Moving the Needle to Attract Top Talent

Our clients regularly tell us that they’re seeking “A Players” and “Rockstars” to join their teams. Both are overly used (and some would argue dreadful) cliches, but we all know what they’re talking about. They want the best available talent that will have an immediate impact to increase sales, cut costs, improve efficiencies, develop new products, and gain market share. Ideally, they want the “best of the best”.

Is the organization truly ready to bring on the “best of the best”? The “War for talent” dates to 1997. Identifying quality talent is not the hard part. Attracting and getting top talent to engage in a meaningful conversation relative to making a career move is. So how is that accomplished?

Jim

Product Engineering Manager – VT – 5126

Luxury Lighting Sales Associate – Miami Dade/ Monroe County, FL - 5127

Product Manager/Architectural Lighting Products – NY – 5160





Cass

Outside Sales – New England – 5152

Inside Sales – Northern Suburbs of Chicago – 5161

Regional Sales Manager – New York City – 5179

Jacque

Inside Sales – Remote – 5088

Regional Sales Manager – Seattle, WA – 5089

Lighting Designer – Chicago or Denver – 5096

Outside Sales – NY – 5099

Project Manager – NY – 5100

Senior Lighting Designer – Denver – 5115

Project Manager – Santa Rosa, CA – 5121

Outside Sales – Chicago IL – 5139

Outside Sales – South Florida – 5140

Senior Electrical Engineer – Las Vegas – 5149

Senior Electrical Designer – Las Vegas – 5150

Lighting Designer – Chicago – 5162

Jr/Mid Lighting Designer – Denver, CO – 5163

Lighting Designer – NJ – 5180



Pete

Project Manager – Long Island, NY – 5131

Quotations – NY – 5133

Account Manager / Inside Sales – LA area – 5141

Customer Service – RI – 5174

Promotions

Adam Malolepszy - Senior VP - Market Leader Consumer Canada, Signify

Amer Maleh - Senior VP of Sales, Delta Light Group, North America

Brian Prost - Production Manager, OCL Architectural Lighting

Catherine Barnes - Principal Lighting Designer, RAB Lighting

Chad Simpson - President, OCL

Coline Reinhardt - Sr. Sales Engineer - Los Angeles Luxury Residential, Lutron Electronics

David Gnapp - Director of Strategic Partnerships, Circadia Group, Inc.

Elizabeth Kinate - Strategic Solutions Manager, Legrand, North America

Eric Sackman - Senior Vice President, Chelsea Lighting

Jared Hoover - GM + Sr. Director, Wesco

Jennifer Butler - President, Focal Point

Jimalee Beno - VP Strategy, Legrand, North & Central America

Joey Basile - Director of Business Development, North America, Intra-Lighting US

Lane Wallis - VP, Commercial Industrial Sales, Cree Lighting

Laura Van Zeyl - VP, Marketing for Lightovation, Dallas Market Center

Lily Willis - Senior Marketing Manager, Acuity Brands

Megan Smith - Services Manager, Lutron Electronics

Melissa Ott - Director, Channel Marketing, Legrand, North America

Nicolas Berry - Associate, Control Sales Manager, The Lighting Agency

Rafael Gutierrez - Senior Sales Engineer, Lutron Electronics

Renee Thomas - Associate, ARUP

Scott Sorensen - EVP Sales & Marketing, BEGA

Tracy Lunden - Manager, Order Support, Order Excellence Team, Acuity Brands

Tyler Ezell - Senior Lighting Designer, Senior Associate, Syska Hennessy Group

Vedran Loncaric - Outside Sales Representative, Filix

Job Moves

Adam Lamar - Western Regional Manager, Viscor Lighting

Alex Truong - Product Manager, Eiko

Amer Maleh - SVP of Sales, Delta Light Group NA 

Andrea Edwards - Project Manager, Mercer-Zimmerman

Angie Ethridge - Director Sales Southeast, Bridgelux, Inc.

Anthony Di Domenico - Product Manager, Visual Comfort

Bill Russ - Director of Sales, IR-TEC America, Inc.

Brent Plumer - Specification Sales, C&O Electric Sales

Crockett McKade - Outside Sales Representative, H.E. Williams, Inc.

Dan Roser - NE Regional Sales Manager, Shat-R-Shield Lighting, Inc.

David Hatton - Operations Manager, LightStyle Automated Systems, Inc.

Geoffrey Wright - Lighting Designer II, HDR

Greg Mercier - Southeast Regional Sales, US Pole Company

Ian Shaw - Director of North American Sales, GVA Lighting, Inc.

Jeff Skippon - Strategic Advisor, Kore LIGHT

Jessy Fowler - Associate Product Design Engineer, Shat•R•Shield

Justin Castellano - Outside Sales, KSA Lighting & Controls 

Kai Jaffe - Outside Specification Sales Rep, 16500

Liam Harrison - Outside Sales Representative, H.E. Williams, Inc.

Lisa Miller - Designer & Marketing Director, Palindrome Lighting Design

Marcel Legros - Contractor & Specification Sales, Symmetry Lighting, Inc.

Marco Romaniello - Specification Sales Manager, Current Lighting

Mark Bellanti - Business Development and Training South Central, EiKO

Maryann Cassidy - Western RSM, OCL Architectural Lighting

Missie Kline - Regional Sales Support, Current Lighting

Morgan Phelps - Regional Specification Sales Manager, Modular Lighting Instruments

Randall Angel - EVP, Construction Sales, ELA + Synergy

Robert Holler - Regional Sales Manager, Signify

Robin Urban - Regional Sales Manager, Arcosa, Inc. - Ameron Pole Products

Rochelle Rivers - Executive Sales Director - Southeast, Amerlux

Ryan Smilie - Director of OEM Sales, EnOcean

S. Minah Yeo - Associate, HLB Lighting

Tim Lamberth - Specification Sales, Visual Interest

Tom Benton - Principal, PG Enlighten

Wayne Celeste - VP, Services, Myers Emergency Power Systems

President / Executive Recruiter

Brooke has been recruiting in the lighting industry since 2008. Her expertise includes recruiting in lighting manufacturing, lighting design, ESCO’s and rep agencies with positions ranging from mid-level to C-Suite / Executive level in sales, marketing, engineering, operations, product management, lighting design, etc. Brooke is also a member of the IALD Affiliate, IES, WILD, NAILD, NAED and The Pinnacle Society.

847.307.7127

bz@egretconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightingrecruiter/

Executive Recruiter

Pete joined Egret Consulting in 2023 as a Lighting Industry Recruiter. He is responsible for conducting professional searches for entry-level to C-Suite-level roles, including Inside / Outside Sales, Quotes, Project Management, Branch Managers, etc. for Lighting Distributors nationwide, as well as lighting manufacturers. 

847.305.3146

ps@egretconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petesanjuanlightingrecruiter/