Ad Age's Guide to Marketing Recruiters

*/ /*--> */ { font-size: 89%; line-height: 120%; } .recruit_sh { margin-top: 15px; font-weight: bold; color:#990000; margin-bottom: 0px; } .recruit_title { font-weight: bold; color: black; font-size: 120%; margin-top: 40px; text-transform:uppercase; } We've updated our comprehensive list of recruiting firms, a useful guide for job seekers and hiring organizations alike. 24seveninc.com As a strategic resource for talent management, 24 Seven helps creatively-driven global brands identify, recruit and secure game changing talent. Its approach combines global reach, industry expertise and market intelligence to deliver top performers that advance the unique business goals of their clients. 24 Seven is a go-to talent source supporting the world's top teams in Fashion, Retail, Marketing, Advertising, Interactive/Digital, E-commerce, Design, Beauty, Events and Sports/Lifestyle. Its strategic recruiting professionals have either personally worked in or recruited exclusively for the industry practice they serve. Their hands-on experience makes them experts at matching candidates to clients. Celeste Gudas, CEO & Founder, 212-966-4426 Anthony Donnarumma, COO, 212-966-4426 Deborah Cristal, EVP of Operations, Marketing, Interactive/Digital and Creative, West Coast, 213-412-2260 Brenda B. Wiley, Sr. Manager, Business Development, Marketing, Interactive/Digital and Creative, New York, 212-966-4426 Elle Wells, Director, Marketing, Interactive/Digital and Creative, Chicago, 312-428-3106 Angela Leung, Marketing, Interactive/Digital and Creative Recruiting, London, +44 20-7534-9960 aclion.com AC Lion provides nation-wide staffing in major media markets, with a focus on providing online sales, marketing, media, advertising technologies, publishers and agencies with highly qualified, executive talent. The company specializes in mid to senior level roles in marketing (including product, branding, SEM and social media) and sales. Since opening in 1996, the firm has negotiated over $90 million in compensation and has relationships with over 150,000 media professionals. Clients have included Apple , Microsoft , Facebook, Google, JWT and Living Social and currently range from 24 100s to emerging media start-ups. 95% of the clients are repeat customers. In 2011, AC Lion expanded its staff to meet growing demand and opened an office in the Bay Area. Michael Adler, managing partner, 212-268-4083, mike@aclion.com Josh Marmer, VP, 646-747-0022, josh@aclion.com Dana Lupton, director, West Coast, 310-372-1585, dana@aclion.com Bonnie Zaben, COO, 212-268-2945, bonnie@aclion.com acteonsearch.com Acteon Search, part of the boutique staffing services firm Venator Holdings LLC, expanded its reach to include marketing and advertising in 2008. With an emphasis on securing multicultural talent in the areas of senior management, account planning, account management, and digital strategy, Acteon Search provides contingent and retained services to agencies nationwide, with some international assignments. Specializing in digital and emerging technologies, Acteon Partners' Information Technology Division provides contract, consulting, and direct senior technical resources. Melanie Stern, sr. executive recruiter, 248-498-5072, mstern@acteonnet.com Marc White, director, IT, 248-498-5075, mwhite@acteonnet.com Cedric Corera, founder-CEO, 248-498-5041, cedric@venatornet.com www.adonetostaff.com This Chicago-area firm specializes in nationwide advertising and public relations placements. A division of executive search company CPS, Ad+One is focused on making placements at agencies ranging from boutique shops to larger network agencies like BBDO, Ogilvy & Mather, DDB and Leo Burnett. Executives focus on making placements in advertising account management, account planning, media and public relations, with specialties in areas such as multicultural/Hispanic and digital. Clients in the Hispanic market have included Grupo Gallegos, Latinworks, The Vidal Partnership and Dieste, among others. David Schueneman,senior partner-division manager, 708-836-0382 ext. 214, davids@adonetostaff.com Sherri Bedster,senior advertising market specialist, 708-836-0382 ext. 117, sherri@adonetostaff.com Advertising Recruitment Specialists is an executive search firm with more than fourteen years of experience recruiting for advertising, marketing and public relations agencies nationwide. Owners Kathy Nomura and Debbie Strobel work with all types of agencies – traditional, digital, direct marketing, promotions and event marketing – and specialize in recruiting for mid to senior level positions in account services, creative, media and production. Kathy Nomura, owner/recruiter, 714-775-3910, kathy@adrecruiters.com Debbie Strobel, owner/recruiter, 201-652-8062, debbie@adrecruiters.com www.allensearch.com For two decades, Allen Associates has been placing senior-level executives, including chief marketing officers, at consumer and business-to-business companies. It also conducts CEO and senior marketing searches