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Jack Farrell & Associates

"Jack did a phenomenal job of matching the candidates' skill set and experience to our position. We have hired our new manager and what a difference she has made in her first few weeks. Working with Jack Farrell was a great experience and I would definitely recommend his firm to any organization in need of recruitment services."
-Assistant Vice President
Human Resources


"You have helped us immeasurably by finding these candidates. I consider you a miracle-worker."
-Medical Director

"I had been interviewing for nearly 6 months with no success, but then I called Jack. He knew just what I needed and found a star candidate in just a few days."
-Eastern Regional Sales Manager


"What a relief it was to get this hiring task over with so quickly! Jack knows his business, does a thorough screening, and values your time. Efficiency par excellence."
-Western Regional Sales Manager


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About our team

Amy Morse, Vice President

amy@jackfarrell.com
PH: 323-963-5449

Ms. Morse brings twenty years experience in marketing, business development and general management to the firm. At McGraw-Hill, she held several positions including Vice President of U.S. Marketing at McGraw-Hill Professional and Director of Business Development as well as Director of Marketing at BusinessWeek. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill, Ms. Morse held marketing positions at Mosby, Inc. and Crain Communications. She has deep experience in areas such as marketing strategy and execution, business development, product development, and management in the areas of print, online, digital, events, and television. This coupled with a history of partnering with sales, editorial, production and other key functional groups, enables Ms. Morse to successfully partner with clients to match talented candidates with career opportunities.

 

John Miller, Vice President

johnm@jackfarrell.com
PH: 609-252-1223

John Miller began his publishing career with Macmillan (U.S.) selling textbooks to colleges in NY and MA. From textbook sales, he moved into Baker & Taylor for nearly a decade, selling services to university libraries. As the electronic revolution worked into publishing, John followed that path selling publisher's content, first on CD, then promoting aggregator services via the Internet. Most recently with Macmillan Publishing Solutions (India), he sold production services and cutting-edge mobile delivery concepts to major publishing houses. JohnÌs background includes: textbook publishing, reference publishing (STM), e-book sales and marketing, formal project management, academic library management systems, publishing distribution services, and publishing production services.

Mr. Miller is graduate of Rutgers University and outside of publishing is an avid photographer, tennis player, and amateur astronomer.

 

Dale Cunningham, Vice President

dale@jackfarrell.com
PH: 914-962-3760

Dale Cunningham is a veteran executive recruiter and a seasoned, publishing professional with over 30 years in sales, marketing, publicity/promotion, editorial and hands-on experience in a wide range of publishing organizations (including Wiley, VCH, Rizzoli Publications, American Institute of Physics, Yearbook Medical, Springer Verlag and Aspen) and venues, including internet/new media. Dale applies her passion for recruiting, industry knowledge and consultative placement experience to successfully satisfy both clients and candidates..

 

Joan Blitman, Vice President

joan@jackfarrell.com
PH: 561-200-4730; FAX: 484-971-2330

Ms. Blitman held senior management positions at W.B. Saunders and US Pharmacopeia and since 1997 operated her own publishing/marketing consulting business before joining JFA. Her portfolio of experience enables her to source talent in marketing, advertising, direct marketing, international sales, special publications, sales services, and marketing research. Joan has twice been the recipient of the Literary Market Place Professional Publishing Award and received the Benny award. Joan is a graduate of Brandeis University, and received a Masters Degree from Queens College. She has completed graduate courses at the Wharton School, Northwestern University, and attended the CBS School of Management.

 

Deb Postlewait, Vice President

deb@jackfarrell.com
PH: 503-213-3055; FAX 484-971-2330

Ms. Postlewait's success stems, in part, from her ability to establish long term, effective relationships with clients, candidates, and colleagues across the educational publishing landscape. For more than 20 years Deb has led teams and projects in educational technology bringing her technology savvy and problem-solving abilities to bear. Her work has engaged CEOs, Vice Presidents, volunteer citizen advisory boards, students and school administrators, allied health professionals, and community members-at-large. Deb's ability to foster collaboration among groups consistently resulted in educational solutions that satisfied all stakeholders. As a recruiter Deb draws upon her passion to make connections and provide mutually beneficial professional experiences to clients and candidates. Her areas of expertise encompass technology, business development, product development, curriculum development, sales, editorial, marketing, general management, and much more.

 

Mike Bennett, Vice President

mike@jackfarrell.com
PH: 201-270-9414

Mike Bennett has 20-plus years of management experience in publishing, with significant revenue responsibility overseeing teams for strategic growth in marketing, sales, new business development and product management. Areas of expertise are scientific, technical, medical, professional and educational print and digital information solutions. He has worked at Thomson Reuters, including most recently 12 years at Physicians' Desk Reference, as well as at Thomson Legal, John Wiley & Sons and Academic Press. Mike has a B.A. from Indiana University Bloomington and has studied digital publishing strategies at NYU.

 

Fiona Foley, Director, UK & Europe

fiona@jackfarrell.com
PH: +44 (0)7904 739560

Ms. Foley heads up the firm's efforts in the UK and Europe. An entrepreneurial business director during her 25-year publishing career, her track record includes of setting up and running online start-ups, expanding innovative small businesses, as well as managing the editorial and product development efforts at some of the largest houses in professional publishing including Times Mirror and Elsevier. The result of these experiences is an unparalleled network of contacts across UK and Europe and a deep understanding of all functional areas within the modern publishing and business landscape.

 

John Hartnett, Vice President

john@jackfarrell.com
PH: 908-573-5491

Mr. Hartnett is an innovative, accomplished business leader with more than sixteen years experience in marketing, product & business development, and project management. Most of his publishing experience has been in the media industry delivering print, online content, video and digital media to corporations, professional services firms, academic institutions and consumers. His experience affords a comfort level with finding talent for core functional areas ñ sales, marketing, business development, management ñ and also positions involving emerging technologies. Before his publishing career, John was a comedy writer in Hollywood.

 

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