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EssenceMediacom: Strategic Hiring
Summer Treseder, a media industry professional, moved from Wavemaker to EssenceMediacom, indicating talent acquisition by EssenceMediacom in the media buying/planning space.
Source: B&T Magazine
The leadership read
EssenceMediacom is resourcing ahead of a step-change, not backfilling. A build-out like this concentrates senior bench strength in Consulting where the mandate is strongest. Watch the mix of the hires across Oceania — that is the clearest read on the plan behind the headcount.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 100.3 (Neutral) (down 1 month-on-month), Oceania is at rising (+3.1pts) on signal share.
EssenceMediacom: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Consulting median of 1 across 49 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 99 days.
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Where this lands in our work
- Executive Search →
Hiring at this level is the visible half of a search that started a quarter earlier.
- Executive Search — Oceania →
Our Oceania practice runs the searches behind signals like this one.
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