on behalf of major private equity firms. Each year the firm caps the number of assignments it accepts at about 40. Nearly 700 senior executive and board director searches have been conducted since its founding. Michael Allen, founding principal, 513-563-3040, mallen@allensearch.com www.alpertsearch.com Ada Alpert began recruiting strategic planners just as some of the more progressive American advertising firms were starting to adopt the British account planning model. Later, she launched her own firm, focusing exclusively on placing strategic planners and brand strategists at advertising and digital agencies, media firms and brand consulting groups. Clients have included Anomaly , Droga5, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, R/GA. Ada Alpert, president, 212-297-9009, ada@alpertsearch.com www.annbrownco.com Since 2007 Ann Brown and her team have focused primarily on placing senior-level talent in U.S.-based positions, though occasionally placements are made in Europe. Creative-talent recruitment, as well as account management and account planning, are handled 36 the firm. Ms. Brown has a background working at agencies, including FCB, JWT, Element79, and EuroRSCG. Ann Brown, founder, 312-813-2700, ann@annbrownco.com annehross.com Serves both the agency and client side, making placements, though not in brand-management roles. Also recruits account-planning, client-services, strategic-communications and media positions, as well as the occasional general manager, CFO or COO, if the requirement is that they hail from the advertising industry. Ms. Ross spent time in account management at Leo Burnett and DDB Chicago before launching her own firm 25 years ago. Anne Ross, founder, 773-525-7879, aross@annehross.com bernhart.com Bernhart Associates Executive Search is run 36 Jerry Bernhart, a veteran recruiter in digital and direct marketing. Since 1990, Mr. Bernhart has focused on multichannel direct marketing, digital marketing and ecommerce, CRM, quantitative analytics and sales/business development. He does as much BtoB as he does BtoC. Mr. Bernhart has first-hand experience as an online marketer being the founder of directmarketingcareers.com in 1996, which at the time was one of the first online marketing job sites, and he is widely recognized as one of the first recruiters to enter CRM in the early 1990's. He also conducts a very popular and widely followed survey that tracks hiring and employment trends in digital and direct marketing. His clients range from 24 500's to start ups. He is a prolific writer on topics related to employment and talent management in ecommerce and digital marketing, and he is among a select number of recruiters who has gained membership in The Pinnacle Society, an organization of the top achieving executive search firms in the United States. Jerry Bernhart, Principal, 507-451-4270, jerry@bernhart.com www.bishop-partners.com Bob Bishop founded Bishop Partners in 2001, after owning a commercial photography business and holding several executive roles at Group360. Bishop Partners serves the advertising, marketing and corporate communications industries, placing people in positions such as account or creative director, art director, marketing manager, senior copywriter and agency executive positions. The firm works with agencies, marketers, graphic design firms and sales-promotion companies. Bob Bishop, president, 314-863-7755, bob@bishop-partners.com boyden.com Founded in 1946, Boyden is one of the big guns in retained search, counting 79 offices in 43 countries. Executives handle searches 36 practice area and functional expertise, as well as assist with board services, succession planning and consulting. Doug Ehrenkranz, managing director, 713-655-0123, dehrenkranz@boyden.com. Trina Gordon, chairman-managing director, 312-565-1300, tgordon@boyden.com. Howard Gross, managing director, 212-949-9400, hgross@boyden.com. Anne Raphael, senior VP-partner, 33-1-44-136700, anne.raphael@boyden.fr. cheyennegroup.com This boutique firm specializes in media, entertainment, marketing and marketing services, working with clients, agencies and media companies on C-level placements. It has partners in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Most recently, the firm placed David Kieselstein as the CEO of Penton Media as well as Steve Weitzner as CEO of Summit Business Media. Pat Mastandrea, founding partner-CEO, 212-471-5001, pm@cheyennegroup.com crescererecruiting.com Crescere Executive Search focuses on National placement of Consumer Product (CPG) Marketing and Sales talent. It takes on both retained and contingent work focusing on brand, shopper marketing, trade marketing, and national accounts. It has 10+ years industry experience placing CMO to Manager level candidates with clients ranging from 24 50 to start-ups. Michael McGowan, President, 206-651-5019, michael@crescererecruiting.com dcaprosearch.com Established in 1995, DCAProSearch is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the placement of strong branded leading