Lauren Aaron, Vice President, joined Bert Davis Executive Search in 1994. She specializes in senior management positions including Presidents/General Managers, Publishers, Editors, and Vice Presidents of Product Development/Management, IT, and Marketing.

 Lauren’s direct experience in the information industry cuts across multiple media from print to on-line databases to real-time news and data. Prior to joining Bert Davis, she had been Director of Marketing Worldwide with Standard & Poor’s Commodities Information Division. Lauren began her career in the magazine industry with both professional and consumer publications. She is a graduate of Lehigh University.

Kathy joined Bert Davis in 1990, after having had a substantial career in the publishing industry. As a Senior Vice President for the search team, Kathy works with a wide variety of companies, from traditional blue chip publishing firms to new media companies in e-commerce and e-learning.

Prior to coming to Bert Davis, Kathy spent thirteen years in the publishing industry working as a sales and marketing specialist in a variety of areas. Her experience in both the publishing and the search businesses makes Kathy a strong contributor to the Bert Davis group and a knowledgeable consultant to the industry at large.

Larry Eidelberg, one of the "veterans" at Bert Davis, has been with the firm since 1985. He has stayed this long not because anyone has forced him to, but because he loves recruiting in the publishing and new media fields.

When Larry graduated from New York University, he followed his dream and entered a career in television news production. But after some of life's unexpected twists and turns, he moved into publishing. He taught himself this new business by opening his own company, Shelter Books, where he developed titles for the professional health care market. After three successful years, Shelter was bought by a Swedish conglomerate, Esselte Video, and Larry ran their US operation and published a series of video directories. When that company was sold, he joined Knowledge Industry Publications as Manager of Directory Publishing.

Throughout his publishing career, Larry's focus (and real love) has been the editorial side of the business. When he joined Bert Davis, he immediately started placing editors in all areas that include trade, legal, medical, new technology, and magazines. Larry has built a specific specialty in educational publishing where he has placed many people in the elementary, secondary, English-as-a-Second-Language, and college markets. Larry remembers his days as an editor fondly and, because of that experience, is able to understand the role editors play in the publishing process.

As the publishing and information industries continue to evolve, Larry feels there is still a great deal more opportunity for him to learn and to contribute.

Editor

Leading financial media company with a proprietary network of premier financial websites seeks an Editor to head up the day-to-day operations as well as work with the Editor-in-Chief in setting the overall editorial strategy and structuring future new business development.

 Responsibilities:

• Editorial oversight for all company web sites, paid subscription services, and broadcast property.
• Supervise senior editorial staff who manages large, 75-person internal newsroom, as well as external contributors.
• Serve as integral part of company management team.
• Develop editorial projects for existing services as well as plans for new websites and editorial products/newsletters.
• Collaborate on long-range planning issues.
• Work with the advertising and marketing teams to build and maintain relationships and increase traffic to the site(s).

 Position Requirements:

• Must know financial industry from an insider’s perspective. Ten plus years of financial reporting/editing experience.
• Strong supervisory experience.
• Experience in working with online content and/or a daily publication.
• Must have credibility with content experts and key industry figures. Ability to serve as media spokesperson for the site.
• An innate ability to see the core issues evolving in the economy and to translate into useful and relevant content in a timely manner.
• Must be suitable to working in an entrepreneurial environment.

Interested candidates should send their resumes to: Lauren Aaron (laaron@bertdavis.com), Kathy Berlowe (kberlowe@bertdavis.com), or Larry Eidelberg (leidelberg@bertdavis.com).