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BILLYCLARK believes people underpin every aspect of an organization.

BILLYCLARK collaborates with founder-led businesses that impact culture.

BILLYCLARK engages a spectrum of creative and professional talent at executive and management levels globally.

BILLYCLARK advises leaders in architecture, art, design, hospitality, lifestyle and real estate on branding, development, governance, management, marketing, operations, recruitment and strategy.

BILLY CLARK is the Founder of BILLYCLARK. He spent eleven years building the recruiting firm Jack Kelly & Partners after starting his career in investor relations at Taylor Rafferty. A graduate of Boston College, where he majored in Marketing at the Carroll School of Management and received a minor in French from the School of Arts & Sciences, he divides his time between New York and Paris.

CLAYTON APGAR is a Partner at BILLYCLARK. He began his career in public relations at Enterprise Community Partners and for seven years was an actor, working on Broadway, on television and in films. For two years he was on the design team at Michael S Smith and previously led an eponymous interior design practice. He received an MFA in Acting from the Graduate Acting Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an AB in History from Princeton University. He lives with his wife, actor Kate Morgan Chadwick, and their son in Southern California.

EVERETT HOLLANDER is a Partner at BILLYCLARK. Previously, he was COO of BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, where he oversaw the firm's global operations and expansion. Everett began his career as an architect. He speaks regularly on creative business practices and has taught at NYU and IE University in Madrid. A graduate of the University of Texas, Austin, where he majored in Architecture and minored in Art History, he lives with his husband, civil rights attorney Antony Gemmell, in Brooklyn.