industry professionals with expertise in Hispanic Advertising and Marketing. It works with top Hispanic and General Market advertising agencies that are looking for highly qualified advertising talent in all departments of the Hispanic Advertising fields including: account services, creative, media, strategic planning, public relations, research, promotions/shopper marketing and direct marketing/digital. It also places at the President and CEO levels. In addition to agency searches, DCAProSearch conducts searches for specialists in the area of Hispanic Marketing within the corporate client world from Associate Marketing Manager all the way to Chief Marketing Officer. Doris Aguirre, Principal/Recruiter, 214-626-0149, doris@dcaprosearch.com Edna Barone, Researcher/Recruiter, 214-550-0152, edna@dcaprosearch.com diversifiedsearch.com Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson is the U.S. partner of Odgers Berndtson Group. Despite the recession, the group has fared well. In the U.S., it has seen double-digit sales growth, and it took advantage of its cash position to make acquisitions, growing from three offices to seven. The firm now operates in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Judith von Seldeneck, chairman-CEO, founded Diversified 35 years ago, in an effort to place more women and diverse candidates in executive-level positions. That remains a key focus for the firm today. Judith von Seldeneck, chairman-CEO, 215-732-6666, jvonseld@divsearch.com. Tracy Murdoch O' Such, managing partner, 212-542-2575, tracy.osuch@divsearch.com. dgasearch.com Upon retiring from his post as CEO of Optimedia U.S., Mike Drexler determined he shouldn't let his more than 40 years in the industry go to waste. So Mr. Drexler teamed up with Rochelle Geller, a long-time human resources executive, to launch Drexler Geller Associates in 2006. Between the two of them, they have logged time at a variety of well-known companies, ranging from Foote, Cone & Belding and Ogilvy & Mather to Viacom and Ralph Lauren. The firm places senior-level positions at media and advertising agencies, media companies, digital companies and consumer companies. Mike Drexler, founder-principal, 212-967-1737, mike@dgasearch.com Rochelle Geller, founder-principal, 212-967-1737, rochelle@dgasearch.com www.egonzehnder.com Founded in 1964, the firm has some 375 consultants, operating from 63 offices in 37 countries. The firm focuses on placing C-level executives on both the agency and client side. Areas of specialization include financial services, consumer, technology and communications, and industrial, among other areas. Dick Patton, leader-chief marketing officer practice, 617-535-3500, dick.patton@ezi.net executiveconnectionsllc.com The firm focuses on talent acquisition and development, including executive search, executive coaching and business consulting. It provides a "blended solutions" service 36 facilitating one-on-one transition coaching support for its clients during the first six months of placement. Jeff Gundersen, CEO, 941-323-8300, jgundersen@executiveconnectionsllc.com Leslie Quinones, information officer, 406-493-6024, lquinones@executiveconnectionsllc.com www.theexecutivesearchgroup.com The Executive Search Group specializes in retained executive recruiting and contingency search services through search strategy consultation, hiring conditions analysis, interview process management and other methods. It focuses primarily on client placement in online media positions. Tim McIntyre, CEO, 860-652-8000, tim@mysearchgroup.com Rebekah Donaldson, director communications, 530-231-5397, ask@b2bcommunications.com gilbertcompany.com In business for nearly four decades, Gilbert and Co. focuses on executive recruitment for senior positions in areas including agency general management, digital strategy, account planning, engagement planning and new business, as well as positions on the client side. The firm has also placed the last three presidents at the AAAA. Together, the three partners at the firm count JWT, Hill Holliday, Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy & Mather and McCann Erickson among their former employers. Don Gilbert, founder, 212-838-1016 gilbert@gilbertcompany.com greenbergkirshenbaum.com The company places primarily creatives, as well as account and planning placements in both permanent and freelance positions. It works with agencies and new media companies, both domestically and internationally. Lori Greenberg, owner, 212-463-0020, lori@greenbergkirshenbaum.com. Susan Kirshenbaum, 212-463-0020, susan@greenbergkirshenbaum.com. Nancy Temkin, owner, 212-463-0020, nancy@greenbergkirshenbaum.com. greenwichharborpartners.com Greenwich Harbor Partners specializes in senior level executive recruiting with a major emphasis on marketing assignments including Chief Marketing Officer, Advertising, Direct Marketing and Loyalty/Retention Programs. Clients include AOL, DIRECTV, LexisNexisand TV One. Team members have deep industry expertise in Media, Entertainment, Technology, Digital