
KAREN SHNEK LIPPMAN EXECUTIVE SEARCH
recruiting extraordinary leadership talent
director + sr. director + vice president + svp
gm + president + c-level

recruiting extraordinary leadership talent
director + sr. director + vice president + svp
gm + president + c-level
Karen Shnek Lippman Executive Search is a retained executive search firm founded by Karen Shnek Lippman -- a hands-on, highly-strategic recruiter and talent acquisition leader whose professional career spans both recruiting and strategic communications (PR).
Karen prides herself on presenting her clients -- ranging from VPs and CEOs at Fortune 200 companies to co-founders at venture-backed startups and privately-held SMBs -- with multiple highly-qualified, thoroughly-interviewed candidates, within weeks of beginning a search. She doesn't stop searching for the "right" talent -- the "best" talent -- until the hiring leader finds "the one."
All of the candidates Karen Shnek Lippman Executive Search interviews and presents to her client companies are "discovered," meaning, she finds all of her candidates through targeted, proactive search -- using databases and specific channels tailored per search -- not job postings.
Karen Shnek Lippman Executive Search's network is vast, global in reach. It includes thousands of business leaders across industries, job functions and funding models.
Among them:
● advertising
● auto/airline
● beauty/skincare
● consumer electronics
● fintech-financial services
● food and beverage
● global hospitality/tourism
● hardware
● health and wellness
● luxury
● social media platforms
● online marketplaces
● manufacturing
● media and entertainment
● public relations
● publishing
● restaurants
● retail/ecommerce
● software
● technology (AI, cloud, digital, 5G, LLM, satellite)
●transportation
● travel
● wireless/mobile
Karen understands how org charts are architected and compensation is benchmarked -- across companies within the same industry as well as within an individual company's industry "ecosystem."
What really sets Karen Shnek Lippman Executive Search apart in the retained search firm ecosystem is her high-level, consultative approach; deep domain experience working across multiple industry verticals and job functions; and her hands-on, precise candidate sourcing. Very few executive search leaders are as plugged into every company across N.A. as Karen. Very few recruiters know how to assess talent for fit across an entire org chart, not just for one job function.
The type of business leaders Karen Shnek Lippman Executive Search identifies and recruits drive innovation and solve business challenges -- whether that's product development/innovation, lowering churn, implementing a new ERP, AI-first CRM or technology globally, creating revenue-driving partnerships or designing experiences, shepherding an organization through a turnaround or IPO, or protecting a company's reputation.
Karen Shnek Lippman Executive Search knows how to communicate effectively with all company stakeholders during a search and navigate unforeseen events like leadership transitions and M&A.
Relationship-driven, Karen treats her candidates, not just the CEO and hiring team, like "valued customers," providing timely, professional communications throughout the entire search process.
Last but not least, Karen Shnek Lippman Executive Search operates with a high level of integrity and transparency.
If you'd like to learn more about why retained search is the best option for hiring your next business leader, please reach out: karen@ksl-search.com
PS — on the right is our trusted office mate, Diesel. Many of you already know him from our video chats!
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