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The Howard-Sloan-Koller Group (HSK) team is made up of 20 industry professionals, all dedicated to meeting your recruitment and career development needs. Each HSK consultant holds a leadership role within one or several specialty areas, which positions the firm to work with people who truly excel at what they do.
Here are a few of the people who make our business work:
Edward R. Koller, Jr.
Managing Partner
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Ed oversees business development for the firm in all areas of publishing, media and entertainment,
while also staying deeply involved in high-level searches. In addition to providing overall leadership for
the company, Ed provides high-level consulting and recruitment for companies at all stages of development,
including startup and merger/acquisition phases. His loyal client base has worked with him for many years,
sometimes developing from a relationship started 20 years ago when Ed placed the person in a junior sales
position. Ed's intuitive ability gives him an unmatched talent for sensing the subtleties of a "perfect
fit."
Ed joined HSK 25 years ago after dabbling in radio sales. He quickly excelled, ultimately acquiring
the firm and converting its business model from contingency to retained. Ed has shared his special insights
in his book, "The Hiring Challenge" (Folio, 1992). He is a past president of the Business
Professional Advertising Association (B/PAA), an active member of The Advertising Club of New York
and The Information Industry Association. He also is involved in and served as president of the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation's New York Chapter.
Karen Danziger
Managing Partner
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Specialties: Editorial/Content, Art Direction/Creative Services, Production
Karen oversees the firm's recruitment in editorial/content, production, design/creative services, and
brand promotion and licensing across all media platforms--print and digital. Editors know Karen as one who truly understands what they do--without a lot of explaining required. She is a partner in the firm, supervising business development and operations, while
also managing high-level searches.
Prior to joining HSK, Karen was a magazine editor for 12 years. She worked for CMP Media, the
American Bar Association and a housing b2b magazine. Karen is a member of Women in Communications and the
Society of National Association Publications.
Carrie Molay
Partner
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Specialties: Publishing Sales & Marketing, Promotion, Research
Carrie is a senior team leader of HSK's advertising sales and marketing practice in publishing, digital media and cable, and contributes to the firm's content searches. She joined HSK in 2006 after 8 years at Lifestyle Media, a special interest consumer magazine group best known for American Cheerleader. As Vice President, Group Publisher, she launched magazines, websites and conferences, managed P&L;, and had direct oversight of sales, editorial and art, including hiring and training, for her portfolio of products. She helped ready the company for sale in late 2006.
Concurrently, Carrie also served on the board of Luminary Publishing providing strategic consulting regarding operational efficiency and the launch of a second title. She worked in sales, marketing and PR in the real estate industry before moving into media.
Mara Covell
Managing Director
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Specialties: Editorial/Content, Art Direction/Creative Services, Hispanic Media
Mara helps clients identify and attract superior talent by drawing on her 20+ years in traditional
and nontraditional media. Mara joined HSK in 1999, after being both a client and a candidate of the firm. She
works in the firm's Editorial/Creative Services practice area across all platforms--print and digital--and also oversees the firms recruiting in
Hispanic and multilingual media. She also oversees many of the firm's searches in book publishing.
Mara's career as a media executive began as an editor on consumer magazines at Condé Nast. She
later expanded into other media platforms and business models, including books, video programs, and a variety
of products customized for clients, working at Whittle Communications, based in Knoxville, TN, for 10+ years,
before creating her own media consulting firm. Her experience includes launching a Spanish-language magazine
for Hispanic mothers, La Familia de Hoy, as well as many other launches.
Phil Growick
Managing Director
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(Managing Director, Jerry Fields Associates)
Specialties: Senior Creatives in Advertising, Sales Promotion, Interactive,
Direct
Phil's relationships run wide and deep with many of the nation's top national and regional agencies
and creatives. Before joining Jerry Fields in 1991, he was a principal and Chief Creative Officer of Van
Brunt/Growick, a $40 million agency. Over the years he had won numerous prestigious awards including CLIOs
and ANDYs. At Jerry Fields, he has helped large and smaller creative shops attract top talent in
advertising, sales promotion, interactive and direct. A partial list of clients includes McCann-Erickson,
Cramer Krasselt, Lowe Worldwide, Sedgwick Rd., Grey Worldwide, Ryan Partnership, GSD&M;, Saatchi & Saatchi and
many more.
Mary V. Olson
Managing Director
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Specialties: Newspaper and Broadcast
Mary leads business development for the firm's newspaper and broadcasting practices, with emphasis on their digital businesses. She also plays a strong candidate-development role across the firm,s function areas, including sales, marketing, general operations, editorial, public relations, and human resources. Mary came to HSK from the Tribune Company, where she was the Managing Director, Executive Recruitment and Strategy, responsible for all executive recruitment and sales strategy across the nation. She also served as an Executive Coach and coached new executives through their first year and throughout their careers at Tribune. Prior to this role, Mary was a Senior Sales Executive at WGN-TV and held various positions at Tribune, including Director of National Recruitment and was part of the Tribune/Times Mirror Merger and Integration Team. Mary began her career in the broadcast industry, working as an on air-reporter for various cable and television stations.
Mary holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor's degree in Communications and Public Relations from Illinois State University.
Dick Schenkel
Senior Managing Director
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Specialties: Consumer Marketing, General Management and Events/Conferences
Dick helps clients by drawing on his experience as a journalist and an entrepreneur, as well as on
his MBA training. He oversees the firm's recruiting in the critical area of newsstand circulation and direct
marketing as well as high-level operations management positions. In the general management area, common
searches are for COOs and GMs of media companies (print and digital) and exhibit/conference businesses. Other common searches
are VPs and Directors of magazine circulation and directors of custom publishing.