Media, eCommerce, Mobile, Travel and Hospitality, Transportation, Logistics, Aviation, Airlines, Financial Services and Insurance. They partner with its clients to recruit 'game changing' leadership who can propel a business to a new level. Greenwich Harbor Partners works with early stage, fast growth, middle market and large multinationals in both the corporate and agency sectors. Carrie Pryor is Managing Partner, 212.653.8890 cpryor@greenwichhp.com Ted Pryor is Managing Director, 212.653.8893 tpryor@greenwichhp.com Tineta Davis is Director of Research, 212.653.8894 tdavis@greenwichhp.com www.grupobalmaseda.com Managing director Rene Balmaseda founded Grupo Balmaseda, a Hispanic/Latino Executive Recruiting and Marketing Consulting firm, in 2004. It specializes in placing U.S.-based Latino professionals in both contingency and retained assignments. It has signed agreements with various 24 500 firms. Rene Balmaseda, managing director, 617-314-6984, rene@grupobalmaseda.com www.gumbinnercompany.com President Paul S. Gumbinner has a 20-year history in the agency world and ran his own shop at one point. From account management and planning to senior-level media execs to advertising directors on the client side, The Gumbinner Co. tackles it all. Clients have included Deutsch, JWT, MPG, OMD, Time -Warner , Mercedes and Sony. Paul S. Gumbinner, president, 212-688-0129, paul@gumbinnercompany.com www.gundersenpartners.com This global executive search firm has offices in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, London and Melbourne. It works in areas including brand and product management, advertising, branding and corporate identity, direct marketing, public relations, promotions and events. Clients range from startups to multi-national corporations and include marketers and agencies. John Rodenburg, managing director, 212-677-7660 ext. 112, jrodenburg@gpllc.com hagerexecutivesearch.com Hager Executive Search is a blended firm made up of search consultants with a local presence and a national reach. Based in San Francisco, this woman-owned firm specializes in bringing executive talent and opportunities together in sales, marketing and creative placement capacities across a variety of industries nationally. Greg Lamboy, VP-talent acquisition, 415-441-2234, greg@hagerexecutivesearch.com hartandcompany.com Hart & Co. is an executive placement and business consulting firm that services agencies and clients throughout the U.S. It specializes in account management, research and media, and account planning and new media, along with event and sales promotions. The company was founded in 1998. Gerry Hart, owner, 212-585-4000, gghart@aol.com heidrick.com Heidrick & Struggles boasts a Marketing Officers practice made up of more than 50 marketing specialists in 40 offices globally. Together, they've performed more than 1,850 searches in industries as varied as financial services, industrial, consumer markets, life sciences and technology since 2006. The group also has sub-specialties in Hispanic marketing, digital marketing and innovation. It has placed positions as varied as CMO, chief innovation officer, chief creative officer, VP-digital marketing, senior VP-brand management and VP-international marketing. John Abele, global managing partner, 216-241-7410, jabele@heidrick.com Carlos Cata, regional managing partner, 312-496-1370, ccata@heidrick.com www.heldlloyd.com This boutique firm specializes in filling advertising, new media and corporate communications positions, from junior level to the C-suite. It works with advertising, direct response and interactive agencies, publications and marketers. Clients have included J.Crew, Rapp, Revlon, Saatchi & Saatchi, Samsung, TJX Companies and Verizon Wireless. Binnie Held, principal, 212-265-8570, bheld@heldlloyd.com Adam Lloyd, principal, 212-265-8570, alloyd@heldlloyd.com Stephenie Trepess, senior recruiter, 212-265-8570, strepess@heldlloyd.com Will Ayers, senior recruiter, 212-265-8570, wayers@heldlloyd.com www.hsksearch.com HSK Group handles executive placements at media companies in areas including digital, print, out-of -home and emerging media, as well as placements at agencies. At agencies, it focuses on placing creatives, account management, account planners, strategic planners and new-business roles. Edward Koller, managing partner, 212-661-5250, ekoller@hsksearch.com. Juelconsulting.com The partners of JUEL have been helping agency leadership and client-side marketers for over 10 years in the areas of strategy and talent management. JUEL's executive recruiting practice is focused on senior positions across agency general management, account leadership, digital strategy, account planning, engagement planning and new business, as well as roles on the client side across marketing, media and corporate communications. Elizabeth Zea, partner, 646-552-2307, zea@juelconsulting.com kaplangardner.com Kaplan Gardner was founded in January 2007 36 two Razorfish alumni, Evan Kaplan and Andrew Gardner. Mr. Kaplan managed