Former VB&P/Leo Burnett Recruiter Launches Consultancy

By Patrick Coffee 

david perezDavid Perez, an industry talent scout who most recently served as recruiting director at San Francisco’s Venables Bell & Partners, has left to launch his own consultancy “with VB&P’s full support of his new venture.”

The Perezidency (home page here) aims to connect “creative people with the best agencies, clients, and start-ups.” The consultancy almost resembles a VB&P side project as the agency will be Mr. Perezident’s founding client.

Perez began his ad career as a recruiter at Leo Burnett Chicago, hosting a video series called #askdavid and running the now-defunct “DavidOnDemand” Twitter account. Here he is back in 2012 answering your questions on how to land a gig in advertising:

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Perez, who remains extremely active in all digital realms, also ran a tumblr called “residual shame” in which he recounted possibly-true encounters with the same in such contexts as a doctor’s office and the city of Detroit.

In the release, agency founder/chairman Paul Venables offers some very intense praise for Perez:

“David isn’t just a recruiter. He is an agency ambassador, our life-coach, our fun party guy, and occasionally, our resident therapist. He lives and shares our values and for that I will always be indebted to him.

This is a crazy business, but every once in a while you get an opportunity to support and help someone you care about venture off and live their dream. We had a chance to do that here and we jumped on it.”

VB&P’s Head of Talent Mary Johnstone is equally enthusiastic:

“His placements are thoughtful and he digs in to know the soul of the Agency to create long lasting hires that truly fit into our culture…I’m looking forward to witnessing how hugely successful his company will be.”

From recent AgencySpy subject John Carstens, who worked with Perez at Leo Burnett:

“David Perez knows great portfolios from good, good from bad. He knows where the best talent lives and works…most importantly, he’s a funny-ass mofo who’ll make you squirt beer out of your eyes.”

The Perezidency officially launched yesterday.

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