IQ PARTNERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director, Client Services
- Senior Director on the Marketing Services Team
Alex Cord is a Senior Director on the Marketing Services team, focused primarily in advertising and design with a specialization in creative and strategy.
Prior to joining IQ PARTNERS, Alex worked in Media and Entertainment, where she focused on in-house recruitment. In this capacity, Alex learned the other side of the coin, gaining a strong understanding of the challenges faced by hiring managers while also gaining a solid foundation in recruitment best practices.
Alex holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with a specialization in Research with Honours from Wilfrid Laurier University. Being a student of psychology solidified her fascination with understanding how people operate - she has the ability to empathetically get to the root of what makes people "tick". Alex is motivated by helping companies find the best people for the job, and helping people find the right environment for them to succeed in.
Job Titles:
- Director, Client Services
Bruce co-founded IQ PARTNERS in 2001 and currently operates as Managing Partner. Bruce began his career at Procter & Gamble and progressed into senior management roles in marketing and communications before finding his true calling in executive search.
His personal background includes hands-on management experience in sales, marketing and marketing services. He has built management teams for a wide variety of mar/com, media and technology companies, and has also participated in several M&A transactions for service-based companies.
Bruce is an advocate of ‘smart people' and humble intelligence. He's a passionate entrepreneur and derives great satisfaction helping growth companies achieve success. He is an active board member and advisor to several industry associations and companies.
Claire is Partner with IQ PARTNERS as well as our sales division SalesForce Search. Claire specializes in identifying and connecting with the top sales performers across a number of industries, including SaaS, AI/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, FinTech, Legal Tech & Marketing Tech.
With 6+ years of experience in sales and recruitment, Claire's main objective is to connect great people to great companies by building strong relationships with both top clients and candidates in the sales industry. She specializes in sales roles of all seniority levels for both enterprise and start-up clients North American wide. When Claire isn't networking with top talent, she enjoys being outdoors, traveling and spending time with friends & family.
Job Titles:
- Director, Client Services
Job Titles:
- Director, Client Services
John is a Director, Client Services focused on building out the firm's capabilities in HR, consumer, CPG manufacturing, and adjacent industry verticals.
He joined IQ PARTNERS following more than a decade of in-house talent acquisition work, starting as a recruiter in professional services, and growing in progressive roles into a senior HR leader focused on building talent acquisition teams and their capabilities. He has worked primarily in the retail and food manufacturing (CPG) space in North America. His focus has been building recruitment teams and strategies around systems, processes, training and assessment tools, and employer brand and attraction initiatives.
Job Titles:
- Partner, Operations & Industrial Sales
Liam is a Recruitment Consultant on the Accounting & Finance team, specializing in the public accounting sector.
Job Titles:
- Director on the Marketing Services Team
- Director, Client Services
Magda Jarota is a Director on the Marketing Services team, specializing in communications and public relations, with a broader focus on strategy, advertising, design and all things digital.
Before joining IQ PARTNERS, Magda spent five years at a boutique recruitment agency, where she led a variety of searches within public relations, communications, strategy, design, marketing and advertising. While there, Magda led the company culture initiatives as well as internal recruitment strategy.
Magda kicked off her career working in the PR industry. She spent just shy of 10 years in a boutique PR agency, where she specialized in media and influencer relations, and executed a number of award-winning campaigns for clients in the CPG, beauty, retail and consumer tech space.
With a people first approach, Magda prioritizes relationship building, trust and authenticity as the foundation of how she approaches her job day-to-day.
Magda holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology, as well as a post-graduate certificate in Public Relations and Corporate Communications. A life-long learner, Magda also completed the Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate at IDEO U, and Hiring for Decolonization, Diversity and Inclusion in the Creative Industries through OCAD University.
Job Titles:
- Director on the Legal Recruitment Team
- Director, Client Services
Marisa is a Director on the Legal Recruitment team, where she helps match her clients with the best legal talent in the market, from law clerks to legal office administrators.
Marisa has spent over 17 years building her career as a legal recruiter where she has developed expertise in establishing long-lasting relationships with clients and candidates. Armed with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, she prioritizes understanding clients' unique needs to ensure successful partnerships within the legal industry. Her commitment to forging meaningful connections has consistently elevated her reputation in the legal recruitment arena.
Nadia Novello is a recruitment consultant on the Marketing Services team. Prior to beginning her journey in recruitment, Nadia spent 15+ years in the Marketing, Advertising, and Agency space. During that time, she has helped many clients explore strategies to help drive consumer engagement and influence purchase decisions for some top global brands.
Having worked inside several marketing agency environments, she understands the challenges that arise with hiring and retaining talent. In addition, she has also seen the positive impacts to the business when you have the right people in the right positions. Her commitment to developing strong, trusted relationships with her clients and candidates has contributed to her success. Helping companies hire better and ensuring candidates are making the best decisions to enhance their career and personal goals.
Job Titles:
- Director, Client Services
Neeral Morzaria is a Director, Client Services on the Marketing Services Recruitment team, specializing in placing top tier marketing candidates into senior roles across a variety of sectors.
Prior to joining IQ PARTNERS, Neeral spent 20 years living and working in the UK. He spent his time there in senior brand and marketing roles for globally recognized Fortune 500 consumer goods and hospitality companies and leading management consulting firms. He has functional experience in brand management, strategy and planning, marketing effectiveness, and category management. Neeral holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, and an MBA from London Business School.
Neeral believes that people are the true differentiator in every aspect of a business, and that there is no bigger impact on a business than having the right people in the right positions. Combining his more than 20 years of corporate experience and his love for connecting with people, Neeral transitioned to a career in recruiting. He truly has a passion for helping connect the right people to the right organizations, and for helping drive their collective success.
Randy co-founded IQ PARTNERS in 2001 and currently operates as a Senior Partner, focusing on business development within executive search, cannabis, media, and sales recruitment.
A native of Kingston and a graduate of Queen's University, Randy moved to Toronto in the mid-eighties to pursue a career in marketing communications with AC Nielsen and Leo Burnett, where he worked in client services with tier-one consumer packaged goods firms. After his time in advertising, Randy then spent five years in software application sales in the logistics industry. Before entering the world of executive search, he was one of the first dedicated recruiters during what he calls "Internet 1.0" -- the first internet startup era.
Randy now has 20+ years of search business experience. He believes strongly in the old adage that "persistence overcomes resistance" and will dig in any corner to find the best person for a client. His accomplishments include building over a dozen digital media sales teams for digital start-ups, publishers, and mobile app developers. He has also helped launch an international smartphone manufacturer from the ground up, building its entire hardware, software, and sales teams.
Rhys is a Partner and leads the IQ PARTNERS / SalesForce Search recruitment team. He specializes in prospecting new business relationships, client retention and renewals, and building top performing Sales teams in even the most challenging environments.
Rhys started his Sales career at the age of 12, canvassing door-to-door for the Toronto Sun and has never looked back. After completing his BComm from Ryerson, he joined one of the largest and most successful event management organizations in the world. Rhys worked his way up from an entry level Sales Representative to a top performing Senior Sales Manager, eventually becoming the Director of Recruitment for North America prior to joining IQ PARTNERS.
Rhys is a tenacious, top performing senior sales and recruitment professional with 15+ years of experience that spans a variety of industry verticals including Technology, Software, Advertising, Finance, Healthcare, Legal, Retail, and Industrial.
"We have been working with Rhys Metler and IQ PARTNERS for over 3 years and have had some of our top hires from his team. They work under tight timelines and are highly responsive to our requests and recruitment needs. Working with them allows us to hit our hiring KPIs, but it's also fun. Keep up the good work!"