East Coast recruiting at Razorfish, while Mr. Gardner was VP-customer insight group, overseeing the user-experience and data-analysis departments. The two teamed up to fill what they viewed as an opening for an executive search firm that specialized in digital marketing. The boutique firm now fills senior-level positions in areas including sales, business development, user experience, SEO/SEM, strategy, account planning and data analytics. Occasionally the firm will take on a lower-level position in tandem with a senior-level search. Mr. Gardner declined to identify clients, but said that the majority are "top-tier" digital marketing agencies. The firm has also worked with traditional agencies, PR firms and 24 500 companies that are building out a digital division or digital marketing department. Andy Gardner, partner, 856-354-2055, andrew.gardner@kaplangardner.com Evan Kaplan, partner, 215-567-3100, evan.kaplan@kaplangardner.com kornferry.com Korn/Ferry International operates from nearly 80 offices around the world. The firm's Marketing Practice, co-led 36 Senior Client Partners Caren Fleit and Jennifer Carroll, collaborates with colleagues in nearly 40 countries and teams with consultants in a cross-section of industries to identify and attract marketing talent. A key focus for Ms. Fleit has been consulting with organizations across a variety of industries as they look for CMOs to drive change and measurable business results. "Often our clients ask us to help them define their CMO role so that it is best aligned with the desired business outcome," she said. "The CMO role is expanding; today's top-flight and aspiring CMOs need a new level of inspirational leadership to help drive the transformation that is so often expected of them." Ms. Carroll says one of her focuses has been connecting the firm's corporate and agency clients. "It helps crystallize the position specs and what type of person might play best," she said. "It gives us a comprehensive view of what's happening in the market." Caren Fleit, senior client partner, 212-984-9417, caren.fleit@kornferry.com Jennifer Carroll, senior client partner, 312-526-0581 jennifer.carroll@kornferry.com lasertalent.com Laser Talent Group is an executive recruiting partner for advertising agencies and brands. Laura Laser, founder and President, worked in advertising and digital marketing for ten years leading business development, marketing and production efforts before discovering her calling - connecting people and companies. Having been on the "other side," she understands what makes a good fit between the perfect candidate and the ideal job. Areas of expertise include: creative, production, strategy, technology, user-experience and account management/business development. Laura Laser, president, executive recruiter, 310-425-8484, laura@lasertalent.com lhazan.com Founded in 2000, Lynn Hazan & Associates specializes in marketing and communications placement across the U.S., with a specialty in Chicago and the Midwest. Clients include 24 1000 firms, agencies, entrepreneurial firms and not-for-profits. LH&A places candidates in full-time, part-time, project-based, and temp-to-perm positions. Areas of expertise cover the communications spectrum, from advertising, marketing and PR to corporate communications, design and new media. Lynn Hazan, president, 312.863.5401, lynn@lhazan.com www.marcustjean.com Marcus St. Jean focuses on the creative side of the agency world, placing everyone from junior-level talent up to chief creative officers in positions both domestic and abroad. Anne Marie Marcus, owner, 212-274-0277, anne-marie@marcustjean.com www.melindaholm.com Melinda Holm & Associates serves a wide swath of the industry, working with all levels and areas of marketing, advertising, public relations and communications. But while it handles positions nationwide, the firm is focused on Chicago-area placements. Lisa Casper, VP-senior recruiter, 708-488-9701, lcasper@mhajobs.com mercurygrp.net The emphasis is on media and media-technology companies, with core competencies in sales, marketing and advertising. In April, the company launched an agency practice to service both traditional and digital agencies, as well as a career-transition and outplacement business. The launch of those businesses, said J.D. Rehm, managing partner, was a proactive approach to the dismal economy. The career-transition and outplacement business was a logical addition, given the number of displaced people in the media and marketing world, Mr. Rehm said. Mostly, those looking to Mercury Group for career transition advice are coming from traditional media -- magazines, newspapers or television -- and looking to shift into digital. As for the agency business, Mercury Group believes agencies will recover more quickly than media companies. Jeff Lundwall, managing partner, 212.905.6076, jeff@mercurygrp.net. J.D. Rehm, managing partner, 212.905.6077, jd@mercurygrp.net Judy Laughren, partner, 212.905.6078, judy@mercurygrp.net www.mjsearch.com This boutique