Lifecycle Search
Recruit Email Marketing Directors, Lifecycle Marketing Managers, Directors of Retention Marketing, and CRM leaders with hands-on expertise in Braze, Iterable, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Marketo, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
Find a customer engagement and marketing automation leader who can turn CRM data, lifecycle strategy, retention programs, and platform execution into measurable growth. Ikon Search connects companies with vetted directors across SaaS, Fin-Tech, eCommerce, Mar-Tech, and high-growth environments, delivering focused shortlists quickly without sacrificing technical fit, leadership capability, or cultural alignment.
Specialized recruiting for customer engagement, lifecycle, CRM, retention, and marketing automation leadership roles.
Recruit Email Marketing Directors, Lifecycle Marketing Managers, Directors of Retention Marketing, and CRM leaders with hands-on expertise in Braze, Iterable, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Marketo, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
Identify senior marketing leaders, including Marketing Directors, VPs of Marketing, CMOs, and customer engagement executives who can scale acquisition, retention, automation, and revenue programs.
Access digital media and performance marketing talent across growth, email, ecommerce, programmatic, SEO, SEM, social, and content functions for integrated customer engagement teams.
Use a confidential retained search model for high-impact director, VP, and C-suite marketing roles requiring market mapping, targeted outreach, and close stakeholder alignment.
Hire full-time customer engagement and marketing automation leaders through a direct-hire process built around culture fit, technical assessment, references, and long-term growth goals.
Secure interim, contract, temp-to-hire, or project-based marketing automation talent for platform migrations, lifecycle campaigns, retention initiatives, or leadership gaps.
Ikon Search starts by clarifying the role scope, reporting structure, platform stack, customer engagement goals, leadership expectations, and company culture so the search targets candidates who match both current needs and future growth plans.
Ikon Search supports established brands, financial firms, startups, and growth companies with specialized recruitment.
A boutique recruitment partner built for precise, high-quality marketing leadership searches.
Qualified shortlists are typically presented within two to three days for urgent hiring needs.
Founders bring 25+ years of executive search experience across specialized markets.
Insights include compensation benchmarks, talent availability, market trends, and retention averages.
Every search reflects company culture, values, growth plans, and technical role requirements.
Experienced recruiters supporting specialized hiring across growth markets.
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.
A Director of Customer Engagement owns the strategy for keeping customers active, loyal, and growing in value. Responsibilities often include lifecycle marketing, CRM strategy, email and automation programs, retention campaigns, segmentation, customer journey optimization, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration with product, sales, and customer success teams.
Speak with Ikon Search about your marketing leadership search.
Strong client feedback from published reviews.
Executive search expertise from firm founders.
Specialized recruitment across select high-growth industries.
Tell Ikon Search about your role, timeline, platform stack, and hiring priorities. The team will help define the search and identify qualified marketing automation talent.
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.