CMO Executive Search
Confidential retained search for Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Creative Officers, and senior marketing leaders requiring deep market mapping, discreet outreach, and a focused leadership hiring partnership.
Find or fill Chief Marketing Officer roles with Ikon Search, a boutique executive search firm built for high-growth marketing teams. From Series A-C scale-ups and PE-backed SaaS businesses to Fin-Tech, eCommerce, Mar-Tech and agencies, we connect ambitious leaders with carefully vetted opportunities and help employers secure strategic marketing talent quickly without sacrificing fit, clarity, or long-term impact.
Specialized recruitment support for CMO hiring, senior marketing roles, flexible engagements, and talent-market insight across the US.
Confidential retained search for Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Creative Officers, and senior marketing leaders requiring deep market mapping, discreet outreach, and a focused leadership hiring partnership.
Recruitment for Marketing Directors, Senior Marketing Directors, VPs of Marketing, and growth-stage leaders across SaaS, Fin-Tech, Mar-Tech, eCommerce, Ed-Tech, agencies, and funded scale-ups.
Specialized hiring across the digital marketing org chart, from analysts and channel managers through directors overseeing lifecycle, growth, retention, ecommerce, programmatic, and performance teams.
Direct-hire recruitment for full-time CMO and senior marketing roles, supported by cultural alignment, technical assessment, reference checks, and shortlists typically delivered within 2-3 days.
Long or short-term contract staffing for interim marketing leadership, project coverage, rapid scaling, leave support, or flexible executive capacity without immediate long-term headcount commitment.
Talent-market mapping, competitor analysis, and compensation benchmarking to help boards, founders, CHROs, and PE partners evaluate CMO hiring strategy before launching a search.
We begin by clarifying the business stage, marketing priorities, culture, reporting structure, compensation expectations, and required channel expertise so the search reflects both immediate goals and long-term leadership needs.
Ikon Search supports respected firms with fast, focused, and quality-driven recruitment solutions.
A boutique executive search partner built for specialist marketing and leadership hiring.
Qualified candidate shortlists are typically presented within 2-3 days for defined hiring mandates.
Founders bring 25+ years of executive search experience across specialized professional markets.
Every search starts with culture, values, goals, and role requirements before sourcing begins.
Market insight includes compensation benchmarks, talent availability, competitor mapping, and retention trends.
Specialist recruiters supporting tailored leadership and staffing searches.
Head of Contract Services
Kristin Lutz serves as Head of Contract Services at Ikon Search, the boutique staffing firm she helped establish in 2021. With deep expertise in contract and contingent workforce solutions, Kristin brings a client-first approach to every engagement, investing time upfront to thoroughly understand each organization's culture, values, and long-term hiring goals. Her extensive background in executive search and staffing enables her to connect businesses across financial services, technology, insurance, and marketing with exceptional professionals efficiently and accurately. Kristin is committed to delivering clean, quality-driven candidate pipelines and building lasting partnerships that support sustainable growth for clients ranging from growing startups to established corporations and PE-backed portfolio companies.
Head of Insurance
Connor Brown is the Head of Insurance at Ikon Search, leading the firm's specialized Insurance, Risk & Compliance recruiting division. With a focused expertise in the insurance sector, Connor works closely with carriers, brokerages, MGAs, reinsurers, and TPAs to identify and place top-tier talent across a wide range of roles. He leverages deep industry knowledge, broad professional networks, and Ikon Search's cutting-edge recruitment technology to present highly qualified candidates typically within two to three days. Connor takes pride in building genuine relationships with both clients and candidates, ensuring every placement aligns with the organization's operational needs, culture, and long-term strategic objectives.
Managing Partner
Adam Levy is a key team member at Ikon Search, the boutique staffing firm founded in 2021 with a mission to deliver tailored talent solutions across select industries. Adam contributes to the firm's commitment to pairing rigorous candidate vetting with a deep understanding of client needs, helping businesses across financial services, technology, insurance, and marketing find exceptional professionals. He embraces Ikon Search's core values of tailored focus, market speed, and data quality, working diligently to build and maintain strong relationships with both clients and candidates. Adam's collaborative approach supports the firm's ability to handle diverse hiring engagements, from full-time permanent placements to contract and temp-to-hire arrangements.
Ikon Search supports CMO, Chief Creative Officer, VP of Marketing, Marketing Director, Senior Marketing Director, and other senior marketing leadership roles. Searches commonly span SaaS, Fin-Tech, Mar-Tech, eCommerce, Ed-Tech, digital agencies, PE-backed portfolio companies, and Series A-C scale-ups where strategic growth, performance marketing, lifecycle, brand, or digital leadership is critical.
Talk with Ikon Search about your next marketing leadership move.
Founder-led expertise across senior hiring mandates
Rated highly by verified Google reviewers
Specialized recruitment across select professional industries
Share your hiring needs or career goals, and Ikon Search will help define the right next step for your Chief Marketing Officer search or employment conversation.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 347 332 9668. You can also send us a quick email at KristinL@ikonsearch.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 347 332 9668. You can also send us a quick email at KristinL@ikonsearch.com.