firm, which also has offices in New York, services industries, including consumer goods and services; internet and e-commerce; entertainment, media and sports; and marketing and public relations. It focuses on executive placements in marketing, sales, social media, digital, public relations, corporate communications and general management positions. Clients include PepsiCo , American Express, Diageo and Equinox Fitness . Matt Schwartz, founder, president, 914-631-1774 ext. 1, matt@mjsearch.com Sharon Schanzer, principal, 914-631-1774 ext. 3, sharon@mjsearch.com mullenmarketingsearch.com Mullen Marketing Search is a NY-based executive search firm that works at the intersection of branding, technology and media. Its specialty is finding truly innovative brand leaders and separating them from the thousands of good, but not good-enough, marketers for our clients. The firm recruits CMO's to Brand Managers, Brand Consultants/Brand Strategists/Account Planning Directors and Account Management for 24 500 companies, brand consultancies, innovation companies, advertising agencies, PR agencies, digital agencies and media companies on a retained or exclusive contingency basis. Shannon Mullen, Founder, 917-208-2494, shannon@mullenmarketingsearch.com After more than two decades in the business, Barbara Pickens set out on her own in 2003, founding Pickens & Co. Ms. Pickens focuses on filling senior-level marketing, sales and general-management roles at CPG, food and drug companies. Mars, Heinz, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Clairol are a few of the companies Ms. Pickens has worked with. Barbara Pickens, founder, 212-573-0921, bp@pickensco.com princetonone.com With offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia, Princeton One claims more than 3,000 placements a year. It services agencies, media companies, CPG and retail companies. It has expertise in placing executives in areas including account planning and services, media planning, digital marketing and media, project management, product design and marketing, market research and shopper insights, among others. Lisa Kojis, managing partner, 614-252-6200, lisa.kojis@princetonone.com Paul Fafard, senior consultant, 512-327-8292, paul.fafard@princetonone.com robertsryan.com Roberts & Ryan focuses on senior agency talent, primarily in the United States with a base in Chicago, typically candidates with salaries 150k and above. It is a retained firm that specializes in account management, planning, creative, media and operations. It also specializes in various mediums including, but not limited to: Advertising, Shopper Marketing/Activation, Digital, ocial, Public Relations and CRM/Loyalty. Gregg Orloff, Partner, 312-327-1003, gorloff@robertsryan.com www.russellreynolds.com Russell Reynolds Associates is a leading global executive search and assessment firm with more than 300 consultants based in 40 offices worldwide. Consultants work closely with public and private organizations to assess and recruit senior executives and board members to drive long-term growth and success. Its in-depth knowledge of major industries and of its clients' specific business challenges, combined with our understanding of who and what make an effective leader, ensures that its clients secure the best leadership teams for the ongoing success of their businesses. Seema Kathuria, consultant, 312-993-0708, seema.kathuria@russellreynolds.com. Bobbie Lenga, leader, global consumer sector, 312-993-9696, bobbie.lenga@russellreynolds.com. Margot McShane, consultant, 415-352-3300, margot.mcshane@russellreynolds.com Kathy Ventura, consultant, 203-905-3350, kathy.ventura@russellreynolds.com Richard Sanderson, consultant, 312-993-0735, richard.sanderson@russellreynolds.com Andrew Hayes, consultant, 404-880-5164, andrew.hayes@russellreynolds.com Alan Cork, consultant, 612-335-3211, alan.cork@russellreynolds.com www.sklarsearch.com Founded in 1998, Sklar & Associates focuses exclusively on media, with all four of its recruiters boasting media backgrounds. The firm has offices in Chicago and New York but makes placements at media agencies, media companies and within marketers' media groups, around the country. It works with a wide range of executives, from junior level to senior level, placing them in positions ranging from media planner and media buyer to digital media director. Patricia Sklar, president, 312-467-4600, patricia@sklarsearch.com www.sourceexecutive.com Source Executive Search, which was formerly PLA Inc., focuses on mid-level executive positions on both the agency and client side, with a heavy concentration in food service and multi-unit retail. The boutique firm handles both creative and account service roles, as well as media, sales promotion and public relations. Secondary markets are a sweet spot for the firm, notes Kaarla McKenzie, president and managing director. "We have always had a lot of luck in what was called 'B' markets, not Los Angeles, New York or Chicago," she said. "We currently have searches in Dallas, Denver, St. Louis, Orlando