Prior to joining HSK in 1994, Dick cofounded a national sports newsletter. He also worked at Hearst
Professional Magazines and The (Bergen) Record. Dick is a member of the Direct Marketing Association, Direct
Marketing Club of New York, and the National Trade Circulation Council.
Karen Shnek-Lippman
Managing Director
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Specialties: Public Relations/Editorial
A seasoned veteran of many of the area's top public relations agencies and companies, Karen Shnek-Lippman is
the firm's corporate communications/PR specialist. Prior to joining HSK in 1999, Karen was the PR Director
for New York's legendary Tavern on the Green restaurant where she oversaw all of the restaurant's
advertising, marketing and PR efforts. Karen currently contributes her media expertise to HSK's
editorial/creative services division where she has assisted on numerous searches.
Sharon Spielman
Managing Director
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(Managing Director, Jerry Fields Associates)
Specialties: Agency Executive Management, New Business Directors, Senior Account
Management and Corporate Advertising and Marketing
After an extensive career in advertising and marketing, Sharon joined the executive search industry
in the 1980's. She specializes in executive management, new business directors, senior agency account
management and corporate advertising and marketers with domestic and global experience. Her strong
relationships in the advertising industry coupled with her depth of experience serve her well in the search
business, resulting in long-lasting associations with clients and candidates.
Sharon worked on both the client and agency sides of the business, on everything from retail to
consumer packaged goods at large and smaller companies. She understands the importance of culture within
companies and how this affects the successes of both management and their employees. An industry activist,
she chairs the Senior Steering Committee for the Advertising Club of New York. Sharon also serves on the
Advertising and Communications Executive Committee for The UJA Federation of New York. She was cofounder of
the Madison Avenue Sellout, a major industry fundraising event.
Ariella Altabet
Director
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Ariella works in candidate development at HSK in a variety of practice areas, with an emphasis in sales and marketing. She joined HSK early in 2006 after working in corporate marketing and creative services at two major publishing companies, Time Inc. and Hachette Filipacchi Media. Most recently, she was a project coordinator for Time Inc.'s Teen People, All You, People en Español, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and Time for Kids. She spent a year and a half in online marketing for a leading book publisher, Bookspan, a division of Time Warner and Bertelsmann before joining Time Inc. For two years prior, Ariella managed projects for all Hachette Filipacchi Media titles as Corporate Marketing/Creative Services Coordinator from 2000-2002. Ariella was a public relations intern at Manning Selvage & Lee in Washington D.C. before moving to New York, where she soon joined Hachette.
Randy Duax
Director
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Specialty: Ad Sales
Randy recruits advertising sales and marketing professionals, while also serving as Director of
Research for the firm. He is an award-winning author and editor, with a master's degree in creative writing
from Southampton College, which he received while working at HSK. He has penned articles and fiction for a
variety of newspapers and magazines, and brings a literary edge to the firm's search work and recruiting
process, as well as some online savvy common among recent college graduates.
Edward R. Koller III
Director
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Eddie joined HSK in January 2007, where he works in candidate development across the firm's practice areas. Prior to joining HSK, Koller was Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis for Action Media Holdings LLC (AMH), a Great Hill Partners portfolio company and leading provider of niche consumer
exhibitions and related online communities for lifestyle automotive enthusiasts. Primarily responsible for the company's M&A; and business development initiatives, he played a key role in launch of AMH's Web Operations and was involved in the sale of the company to Apprise Media in September 2006.
Prior to joining Action Media Holdings in May 2005, Eddie was an Associate at The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI), a leading investment banking and M&A; advisory firm specializing in the media and information industries. Eddie supported the firm's Managing Directors in sell-side and buy-side assignments, formal
valuations and detailed company and industry research.
Eddie graduated from Bucknell University in May 2001, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and is active in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He earned the distinction of Cum Laude and was a member of Bucknell's Varsity Men's Tennis Team.
Collette Richardson
Director
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Collette Richardson works in candidate development for HSK's content and creative searches across all platforms, as well as sales/marketing professionals in book publishing. She came to the firm in 2006 after ten years as a Publication Manager of two industrial magazines at Thomas Publishing, focusing on domestic and international markets, after which she served as an independent providing data and media/PR assistance to U.S. manufacturers doing business in western Eurpope. Collette's early experience includes international merchandising in the cosmetics industry and founding a fashion and makeup trends newsletter for overseas markets. Collette has lived in London, Paris and New York.
Amy Shigo
Director
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Specialties: Content, Design, Promotion and Entertainment
Amy works in candidate development across the firm's practice areas, with emphasis on content, design, promotion and entertainment. She comes to HSK with 15 years of television production experience. Amy has written and produced features for ESPN, the National Hockey League, and Oxygen Media, and garnered an Emmy Award for her work at ESPN. She has also acted as a Marketing and PR consultant for a variety of companies, organizations and professional athletes. With her appreciation for the creative process and the written word, as well as her relationship-building style, Amy has transitioned to the media search industry seamlessly.
Adventurous in spirit, Amy is a four time Ironman and a "novice" mountain climber. She is a founding member of The Matthew Larson Foundation for Pediatric Brain Tumor Research and is involved in a variety of charitable events.
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