MediaLink Expands Executive Search Practice with Two Senior Hires
March 07 2019 - 10:53AM
Business Wire
Time, Inc. Veteran Bucky Keady Joins as Senior
Vice President; Suzanne Kelly as Vice President
MediaLink, an Ascential company, announced today that it has
hired Bucky Keady and Suzanne Kelly as Senior Vice President,
Executive Search and Vice President, Executive Search,
respectively. Both will be based in New York and will report to
Trish Shortell, Managing Director, Executive Search, who joined
MediaLink in 2018.
The hires follow an extensive period of growth for MediaLink’s
executive search practice under the leadership of Shortell, on
whose watch revenue has significantly increased. In her role, Keady
will oversee team management, client services, and product
offerings; she will also lead searches across the media owner
category. Kelly’s primary focus will be on global CEO searches
across the media and marketing industries.
“Talent is frequently identified as the most vital and elusive
asset for progressive companies,” said Shortell. “MediaLink’s
executive search practice exists to close the gap. The increasing
demand for outstanding people has compelled us to add leaders whose
skills and mindset match the vision of our talent practice and the
needs of our clients. In the media world, Bucky is considered the
gold standard for excellence in talent management and is a deeply
trusted partner to CEOs and boards. Suzanne has honed her
solutions-focused approach through executive search experience
client-side and in various advisory roles. I’m delighted to welcome
them to the team.”
Keady joins MediaLink following an 18-year career at Time, Inc.,
where she was most recently SVP of Talent and Learning &
Development and was responsible for talent transformation to
support the company’s high-intensity transition to a multiplatform
media company. While there, Keady was an active participant in
multiple mergers, acquisitions, launches and divestitures,
including creation of the talent infrastructure for the new Time
Inc. as it separated from Time Warner. She oversaw talent
management and learning and development for over 30 major brands
across the organization and built teams for newly launched digital
brands like TheDrive.com, PeopleTV and #welldone. Earlier, Keady
was an Associate Director of Human Resources at Condé Nast and also
held positions at Cushman & Wakefield and Smith Barney, Harris
Upham & Co.
Kelly comes to MediaLink from Geller & Company, a strategic
financial advisory firm, where she was focused on human capital and
talent acquisition. Previously, Kelly spent five years at The Estée
Lauder Companies, most recently as Director of Global Talent.
There, she led the recruitment process, played a key role in talent
management across brand and function and helped centralize talent
acquisition globally. She was also a recruiter in the Financial
Officer Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates and has held
positions at Thomson Reuters, Morgan Stanley and Deloitte.
“I’m a strong believer that an organization’s corporate strategy
is only as strong as the people and culture that support it,” said
Keady. “The media and marketing industries in particular are
undergoing a massive transformative period. They require creative
talent solutions that can completely reimagine how a company
operates and then, therefore, their business challenges. I was
intrigued by the prospect of solving business problems from
multiple perspectives, and that’s exactly where MediaLink excels.
I’m thrilled to get started with Trish and the entire team.”
About MediaLink:
MediaLink is a leading strategic advisory firm operating at the
intersection of media, marketing, advertising, entertainment,
technology and finance. Unlike any other company in the strategic
advisory space, MediaLink provides counsel for navigating the age
of digital disruption in the core areas of talent and organization,
marketplace development, brand transformations, technology
application, agency optimization and investor strategies. Founded
in 2003 by Michael E. Kassan, MediaLink employs 165 professionals
in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and London.
MediaLink is an Ascential company. www.medialink.com
About Ascential plc:
Ascential (LSE:ASCL.L) is a specialist global information
company that helps the world’s most ambitious businesses win in the
digital economy. Our information, insights, connections, data and
digital tools solve customer problems in three disciplines:
- Product Design via global trend
forecasting service WGSN;
- Marketing via global benchmark for
creative excellence and effectiveness Cannes Lions and WARC and
strategic advisory firm MediaLink; and
- Sales via ecommerce-driven data,
insights and advisory service Edge by Ascential, leading Amazon
managed services provider Flywheel Digital, the world's premier
payments and Fin Tech congress Money20/20, global retail industry
summit World Retail Congress and retail news outlet Retail
Week.
Ascential also powers political, construction and environmental
intelligence brands DeHavilland, Glenigan and Groundsure.
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