains true to its founding philosophy of “Family, Fashion, and Philanthropy,” and has donated over $60M to philanthropic organizations since 2010. In the last year alone, Kendra Scott has donated over 40,000 pieces of in-kind jewelry; hosted over 11,700 Kendra Gives Back events that gave back to local causes; impacted over 7,000 students through our Little Yellow Library program; supported 40 families facing terminal illness through our Inheritance of Hope Legacy Retreat®; and given over 6,000 patients and their caregivers a break from their everyday and the opportunity to design their own piece of jewelry at no cost through Kendra Cares.
3800 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
Retail
Tom Nolan
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