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Common Marketing and HR Executive Qualities: Recruit, Retain, Engage

This is the third article in a 5-part series highlighting Vantage’s 2015 hiring trends and 2016 predictions. 2014 was a banner year for hiring executives in product, engineering, marketing, and sales. Consequently, in 2015 we saw a focus on retaining the sophomore executives that leaders worked so hard to recruit, while bolstering the quality of the workplace and brand.

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2015 VP Engineering and Design Recruitment Recap

This is the second article in a 5-part series highlighting Vantage’s 2015 hiring trends and 2016 predictions. VP Engineering was the most commonly recruited position for Vantage during 2015, followed by VP Infrastructure, VP Software Engineering and Head of Software. Vantage placed design executives at the Senior Director level to the Creative Director/ VP. Some of Vantage’s clients used Vantage to place multiple levels comprising of an entire design team within their organization. Specialties such as motion, user experience (UX), and advertising were designated within the lower roles.

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2015 Executive: Intelligence Driven and Interaction Savvy

Gartner predicted that “the advent of intelligence everywhere and the technology impact of the digital business shift” would be two of the top strategic tech trends for 2015. At Vantage, we saw executive hiring reflect both trends. Just as Deep Learning is rampant across all technology verticals, we’ve seen a similar demand in hiring executives.

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Coupa welcomes Tayloe Stansbury to its Board of Directors

Vantage Partners helped Coupa Software, the leader in cloud-based spend management, appoint H. Tayloe Stansbury to its board of directors. Stansbury is a recognized and respected technology and business leader with more than 30 years of experience, including more than 15 years as a senior executive in public software companies.

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