Marketing Leadership
Recruitment for Marketing Directors, Senior Marketing Directors, VPs of Marketing, CMOs, and Chief Creative Officers across SaaS, Fin-Tech, eCommerce, agencies, startups, and PE-backed companies.
Ikon Search helps companies identify, attract, and secure high-impact VP of Business Development and Marketing talent who can accelerate growth, lead revenue strategy, and build scalable teams. With boutique focus, deep marketing recruitment expertise, and a typically fast 2-3 day qualified shortlist, we support startups, PE-backed firms, SaaS, Fin-Tech, and established organizations hiring critical commercial leaders.
Specialized search solutions for growth, marketing, business development, and commercial leadership hiring.
Recruitment for Marketing Directors, Senior Marketing Directors, VPs of Marketing, CMOs, and Chief Creative Officers across SaaS, Fin-Tech, eCommerce, agencies, startups, and PE-backed companies.
Targeted hiring across digital marketing org charts, including SEO, SEM, programmatic, lifecycle, eCommerce, retention, growth, social, content, and performance marketing leadership roles.
Exclusive retained search for VP, C-suite, and strategic leadership roles requiring confidential outreach, deep market mapping, and a long-term executive hiring partnership.
Direct-hire recruitment for full-time business development and marketing leaders, supported by culture discovery, rigorous vetting, technical assessments, references, and fast qualified shortlists.
Flexible long or short-term contract staffing for interim marketing leadership, growth projects, leave coverage, M&A integration, and rapid scaling without permanent headcount commitment.
Talent mapping, competitor hiring intelligence, and compensation benchmarking to help leadership teams understand candidate availability, market movement, geography, and total compensation expectations.
We begin by understanding your growth goals, reporting structure, culture, compensation range, and the specific commercial outcomes expected from a VP of Business Development or Marketing hire.
Leading organizations trust Ikon Search for precise, fast, and relationship-driven executive recruitment.
A boutique recruitment partner built for high-stakes growth and marketing leadership hiring.
Qualified candidate shortlists are typically presented within 2-3 days without compromising vetting quality.
Founders bring 25+ years of executive search experience across specialized, high-growth markets.
We invest time upfront to understand culture, values, role requirements, and long-term goals.
Talent insights include compensation benchmarks, geographic markets, retention averages, and competitor intelligence.
Experienced specialists supporting precise 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.
A specialized recruiter helps define the role, map the talent market, identify qualified passive candidates, manage outreach, vet experience, and support the hiring process through offer acceptance. For VP-level business development and marketing roles, this often includes evaluating revenue strategy, growth marketing leadership, team-building ability, industry fit, compensation expectations, and alignment with company culture.
Speak with our recruiters about your leadership hiring goals.
Client-reviewed recruitment service quality.
Founder-led executive search expertise.
Founded in 2021 with tailored focus.
Tell us about your VP of Business Development or Marketing search, and Ikon Search will help define the role, map the market, and identify qualified candidates.
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.