Jane Hervey is a community and brand development director, award-winning curator, creative producer and accidental nonprofit founder.
Over the last decade, she has led teams for 25+ creative companies and start-ups, arts and entertainment organizations and mission-driven third spaces across the US. Designing thoughtfully curated identities, experiences and storytelling projects, her client list reflects independent creatives and nonprofits, as well as lifestyle & tech brands like The LINE Hotel, Bumble, Red Bull and Waymo.
Currently, she directs Future Front, a 501c3 cultural space she founded in 2015, alongside her own creative agency, group work.
This pioneering work in public and private creative programming, design and brand strategy has been recognized by ADWEEK, Texas Monthly, the City of Austin’s Women’s Hall of Fame and the National Endowment for the Arts. She's been an invited as a guest speaker and curator for organizations like SXSW, Austin FC, The Contemporary Austin Museum and Soho House. With a background in community education, journalism, design-thinking and facilitation, Jane also volunteers her time toward projects that establish practical and emotional resources for creative communities, as well as support grassroots health justice initiatives.
Jane has also composed records & music as an independent recording artist for global projects since 2012, pulling influences from the likes of Björk and Frank Ocean.
The daughter of a naturalist, her artistic work builds worlds around the high-brow, low-brow aesthetics of rodeo queen femmehood and the dreamy tropical, jewel tones of the Texas coast. Since putting out her first four-track lo-fi EP “Sour Grapefruit” in 2019, she has played South by Southwest (SXSW), opened for the likes of OSHUN, Nomi Ruiz, Bunny Michael and composed for an internationally recognized cross-border mix by Golden Hornet, Graham Reynolds and Bostich.