Team

  • After many trials and tribulations of working for wonderful and frightening bosses, Angela finally gathered the courage to practice what she preaches and launched AD Talent - her passion. Prior to AD Talent, she was the Recruitment Partner for a 100+ person Engineering and Production team at R/GA and built a multi-million dollar business from the ground up as the Director of Talent at 24 Seven Inc.

    Now an industry veteran and entrepreneur, Angela partners with numerous small and large companies to help make a positive impact on their overall growth through talent acquisition and people strategy. Some of the reputable brands she works with include WeWork, givewith, HUGE, Verizon, and Gensler. When she is not engrossing herself in AD Talent, you are likely to find her volunteering at City Critters and various remote parts of Africa and wondering why her banana tree always looks sad.

  • After graduating from New York University, Lilach has spent over a decade immersed in the world of Creative recruitment, touching on both the recruiting and business development side. She has helped agencies, product companies and corporations scale their Design, Content and User Experience teams.

    Looking to join a company that had a shared mission and passion for helping people, she joined AD Talent in 2021.

    When she's not training for her next race with the Central Park Running Club, you can find Lilach strolling the streets of the Upper West Side in search of the best babka with her husband Dan, sons Ezra and Oren, and spirited whoodle, Olive.

  • Originally trained and practiced as an architect, Lauren quickly found her passion in design more generally and people operations more specifically. After 4 years on the west coast with Works Progress Architecture, Lauren joined 24 Seven Inc. and then Amanda Mintz Creative Management, recruiting entry to executive level talent for top companies such as Mother, Wondersauce, SelectNY, Noë & Associates, L'Oreal and Moda Operandi.

    In 2015 she joined Rafael de Cárdenas / Architecture at Large (RDC/AAL), a cutting-edge boutique design studio, as the Managing Director. Overseeing operations/HR, finance, legal and business development initiatives, Lauren partnered closely with the founder to increase internal efficiencies and staffing strategies while delivering exceptional projects for esteemed clients such as Nike, Related Companies, Christie's and Gentle Monster.

    Lauren joined AD Talent Inc. in 2018. Leveraging her background in talent acquisition and resource management, where she is able to help reputable brands strategize and implement their internal infrastructures and processes to support business growth at a global scale.

    With a love for all the little details no one else wants to worry about, Lauren is most often found plotting and planning mountain and beach getaways with friends and perfecting her chili recipe.

  • Kristina has over 15 years in the Creative Recruitment industry. She started answering phones for a firm in NYC, then grew into staffing naturally as she saw an opportunity to help her friends find work in Advertising.

    As this industry evolved, she kept close to tech and how it changed the Design world. This allowed her to partner with an array of Start-ups, Design Firms, Ad Agencies, and even large corporate-level Innovation labs in building their teams across the US. From Social Media Marketing to Product Design, to User Experience, the list goes on. Tech had entered the chat and everyone needed to catch up.

    Now she will preach that it’s never a one-woman show, Kristina thrives off teamwork and looks forward to the partnerships with AD Talent.

    When she’s not training “Alexa” on understanding a Deep Southern Accent, you’ll find her secretly solving the latest true crime documentary or cooking another recipe where everyone will say it’s too spicy.

  • Breezy has over 12 years of experience partnering with leading companies including Nike, Samsung, R/GA, Verizon, and Huge, helping to scale their cross-functional teams. Some of her areas of expertise are Product Design, Software Engineering, Strategy, and Production. She was instrumental in the growth of the talent acquisition efforts at R/GA and 24 Seven Inc., where she managed a daunting volume of full-time and freelance searches with ease.

    In short, Breezy is as close to a human recruiting machine as it comes with her tenacious work ethic and robust talent network. Her passion in building meaningful, caring relationships with the talent she represents is what sets her apart from other recruiters. When Breezy is not multi-tasking and juggling numerous openings, you can find her cuddling up with her fur babies, Charlotte and Bruno, and trying the newest fitness or nutrition regimen.

  • Originally from a picturesque town in Pennsylvania, Matthew began his career as a fine-jewelry maker before he decided to take a leap of faith and give NYC a shot. He quickly established himself in the NY real estate world but realized his true calling is in people operations and talent management.

    Matthew joined AD Talent in 2017 as one of the founding members and has not looked back. Matthew has been an instrumental part of AD Talent.

    In between fielding questions and assisting clients and candidates to ensure they receive the best customer service, Matthew still finds time for his hobbies like cooking, sewing, and curating his next apartment color scheme.

  • Theresa has extensive recruiting experience at various companies for a diverse set of roles. She started her career at a creative recruiting agency, but quickly pivoted to recruiting for all industry roles for some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world including Allergan and AbbVie. She helped build the creative and marketing teams for Podcasts at Spotify and Creative Services at Apple.

    She is ready to accept the challenge in sourcing the right fit for any team. When she's not recruiting, she is finding the best the cacio e pepe in every city she visits and loves discovering new techno artists and underground venues.

  • As Global Head of Executive Recruitment for Huge, Jessica established the Executive Search function and built it into a center of excellence. She defined the vision, strategy, process and go to market approach for leadership talent acquisition and spearheaded high profile searches for key global executive roles. In her earlier role as Recruitment Director, she was instrumental in scaling the agency to 1,300+ individuals globally. She was promoted multiple times to co-lead the global recruitment team.

    Before joining Huge, Jessica served a year with Kantar Group, a WPP Company, as part of a newly formed leadership recruitment resource. She also worked for over a decade for a boutique executive search and advisory firm to the design industry, RitaSue Siegel Resources, where she led high profile retained executive searches for world-class senior design, brand, creative, strategic and management leaders.

    Jessica is a sought after talent acquisition leader, business partner and trusted advisor to C-Suite executives, profiled in Business Insider and Adweek as an influencer. A strategic thinker and visionary, she has demonstrated experience leading through growth and change.

  • With 10 years of experience across Media, Entertainment, Beauty, and Tech companies, at various stages, Shane is passionate about developing connections and helping others make more meaningful ones.

    Shane has an extensive background in end-to-end talent acquisition, recruitment operations, succession strategy planning, vendor procurement and management, and employer branding.

    Originally from Los Angeles, by way of Honolulu, when Shane isn't recruiting, he's binge-watching his favorite Bravo series, tapping it back at SoulCycle, or enjoying a Trust Me from Sugarfish.