Clients

HOSPITALITY

  • AIRBNB

  • ANDRÉ BALAZS PROPERTIES

  • ARTFARM

  • AUBERGE RESORTS

  • BLACKBERRY FARM

  • BOQUERIA | CUTTING EDGE

  • MANAGEMENT

  • CALDERA HOUSE

  • CHATEAU MARMONT

  • CHILTERN FIREHOUSE

  • DO & CO

  • EQUINOX AND EQUINOX HOTELS

  • GENERATOR HOSTELS

  • GRANDLIFE HOTELS

  • HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

  • IAN SCHRAGER COMPANY

  • LAS VEGAS SANDS

  • LIVE NATION

  • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

  • PALM HEIGHTS

  • PARTNERS & ALCHEMY

  • PETIT ERMITAGE

  • PUBLIC HOTEL

  • SOHO HOUSE

  • SPENCER LIVING SYSTEMS

  • SPRING PLACE

  • STANDARD INTERNATIONAL

  • THE MERCER

  • THE ROOSTER

  • VIRGIN HOTELS

  • W HOTELS

  • WEWORK

  • WYTHE HOTEL

LIFESTYLE

  • AIRBNB

  • ANDRÉ BALAZS PROPERTIES

  • ARTFARM

  • AUBERGE RESORTS

  • BLACKBERRY FARM

  • BOQUERIA | CUTTING EDGE

  • MANAGEMENT

  • CALDERA HOUSE

  • CHATEAU MARMONT

  • CHILTERN FIREHOUSE

  • DO & CO

  • EQUINOX AND EQUINOX HOTELS

  • GENERATOR HOSTELS

  • GRANDLIFE HOTELS

  • HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

  • IAN SCHRAGER COMPANY

  • LAS VEGAS SANDS

  • LIVE NATION

  • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

  • PALM HEIGHTS

  • PARTNERS & ALCHEMY

  • PETIT ERMITAGE

  • PUBLIC HOTEL

  • SOHO HOUSE

  • SPENCER LIVING SYSTEMS

  • SPRING PLACE

  • STANDARD INTERNATIONAL

  • THE MERCER

  • THE ROOSTER

  • VIRGIN HOTELS

  • W HOTELS

  • WEWORK

  • WYTHE HOTEL

ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS

  • ADAM JORDAN ARCHITECTURE

  • ALFREDO PAREDES STUDIO

  • ANYON DESIGN & ATELIER

  • ASHE LEANDRO

  • AVROKO

  • BAMO

  • BENNETT LEIFER

  • BETH WEBB INTERIORS

  • BILHUBER

  • BILLY COTTON

  • BONETTI/KOZERSKI

  • BORIES & SHEARRON

  • BRYAN O’SULLIVAN

  • CAROL EGAN INTERIORS

  • CARRIER & COMPANY

  • CHARLAP HYMAN & HERRERO

  • CHARLOTTE MOSS

  • CLEMENTS DESIGN

  • CLIVE LONSTEIN

  • COOKFOX

  • CRAIG & COMPANY

  • CRAIG GREENBERG ARCHITECT

  • DAVID KLEINBERG DESIGN ASSOCIATES

  • DAVID SCOTT INTERIORS

  • DIEGO DELGADO-ELIAS

  • DIMORESTUDIO

  • DOUGLAS DURKIN DESIGN

  • DUSK

  • EISEN DESIGN HOUSE

  • ENEA GARDEN DESIGN

  • FERNANDO SANTANGELO INTERIORS

  • FERNANDO WONG DESIGN

  • FERRER

  • FLOAT STUDIO

  • FOSTER + PARTNERS

  • FRAMPTON CO

  • SCHAFER BUCCELLATO ARCHITECTURE

  • GACHOT STUDIOS

  • GIANPIERO GAGLIONE INTERIOR

  • GRADE NEW YORK

  • GRECODECO

  • HALARD + HALARD

  • HARRISON GREEN

  • HAYNES ROBERTS

  • HUNIFORD DESIGN STUDIO

  • JEREMIAH BRENT DESIGN

  • JESSICA SCHUSTER DESIGN

  • JULIE HILLMAN

  • KARA MANN DESIGN

  • KATIE RIDDER

  • KELLY BEHUN

  • KELLY WEARSTLER

  • KEN FULK

  • KEN LINSTEADT

  • KLIGERMAN ARCHITECTURE &
DESIGN

  • KYLEE SHINTAFFER

  • LAKE | FLATO

  • LEROY STREET STUDIO

  • L’OBSERVATOIRE INTERNATIONAL

  • LUIS LAPLACE

  • LUNO DESIGN STUDIO

  • MALHERBE PARIS

  • MARK HADDAWY

  • MARMOL RADZINER

  • MARTIN BRUDNIZKI DESIGN STUDIO

  • MCGRIFF ARCHITECTS

  • MEIER PARTNERS

  • MIRANDA BROOKS LANDSCAPE DESIGN

  • MISHAAN

  • MONIQUE GIBSON INTERIOR
DESIGN

  • M. ZIEMKE ARCHITECTURE

  • NEAL BECKSTEDT STUDIO

  • NICOLE GORDON STUDIO

  • NICOLEHOLLIS

  • OHARA DAVIES-GAETANO
INTERIORS

  • OMA | REM KOOLHAAS

  • ORSMAN DESIGN

  • PERRON-ROETTINGER

  • PETER MARINO ARCHITECT

  • PETER PENNOYER ARCHITECTS

  • PIRAJEAN LEES

  • RAFAEL DE CÁRDENAS LTD.

  • RAPT STUDIO

  • REES ROBERTS + PARTNERS

  • REUNION GOODS & SERVICES

  • RIES HAYES

  • ROBERT STILIN

  • ROCKWELL GROUP

  • ROGER FERRIS + PARTNERS

  • ROMAN AND WILLIAMS

  • RUSSELL SAGE STUDIO

  • SARA STORY DESIGN

  • SAWYER | BERSON

  • SHAWN HENDERSON INTERIOR DESIGN

  • SKURMAN ARCHITECTS

  • SOURABH GUPTA DESIGN

  • STEVEN HOLL

  • STUDIO AK

  • STUDIO GANG

  • STUDIO GEBBIA

  • STUDIO INC GROUP

  • STUDIO JAKE ARNOLD

  • STUDIO KO

  • STUDIO MELLONE

  • STUDIO SHAMSHIRI

  • STUDIO SOFIELD

  • STUDIO TRE

  • STUDIO VOLPE

  • SUSAN MARINELLO INTERIORS

  • TAKBE STUDIO

  • THE OFFICE OF CHARLES DE LISLE

  • THOMAS JUUL-HANSEN

  • TIMOTHY BROWN STUDIO

  • TODD HELLMUTH STUDIO

  • TORREY

  • TRAHAN ARCHITECTS

  • TSAO & MCKOWN

  • WADIA

  • WALDO’S DESIGNS

  • Woods + Dangaran

  • Workshop APD

  • Workstead

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

  • AMAC

  • ASH NYC

  • Brown Harris Stevens

  • Core Real Estate

  • Fortune International Group

  • Happier People Management

  • Josh Flagg

  • Kirkwood Collection

  • Livingston Builders

  • MacAndrews & Forbes

  • Mani Brothers Real Estate Group

  • Massa Investment Group

  • oWOW

  • Related Companies

  • SHVO

  • The Chernin Group

  • The Corcoran Group

  • The Kor Group

  • The Lightstone Group

  • Two Trees Management

  • URBY

  • Witkoff

THE LITTLE BOOK

The Little Book to Land Your Dream Job, written by Billy Clark and Clayton Apgar, is a guide of essentials for understanding who you are and how to build a fulfilling career. During times of both opportunity and uncertainty, understanding your professional trajectory can be the key to landing your next job – perhaps one you never even considered.

THE HIRE LIFE PODCAST

In The Hire Life, Billy Clark, Clayton Apgar and Everett Hollander explore what it means to identify and pursue one’s dream job, speaking with professionals from all industries who have done just that, sharing the secrets – or not-so-secrets – to their success. Both entertaining and accessible, The Hire Life examines what ‘work’ looks like in the 21st century.

THE HIRE LIFE SUBSTACK

In a Substack, also called The Hire Life, Billy Clark, Clayton Apgar and Everett Hollander write about corporate culture, the professional environment and career strategy.

Press

  • DAILY FRONT ROW

    Daily News: Hailey Bieber Claims First Win In Trademark Suit, Jlo Reveals All (Literally), A New Skims Campaign, Plus! Who’s Showing In London ?

  • 1ST DIBS

    Designer Charlie Ferrer Makes Going Back to the Office a Very Attractive Option

  • OCEAN DRIVE

    Book Signing At The EDITION Hotel With Art By Sarah Coleman

  • BUSINESS INSIDER

    5 Things to Consider Before Quitting Your Job Without Another Lined Up

  • LUXURY HOME DESIGN SUMMIT

    Book signing

Press

  • WWD

    The Duo Who Help the Fashion Industry Land Dream Jobs

  • BUSINESS OF HOME

    Here’s How Young Designers Can Turn Pandemic Prospects into Reality

  • FORBES

    6 Life-Changing Career Tips from the Co-Authors of The Little Book to Land Your Dream Job

  • ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

    6 Hiring Tips Every Design Principal Should Follow, According to Industry Recruiters

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