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Welcome, Julia El-Safty! We're so happy you're here 🎉

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Congrats, Jeffrey (Jing Zhi) Zhang, CPA! Great things ahead at Pearl West 😊

So thrilled to have Frances Wilk join us here at Align. She has a ton of experience helping founders navigate executive hires, and has already hit the ground running with a key search for us. A friend gave me the advice a while ago: “hire someone who is better than you at this,” and I feel fortunate that I was able to do that. Welcome, Frances!

We're supporting a leading Canadian digital agency in their search for an experienced revenue leader. Who should we talk to? The ideal candidate has had success building digital agencies from $10M - $30M+ in a revenue leadership position. The role is confidential at this time, so we cannot share too much publicly. Send us a note at hello@letsalign.co if you're interested!

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Real ways to support women today: *examine compensation of women on your team or in your company. *advocate for promotion/compensation (together, only) *examine your paid leave policy for both parents *advocate for stronger paid leave policies for both parents. *hire women. *serve as a mentor to women. *promote women. For those in the back, I'll say it again. *support women's careers intentionally in whatever way you can. The above are all action words. ACTION. Posting about women on this day is fine, but action is what makes change. Find a way.

Continuing our busy start to the year, we have some exciting new leadership roles going live within the next few weeks: If you're in the market for an executive role in a remote agency (creative or marketing), ideally as a CEO/GM or Sales Leader, we'd love to hear from you! Send us a note with a resume to hello@letsalign.co. These agencies are 30-50 people, are fully remote, and are well known and highly regarded in their niche. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a major impact on a small, passionate team. More information to come! #hiring #executivesearch

My hope for 2024 is that companies give employees who can work flexibly (most of us) the opportunity to experiment with what works best for their org: from home, from the office or shared workspace, or a mix of these. Spend the time, keep an open mind, and iterate with your team. Set goals and measure results. If things aren’t working, adapt. Companies that trust their employees to find what works best for them and their teams will win over time with better talent and higher employee retention. Let’s make 2024 the year that we look objectively at location restrictions and experiment with what works best on a case-by-case basis. Don’t let COVID restrictions, or their subsequent rushed back-to-office mandates, bias your approach. Your team and your bottom line will thank you.

We have a new opportunity that we’re very excited about: Director, M&A: We’re working with a small, innovate Investment Banking firm to find their new M&A leader. This role will be working closely with the founder and CEO, and help founders end to end with raising debt/equity, management buyouts and other innovate transactions. The ideal candidate has been a part of M&A deals end to end, ideally in SaaS or internet based companies, has an accounting background (CPA/CA designation not required but preferred) and has very strong interpersonal skills. We’re looking for someone who is highly self-motivated, organized, and wants to get into a small, innovative company and help build. Compensation structure is highly weighted on outcomes and the successful candidate will have large variable upside (uncapped) per successful deal. Base salary will be in the 100-120k range. Open to remote candidates across Canada. If this is interesting, please send a note to hello@letsalign.co with your resume and why you think you’d be a good fit. #executivesearch #mergersandacquisitions