and Atlanta." Kaarla McKenzie, president and managing director, 813-909-4434, kaarla@sourceexecutive.com. spencer-group.com Jennifer Spencer is a one-woman shop that focuses on placements in the Midwest. The majority of placements are made in Kansas City, though she also works in St. Louis, Des Moines, Nebraska and Chicago. Ms. Spencer got her start in account services at a Kansas City shop but soon became bored and turned to recruiting advertising executives. After the boutique recruiting firm she was working at shuttered its doors, she opened her own shop in the fall of 2001. She now focuses primarily on agencies, of which Kansas City counts several, including VML, Barkley and Bernstein-Rein. There are also small shops like Willoughby Design, Design Ranch and Nicholson Kovac. "Kansas City is a weird anomaly of an advertising community. It's really cohesive and fiercely independent, with only VML as part of a conglomerate," Ms. Spencer said. "There's a ton of advertising dollars coming through here." Jennifer Spencer, founder, jspencer@spencer-group.com 913-248-9555 spencerstuart.com Spencer Stuart is a global network, with offices in 27 countries. It focuses exclusively on senior-level executive placements and works across a broad range of sectors. Greg Welch, consultant, gwelch@spencerstuart.com, 312-396-3801 George Jamison, consultant, gjamison@spencerstuart.com, 203-326-3776 Chris Nadherny, consultant, cnadherny@spencerstuart.com, 312-321-8332 Tom Seclow, consultant, tseclow@spencerstuart.com, 415-808-8903 Dana Wade, consultant, dwade@spencerstuart.com, 212-336-0251 Will Schutte, media, wschutte@spencerstuart.com, 415-808-8945 stephenbradford.com This boutique firm, with offices in New York and San Francisco, works with both agencies and clients on senior-level placements. It has several practices: marketing communications, advertising and marketing, promotions and marketing, and media, with the leader of each of those practices coming from that particular field. Erika Weinstein, president, 646-728-2341, erikaw@stephenbradford.com. Linda Schaler, managing director, 646-728-2344, lindas@stephenbradford.com. tsiexec.com T. Scott International is a boutique firm led 36 industry veterans with clients in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts & Illinois. It places mid- to senior-level candidates with award winning agencies, service providers, and 24 500 Companies in the digital and/or pharmaceutical marketing & advertising space. Please visit www.tsiexec.com for more information. Tom Liska, Managing Partner, 610-954-7600 x203, tom@tsiexec.com Lynsey Boggess, Associate Director, 610-954-7600 x206, lynsey@tsiexec.com Erika Brett, Integrated Marketing Manager, 610-954-7600 x201, erika@tsiexec.com www.thetalentbusiness.com The Talent Business is a recruiter of senior talent for marketing communications agencies and creative businesses. It specializes in creative client service and strategic talent recruitment for communications agencies and creative businesses. The firms specializes in placements in advertising, media, digital, direct marketing and integrated communications positions, both globally and locally. Maria Gianoutsos, managing director, 212-334-1803, maria.gianoutsos@thetalentbusiness.com www.tangerine-ny.com Launched in 2002, Tangerine recruits "strategic talent" in account planning, account management, creative technology, communications planning and the digital space. The majority of its placements are made in New York, though it partners with search consultants around the world. It counts Anomaly , JWT, Kenneth Cole, Interbrand, Modernista, MTV , Strawberry Frog and Taxi among its clients. Sally Jones, founder, sally@tangerine-ny.com, 917-826-8280. tangerine-watson.com This boutique firm, which was spun off from Tangerine three years ago, focuses on placing multi-cultural advertising and marketing talent on both the agency and client side. Carol Watson, principal partner, got her start on the agency side at Bates and then moved on to the media side, working at Essence, The New York Times and Vibe. After leaving Vibe, Ms. Watson moved into the executive recruiting space, though Tangerine-Watson also provides mentoring, coaching and career-development services. "I've been in the business a gazillion years and have seen the ups and downs of people of color leaving at the mid-level. There's no diversity at the senior level," she said. "People that I know that were in the business felt like they were the only ones, with different tales of not being treated well or biases or not feeling like they could break in. There was a need for more supporting, training, development and pure honesty for agencies that wanted to do a better job." Ms. Watson does believe the industry has made some headway over the last few years. Some agencies have become increasingly aggressive and progressive, she says, and clients are increasingly asking about the staffing of the agencies that are pitching their business, in an effort to increase diversity. Carol