Our People
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:
Sharon Spielman
Managing Director
Specialties: Agency Executive Management, New Business, Senior Account Management and Corporate Advertising and Marketing
Sharon is a Managing Director of The Howard-Sloan-Koller Group. She leads all client and candidate management and development for advertising agencies and consumer marketers and has been in recruitment for more than 20 years. Her areas of specialization include executive agency management, senior account management, advertising management and account/strategic planning. Her clients include domestic and global agencies and advertisers, as well as young and eager-to-succeed new agencies.
Sharon’s earlier career included account management roles at Young & Rubicam, Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample and William Esty. Her work included successes on clients such as L’eggs, Chesebrough-Pond’s Vaseline Intensive Care Brands, and Warner-Lambert’s Mouthwashes and Breath Mints. She began her career on the corporate side at a national retailer becoming Advertising Director. Clients benefit from this understanding of what it takes to make strong brands and her appreciation for how team connectivity helps companies build successful agency and client relationships.
An active member and advocate of the industry, she has had many articles published in industry press. She is a proactive member of the Advertising Club, a member of the International ANDY Awards committee, a member of 212 interactive club, and was co-founder/co-chairman of the Madison Avenue Sellout — an industry fundraiser for AIDS Charities.
She is a graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.