Watson, principal partner, 212-505-0405, carol@tangerine-watson.com www.tesar-reynes.com Founded in 1982, Tesar-Reynes partners with marketing services -- both domestically and internationally -- on branding and communications projects. Their services include retained senior management search, succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, agency search selection, search for senior-level consultants, and helping foreign agencies and companies set up branding and communications operations in the U.S. Bob Tesar, partner, 312-726-1900, bob@tesar-reynes.com Tony Reynes, partner, 312-726-1900, tony@tesar-reynes.com www.troyanosgroup.com It is the stated mission of The Troyanos Group to help CEOs, Presidents and Division Leaders grow their business. Whether engaged on a multi-faceted consulting project, or a retained search for a key executive, the firm brings all of its resources to help our clients grow. The firm's Executive Search focus is on senior-level recruiting assignments in the marketing and marketing communications disciplines with a special focus in the areas of measurable marketing, public relations, advertising, digital, strategy, business development and healthcare. It takes great pride in its consultative process – its secret sauce, so to speak - which enables its success rate to far outdistance industry norms. Dennis Troyanos, Principal, 914-479-1801, dennis@troyanosgroup.com Norman Sherman, Principal, 914-479-1802, norman@troyanosgroup.com Larry Adler, Principal, 914-479-1803, larry@troyanosgroup.com wardgroup.com The Ward Group is an executive search and organizational consulting firm specializing in marketing, communications and product management. It represents clients in a variety of industries and communications agencies from its Boston and New York-area offices. It's been recruiting for more than 17 years. Jim Ward, president, 781-938-4000, jward@wardgroup.com Tom Jago, managing director, 201-940-7383, tjago@wardgroup.com wiserpartners.com David Wiser started his practice about 15 years ago after working at a marketing consulting firm and in brand management at Procter & Gamble. Wiser Partners focuses on retained executive placements in marketing, sales and consumer insights across categories including consumer goods and services, retail, wireless media and entertainment, hospitality, financial services and health care. Clients have included Amazon, AT&T Wireless, Barclays, Chase, Coca-Cola, DirecTV , Genentech, Nielsen , Panera, Timberland, VF Corp. and Walmart. About two-thirds of the roles it places are in a CMO, senior VP or VP role, while the remainder are placed in director or number-two-type roles. With a headquarters in Cincinnati, Mr. Wiser says that people assume he's downtown having lunch with P&G execs every day, but that 's not the case. While he admits that P&G and other major package-goods companies develop "phenomenal" talent, his firm is more interested in execs who are "one generation removed." "We're interested in seeing what happens when they leave a P&G or General Mills or PepsiCo and cut their teeth," he says. "Then they become really interesting." David Wiser, managing principal, 513-533-4000, david@wiserpartners.com www.wtwassociates.com The boutique practice is focused on media, digital media and entertainment, making placements at both agencies and media companies. It works with roles at all levels, though primarily the director level and above. The team at WTW Associates counts Time Warner , Sony Music and Ernst & Young among their former employers. Warren Wasp, founder, 212-972-6990, w.wasp@wtwassociates.com. Ira Sallen, partner, 212-972-6990, i.sallen@wtwassociates.com. wunderlandgroup.com The team at WunderLand is passionate about solving businesses' contract staffing and full-time hiring needs, while helping people find meaningful work and great jobs. It does this 36 proactively leveraging current technology and social media trends, while focusing on old-fashioned relationship building with our clients and candidates - a human-centric approach. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York and San Francisco, it is small enough to be flexible, approachable and fun, yet large enough to be able to satisfy the staffing needs of the most conservative 24 500 corporations quickly and reliably. Judi Wunderlich, Co-Founder/VP of Recruiting, 312-506-8600 www.you-and-them.com We are not your average e-mail blasting recruiters. We are here to align stars and connect dots, not just match titles with positions and salary demands with salary offerings. We take a real liking to our candidates -- and vise versa. Opportunities span all disciplines within advertising agencies, digital shops, marketing companies, startups and more. Sign up for You & Them job alerts and we'll be in touch with opportunities that are a fit for you ... or someone you know. Dana Siomkos, Owner, 917.836.0463, dana@you-and-them.com Leigh McDaniel, Talent Scout, leigh@you-and-them.com

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